Balkaur Singh, the father of Sidhu Moosewala, has opened his heart in an Instagram post, expressing the immense grief and weight he is bearing over his son's untimely death.
Lamenting and a pining heart, he questions why fate chose him for this burden on his family after Sidhu's death.
In his heartfelt message, Balkaur Singh states, "All that I had to leave behind was your hard work and your status, which was my mode of living the rest of my life, but time did not allow it." The grief at losing Sidhu is raw, as is the struggle to persevere with the legacy the young singer had been created.
Balkaur Singh addresses his deceased son, "Listen, son, I went to see you once again today… I would say to you, 'Son, tread the righteous path, even if the path is hard to tread,' and I am treading the same path today, only the path is now hard to tread upon."
He laments being alone and tormenting where he is standing. Even after leaving his son in the care of the Almighty, he cannot help feeling the burden of unrealized dreams and unuttered messages Sidhu had desired to leave for mankind. "They don't respect my rights, and there is no son who hears me. I want your son to live on your behalf after you," Balkaur Singh laments, hitting the lacuna that has been left behind.
The emotional message also takes into account the lost trust and respect as Sidhu had died, informing him, "The respect, the esteem, the confidence I had in you after you had gone away, that did not remain the same, son. This sorrow is the same as the sorrow of your going away." Though Sidhu remains silent, Balkaur Singh feels his son hears and knows the suffering his father endures.
Concluding in an angry question and plea,
Balkaur Singh laments, "Son Shubhdeep, son, what kind of responsibilities have you put us under?", a moving call to strength in the aftermath of unimaginable tragedy.
The post went down very well among fans and admirers, proof of the depth at which the father-son relationship runs and of the lasting strength of Sidhu Moosewala's legacy. In the way he openly mourns, Balkaur Singh invites the world to share the cost of loss and the ongoing efforts of a family trying to cling to hope in despair.