ABOUT

In 1984 Parmjeet’s father was killed by Ludhiana police, he had been arrested and accused of smuggling people into Pakistan.

Parmjeet's mother secretly arranged her marriage. Her groom, Ajit Singh, was from a wealthy family with eight sons. Parmjeet was happy and the family was financially secure, but she had no idea that her husband and his brothers were involved in the Sikh freedom movement.

The police began to raid their family home, and Ajit Singh would flee during these times. The police would arrest and beat family members until someone paid for their release. Three years after the couple's marriage, their son was born.

Tears fall as Parmjeet remembers the events of that fateful day. They were returning from a trip with their six-month old son. When they reached the village of Batala, Ajit asked his wife to wait for him for a short while as he walked around the corner. He never came back.

Parmjeet returned home, where she learned that he had been arrested. She never saw him again. The police gave no explanation.
When her son finished his education, the family arranged his marriage, and Parmjeet was moved to a small section of the house as they had no further responsibility for her.

Parmjeet, her son, and daughter in-law, live in debt and poverty. They have been conned out of money, Parmjeet pawned her jewellery to pay for her son's house, but they cannot afford windows and keep the wind out with empty sand bags.

Parmjeet wishes that all relatives of the martyrs are treated with respect and dignity and that such awful events are never seen in Punjab again