Norman Kreisman

“My perspective is 180 degrees different from the common explanation… (which) is all a government fabrication to do what they wanted to do.”

After having moved to India in 1980 to experience “Sikhism from its source,” Norman Kreisman had occasion to observe many things first hand, including living with Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in Guru Nanak Niwas. There, he witnessed the efforts of the government in setting the stage for a confrontation. He was told to leave Amritsar in January 1984 after the roof of Guru Nanak Niwas was pierced by bullets. Yet, Kreisman’s experiences bring to the fore the discrepancies between the propaganda and what actually happened. Such manipulation and distortion, he says, are a standard technique across governments who wish to further their own agenda against the interests of their people.

During his time living at Darbar Sahib, he was known ‘Nam Singh’.