"Maro Sardaron ko!" The cries were chilling. The atmosphere was frightening. Police were nowhere in sight although they existed in hundreds near the AIIMS. In any case, they made no effort to stop anyone. Jagpreet quickly took off her 'kada' and put it in her purse. She didn't want anyone to know she was a Sikh.
It was the first time after the holocaust of 1947 that Sikh identity became an invitation to death.
But with the nation's focus riveted on Indira Gandhi's assassination per se, no one seemed to really know the extent and depth of the mounting violence against Sikhs.
It was not the age of technology. Most journalists in most media houses were busy with political stories. But everyone knew something was gravely wrong.