because the truth needs to be told
As Punjab shifts into electoral gear and political parties jostle to position themselves just right, the farmers’ agitation sees in this scenario an existential crisis. The farmers’ movement, the likes of Balbir Singh Rajewal, Darshan Pal and their cohort susp... More »
ਆਪਣੀ ਪਿੱਛਲੇ ਹਫ਼ਤੇ ਤਕ ਦੀ ਸਮਝ ‘ਤੇ ਝਾਤ ਮਾਰੋ – ਚਰਨਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਚੰਨੀ ਕੌਣ ਸੀ? ਉਹੀ ਵਿਧਾਇਕ ਜਿਸ ਨੂੰ ਚੱਜ ਨਾਲ ਅਸੈਂਬਲੀ ‘ਚ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ ਆਉਂਦਾ? ਜਿਹੜਾ ਆਪਣੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੜਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਟਾਕੀਆਂ ਲਾਉਣ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਮੁੱਖ ਦੱਸਦਾ ਸੀ? ਜਿਹੜਾ ਸ਼ਾਇਦ ਆਪਣੀ ਜਾਤਿ ਕਾਰਨ ਵਿਧਾਇਕ ਸੀ? ਅਤੇ ਹਫਤਾ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ... More »
Continuing with its notorious tactics of intimidating anyone who does not sing paeans to the ruling party and the Modi-Shah user manual of life, India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) today raided well known social activist and communal harmony advocate Harsh Ma... More »
After being pulled up by the Delhi High Court while adjudicating a public interest litigation filed by Buddhist activist Abhay Ratan Bauddh, India’s Union government has appointed former Indian Police Service officer from Punjab and spokesperson of the Bharati... More »
Where do memories reside when there are no memorials? Do memorials help us remember, or do they also make us forget what is not memorialised in them? What the Body Remembers, and What Is Memorialised in Concrete? Does renovation create ‘new old memories’? Pres... More »
92-year-old Syed Ali Shah Geelani, a giant of Kashmiri freedom struggle, uncompromising leader, the darling of the Kashmiri youth, a pricking thorn for India, passed away under house arrest for many years. Sikh political body Dal Khalsa pays a warm tribute to ... More »
The government of Punjab is hellbent on destroying the Mattewara Forest on the banks of the river Sutlej, near Ludhiana. Despite protests by the poor inhabitants, residing in the area for decades and spirited protestations by environmentalists and activists, t... More »
# In Uttar Pradesh, a woman, who told the police and the court that she was raped, later said she was not raped. # In Chandigarh, a woman, who told the police and the court that she was raped, later said she was not raped. In Uttar Pradesh, the accused are sen... More »
India and Pakistan go through their routine rituals of ‘independence’ celebrations on 14 and 15 August 2021 respectively, after the mega-sized colony of British India was carved up in 1947 into a new Hindu and Muslim territorial block to swiftly affect the und... More »
In the mid-term polls of office bearers of the Managing Committee of Takht Sri Harmandir Ji, Patna Saheb, a team owing allegiance to the Shiromani Akali Dal Badal sweeped the elections defeating some key post holders. Incumbent President Delhi-based Avtar Sing... More »
Despite losing heritage buildings, social, religious and Sikh national archive material and artefacts over the decades, the apex Gurdwara management body of the Sikhs, also called the Sikh Parliament, has not learnt anything. There is no effort whatsoever to t... More »
In the death of Dr Darshan Singh Tatla on 4th July in Birmingham, the academic field of Punjab and Sikh studies has lost an internationally reputed scholar of unique talent, commitment and achievements. If I had to name one person whose thoughts, feelings, dre... More »