First, on page 47 Tara Singh refers to a Sikh priest allegedly quoting a verse from the Guru Granth Sahib, "Bind guai ta(n) nark adhikar" (When the moment is lost, then hell is earned).

A group of five retired Sikh lieutenant generals protested to President Zail Singh that the mutineers were a special case insofar that as Sikhs, these soldiers had sworn their allegiance on the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh holy book -- all Indian army regiments induct their personnel with a religious as well as civil oath),(47) and had been let down by military superiors who had kept them uninformed of the situation leading up to and including Operation Blue Star.