because the truth needs to be told
In his novel “Dance Dance Dance” that I loved in the late 80s for its idiosyncratic prose, Haruki Murakami says, “What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with.” Let us be clear: this was not a deal with the farmers. No one told the farmers... More »
Subcontinental hockey powerhouses, India and Pakistan, dominated the game for nearly 50 years when it was played on grass. The surface proved to be a premium when it came to stick work, control and near-total dominance since Indians and Pakistanis were the mas... More »
How does one even begin to understand a verdict as massive as 92 seats in a house of 117 legislators? As the two traditional parties, both more than a century old, fell by the wayside, and a rank outsider rode to power riding a wave of anger, alienation and ve... More »
“THINGS fall apart; the centre cannot hold,” Yeats could have said this about Punjab’s politics. As the fulcrums of power, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Congress, both more than century-old parties, fell by the wayside, the country actually wants to understand... More »
This is a sterling example of brilliant journalists of established mastheads indulging in rank corrupt journalism, motivated by their biases, not due to any lack of knowledge. Vandita Mishra of the Indian Express is not someone who will not notice or will forg... More »
From the NCERT books taught in Indian schools to the work of Ramachandra Guha, to the endless piles of books that UPSC aspirants gorge upon, you will be told that the first non-congress government in independent India was the one elected in 1957 in Kerala and ... More »
ਕੇਂਦਰ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਗੀ ਦੇ ਬਾਵਜੂਦ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਭਾਈ ਦਵਿੰਦਰ ਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੁੱਲਰ ਦੀ ਰਿਹਾਈ ਦੇ ਮਤੇ ਨੂੰ 4 ਵਾਰ ਰੱਦ ਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਵਿਰੋਧ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੱਜ ਜਾਗੋ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਨੇ ਆਮ ਆਦਮੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਦੇ ਹੈਡਕੁਆਰਟਰ ਮੂਹਰੇ ਰੋਸ਼ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸਨ ਕੀਤਾ। ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਿਆਸੀ ਸਿੱਖ ਕੈਦੀ ਰਿਹਾਈ ਮੋਰਚਾ (ਦਿੱਲੀ) ਦੇ ਆਗੂਆਂ ਸਣ... More »
ਇੱਕ ਇਹੋ ਜਿਹੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਜਦੋਂ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਭਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਪੁਨਰ ਜਾਗ੍ਰਿਤੀ ਵਾਲਾ ਅੰਦੋਲਨ ਚੱਲ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੋਵੇ, ਲੜਾਈ ਹੋਂਦ ਦੀ ਹੋਵੇ, ਖਿੱਤੇ ਨੇ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੇ ਤਖ਼ਤ ਨਾਲ ਟੱਕਰ ਲਈ ਹੋਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਕੀ ਇਹ ਸਿਆਸੀ ਪਾਰਟੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਜ਼ੇਬ ਦੇਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਸਿਆਸਤ ਦੇ ਸਵਾਲਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਹੱਦ ਤਕ ਮਨਫ਼ੀ ਕਰ ਦੇਣ ਕਿ ਕੋਈ ਨਾਰਾਜ਼ ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟਰ ਤੋਂ ਸਿਆਸਤੀ... More »
Who is responsible for the death of Jarnail Singh? Was it the unknown complications arising out of vaccination that led to the deterioration of his health? Did the AAP government in Delhi, of which he was a pillar, did enough to save him? What role, if any, di... More »
The mayhem spread by the COVID 2.0 pandemic in Delhi and other parts of India is becoming uncontrollable by the hour. Aam Aadmi Party Delhi government of Arvind Kejriwal is taking the naive Sikhs of Delhi for a royal ride. WSN editor Jagmohan Singh appeals to ... More »
Amidst the coronavirus scare, it will be unforgivable not to review the aftermath of the anti-Muslim pogrom in Delhi in the last week of February 2020. While bodies of Muslims were being discovered from the drains of North East Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal and his c... More »
India’s wait for Delhi Legislative Assembly results to see the victory of people’s issues against the divisive politics of hate and fascism is over. AAP has trounced BJP and it is down to single digits again. WSN Desk teammate Gurmeet Singh, who keeps a keen e... More »