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40 Sabha update: Punjabi Bhasha Mela Sentul Punjabi teachers: (Left to right) Baljit Kaur, Sita Rani Kaur, Jeevanjeet Kaur, Jewsen Kaur, Gurnam Kaur (principal), Kulwant Kaur, Surinder Kaur, Rishpal Kaur, Sarabjeet Kaur. The Sikh, July 2012 Cool moment: Members of the debating team.
The Sikh, July 2012 FAITH, FORM, FEAR AND FATHER By Sukhinderpal Singh Since the beginning of April this year, I have been actively involved in the provision of Legal Services under the auspices of the National Legal Aid Foundation, NLAF. The NLAF is a joint initiative of the Malaysian Bar via the Bar’s National Legal Aid Centres and the Government, to ensure legal representation is available to a citizen at the earliest possible instance after an arrest. As of now the bulk of the legal aid is provided to suspects at remand proceedings. Here an arrestee, the ‘suspect’ is produced before a Judicial Officer, e.g., a Magistrate, by an Investigating Officer who proceeds to request that the ‘suspect’ be allowed to be detained or ‘remanded’ for up to 14 days to facilitate investigations. At the remands I have attended I have seen that the majority of the suspects are detained for drug-related offences. These range from possession to self-administration. Many of those arrested are suspected of being drug dependents or “penagih”. They are detained for tests to ascertain whether they are addicts. When I look at the arrest reports and then at the suspects, I see a commonality. Many of them are of my generation, born in the 50’s and 60’s. We may have been school mates at Hutchings School or played footie at the Esplanade. It always crosses my mind, “There, but for the Grace of God, go I.” From my observations these past 3 months I have come away many-a-time, nay EVERYTIME, thanking my parents for putting me on the straight and narrow. Why am I telling you all this? Let me explain. I was born in George Town on the Island of Penang which was, until the advent of the deep-water wharves in Butterworth and containers, a bustling port. My childhood was spent in the inner-city around the port. We stayed in a shop-house along Bishop Street till I was 10. After school we entertained ourselves by walking, running, chasing, hiding along the streets and back-lanes and of course the Esplanade, which fronted the sea not far from where I lived. My group of friends was of all shapes, sizes, colours and faiths. My first encounter with smoking took place when I was all of 8 years old. I was offered a cigarette by a ‘friend’ who was 10! I was trembling. I was sweating. I was dumb-struck with fear. FEAR! That is what kept me from crossing the invisible line to be one of them, be one with them. Fear of my father, love of my mother and the fear of God’s wrath. More importantly at that moment, fear of being recognised by virtue of my distinct form. My earliest memories are of my parents, God bless their souls, teaching me my faith. They told me of the values and principles. The form and the substance. Banaa and Baanee. They told me of the do’s and don’ts. They made me aware of the Glory of the Guru. At that moment of truth, I turned and ran as fast as I could. I could not believe that my friends of my faith were indulging in the cardinal of cardinal sins: the number 2 “DON’T”. At 3½ years old I was sent to the Wadda Gurduara Sahib, Penang to learn Gurbani and Gurmukhi. I remain eternally grateful to my parents, the late Bhai Joga Singh and Bibi Amrit Kaur for ensuring that I learn my faith. That fear coated with immeasurable parental love and 41
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