"Jesus Saved me from the bondage of Untouchability" - Dr. Jasjit Singh (IAS)
Dear friends. Greetings. I am sixty year young, born and brought up in Punjab, India. I have come up from a very poor family, which could not afford my education beyond 10th std. I had to perform a lot of menial jobs to earn my & my family’s livelihood in childhood. I have no teacher (except Jesus, the Lord). I attained my entire education through self-study, without coaching, tuition or correspondence courses etc. I visited the university only to sit in the examinations. It could be possible only as His merciful hand was upon me He had chosen me before my birth. I did my M. A. (Eco) in year 1976, qualified ‘Indian Administrative Services’ exam in 1976. I joined Indian Railway Traffic Service in year 1977, as class 1 officer, retired from service in Dec 2007.
Caste prejudice in my life I came up from an untouchable family of India where religion has denied us humane living for centuries. I feel it is neces
sary to throw little light upon the plight of my people in Indian society. Caste system in India fixes social hierarchy. It perpetuates law of inequality based on the tenet of reincarnation. The religious belief is, that we are born into low caste to pay for our sins, of past lives. We are told, “we have no relationship with God”. We are still denied access to certain Hindu temples. We are the most broken and marginalized people of world. Even after more than sixty years of independence there is no change in the attitude of upper castes towards us. They worship the animals but hate the human beings. I do not hesitate to mark Hinduism as Satanic religion as I have suffered a lot in its devilish hands. For centuries we were told that we could not worship god, as we do not belong to him.
I had to pay high cost of rising to high position particularly because I could dare to oppose injustice to my people, whereas ordinarily officers from my caste tolerate all excesses silently.
My sad experiences During my service period, I unearth a few serious scams, where top Officers of Railway Board were involved. I too tried to save serious accidents giving advice to the General Manager of Northern Railways to maintain a particular portion of track, where later on two serious accidents took place killing more than 500 people in addition of huge loss of railway property. I exposed the corrupt system but had to face persecution in hands of communal and corrupt system of governance of India.
My rewards for exposing corruption among bureaucrats The then Chairman, Railway Board and Divisional Railway Manager abused me in the name of my low caste. Since it was a criminal offence under Indian Penal Code, I approached the Court of law. Court on hearing of evidences booked both the senior officers under the prevention of atrocities against Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Act 1989. The Government of India proclaiming to be the savior of untouchables defended the criminals at the cost of public funds and managed to get my case dismissed from High Court Chandigarh.
One Member of Parliament raised a question in the Parliament of India on my issue, but the then Minister of Railway gave false reply and snubbed the matter. This way, even the Parliament of India approved injustice and discriminations against my community and me.
My wife and me fell sick, remained confined to bed for years because of extreme torture in the hands of bureaucracy of India. I could survive but I lost my wife. She died in absence of treatment, as we had no money. I requested the Government of India to give me advance from my own provident fund for her treatment but the General Manager denied it.
I was implicated in a number of criminal cases through hired criminals. Though ultimately I was acquitted honorably but I had to bear a high cost for defending myself. It is a matter of surprise that in a case of molestation filed against me, court, through final judgment, clearly mentioned that the complaining prostitute was hired by the Divisional Railway Manager and Chairman Railway Board as against them I had filed a case under prevention of atrocities act and court had held them prima facie responsible.
The government officials ruined my reputation and my career and my family. Their hired criminals put my house on fire. It was shown on international television channel. My children lost their future as the humiliation caused to me affected education. My life was unsafe in India, so preferred to leave my country just four months before my retirement from service. There was every possibility that I could have been eliminated by now, had I remained there.
I approached the President, Prime Minister of India and all other high officials, but was never granted opportunity to explain my awful story of injustice. The Satanic rule, through bitterness, pushed me to the holy feet of the Lord Jesus Christ. Come to me all, you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. (Mathew 11:28) I embraced Christianity in year 1996, but through an affidavit, I gave declaration of my conversion to the President of India in year 2002. It was for making necessary changes in my service record.
AFFIDAVIT
I, Dr. J. J. Singh, IRTS, S/o late Sh. Puran Singh resident of T-19, Railway Station, Ambala Cantt, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under: -
1. That, I was inducted in the service of Indian Railway as IRTS in 1977 and I had mentioned my religion as Hindu in the Service Record.
2. That, as the whole of the world knows that the inhumane blot and stigma of Casteism is permanently blended with the Hindutva and is inseparable part of the religion which is to last till the doom's day and even thereafter and the "Shuhdras" being looked down upon by the 'Swarnas" though now not being exhibited openly due to enactment of some prohibitory stature. The stinking corpse of Casteism is being dragged continuously in the wagon of Hindu Religion, since the time of Manu.
3. Having fallen prey to the monsters of Casteism at the hands of some high-ups of Indian Railways (Against whom criminal complaint is pending in the Hon'ble Court). I no more could live in a life of condemned ridiculed and humiliated member of a scheduled caste Community of Hindu Religious system and exercising my fundamental right to religion (enshrined in the constitution of India) I have changed my religion from Hindu to Christian to free myself from the shameful shackles of Shudra System of Untouchability w.e.f. 25.03.2002.
In my support a good number of people of my community embraced Christianity discarding Satanic religion i.e. Hinduism.
Worldly Temptations Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert to be tempted by devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. Tempter came to Him and said, “If you are Son of God, tell these stones to become bread. (Mathew 4:1-3) Satan tempted Him (three times) to the greed of eyes, greed of flesh and greed of kingdom of the world and their splendour. But He was the King of kings and Lord of the lords, so no tool of Satan could lure Him. But for a common man like me, it is too difficult to save from worldly temptations. So I suffered all temptations and I departed from the Lord for a long time. I counted the pebbles but discarded the rock of salvation. God had a different plan for my life, I never understood.
The dawn Jesus taught us to pray “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as in Heaven “Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors”. But I remained busy in promoting the kingdom of Satan on earth. I carried the sins of others and burned everything in the fire of revenge.
I am thankful to the Lord, He dispossessed me from worldly possessions and chosen me to work for His glory. Some time even now the memories of tortures life haunt me. I carry the thorn in my flesh. I bring it forward. Through it, I recall the pains of my sad experiences. It makes me week in soul. But I appreciate; it helps me drawing His strength to strengthen myself in my weakness.. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power makes you perfect in your weakness”. I know, Jesus sacrificed His holy blood on the cross and suffered for my sins. He is my Saviour.
In fact, God gave me an exposure of satanic world and its kingdom so that I could take a U turn and return to Him. He is always for the last, the least and the lost. He held my hand, as I am the worst sinner, the most marginalized, and the most broken.
It is all His blessings as He had chosen me for His services before my birth. Now Heavenly Father has engaged me to work among downtrodden people of India who are still denied of humane living for their low caste. The ultimate hope for them is only the Jesus. He is the way, the light of the world, the salvation.
“Holy Vision India” Prayer Tower and Evangelical Mission is my church ministry, preaching the word of God among suffering people of the world. We do not have enough resources for this, so we pray, Jesus may bless us with enough financial help to save the suffering people.
His blessings It is my pleasure to express that I am a dedicated servant of the Lord for the last twelve years and rest of my life on earth I will remain fully in His services. His uncountable blessings upon me cannot be expressed here but still some of them are as below. Christian International Ministries Network (Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459 USA) invited me to participate in an event for evangelism in 2007. US Embassy was kind enough to grant me R1 Visa. My Ministry “HOLY VISION INDIA” is a permanent member of “Home Fellowship Worldwide Network” since year 2003. We are working for uniting the Christian Community worldwide. I am D. D. from International Institute of Church Management and also its lifetime member. Home Fellowship Wales Christian Ministries UK ordained me as Reverend on 12th June 2003
My Books. My first book “Supreme Bliss” was published in year 1998 and a few more books are in hand. I contribute my articles on “Holy Gospel” for publication in the Newspapers in United States.
Apart from my own ministry, I am member of “Seventh Day Adventist” Church, since 2002. Presently in USA, Seventh Day Adventist, Central Conference Fresno has given me Caruthers Church to grow it as an Indian/ Punjabi Church. Caruthers and its surrounding area have large Indian/ Punjabi population but without church service in Indian languages. I am a Prayer Warrior on various international sites. Everyday, I receive more than fifty prayer requests from the suffering people. It is His blessings that (He) the Lord listens to my prayers.
I anchored “Dalit Awaz” i.e. Voice of Untouchables television programme on Jain Television (International channel) for about a year.
There have been wonderful miracles in my life. It needs lot of space to relate them all. I produce one miraculous blessing as under.
Lord blessed me “Holy Vision India” My daughter Jasleen Singh, when she was one year old, pulled the television trolley and television fell upon her. It caused her head injury and her eyes turned squinted. An eye surgeon operated upon her eyes and squint could be set right. With passage of time she almost lost her vision of right eye. In year 2003, vision of her left eye was six/ six and right eye six/ sixty-four. We had tried a good number of eye surgeons but everywhere we received the reply that optical nerves cannot be repaired. We prayed to the Doctor of doctors. Pr Rajan Thomas, Bishop of Holy Vision India, prayed, keeping his hand on her head. She felt a strong flow of current passing through her body. This was the touch of Holy Spirit. Her vision came to normal in about six months. Now she is eighteen years old, a very cute child and does not wear glasses even. Lord had a plan to give His sign to my family. This is one of the blessings of the Lord upon me. “Holy Vision India” is thanks giving ministry, as His Holy Spirit restored the lost Vision of my child. I pray that He may cure the spiritual blindness of India likewise.
My coming to USA is miraculous. Christian International Ministries Network invited me to participate in an event for evangelism. I remember, on reaching Airport at Los Angels, I did not know my destination or any person who could provide me shelter and food. I sat on the seashore and prayed to the Lord to lead me further. After a period of trials and struggles, I met Pr Curt Blank and he introduced me to Pr George C Johnson who is Director- Special Outreach Projects, Lay Training in Central Conference office of Seventh Day Adventist, Fresno. He sent me to Caruthers SDA Church with a hope that I could grow this church as Indian/ Punjabi Church. He and Pr Blank supplied me all my needs for running my house and church. Pr Johnson managed ninety-one Punjabi Bibles from India and also helps me in publishing monthly tracts (Punjabi) for circulations in the area.
This area has good population of Indian farming communities of Punjab and I hope, Lord will bless this church to grow but it needs patience. Love and affections of people, I experienced here, is beyond expressions. I feel too much indebted to all my friends used by Him to own me here.
Rev Dr Jasjit Singh M. A., D. D.
2265 Sandy St, Caruthers.
Post Box 752, CA 93609 (US)
Phone 559-408-1169
Email hviindia@rediffmail.com http://www responda.co.uk/HolyVisionIndia/
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