Sikh separatism started with Bhindranwale (thank Congress-I for that) and then it became a terrorist movement oversees after 1984 riots. Again thanks to Congress-I and Rajiv Gandhi and some politically minded-screwed up Shiks in Canada who hobnobbed with Pakistan's ISI.
We, the rest in India were foolish to fight Sikhs rather than win them over by love in 1983-84. We got emotionally carried away by Bhindranwale's slogans and expressions of happiness by Sikhs when Indira Gandhi was killed. As some one said Sikhs have doen 90% of the weightlifting- fighting, protecting us and our women from Muslim arsonists and rapists since Mughals came and then during partition. Face it, we (majority of Indians) are not the fighting types. Sikhs have been defending the Indian subcontinent in addition to a few other types like Marathas and Rajputs. We owe a lot to the Sikhs.
