because the truth needs to be told
The issue of SFJ -Sikhs for Justice versus DSGMC is a development which has left a scar on Sikh minds. It should not have happened. There is no place for lumpenisation of action by the SFJ and lumpenisation of thought by DSGMC. Gurdwara premises cannot become ... More »
Stirring a hornet’s nest, Rahul Gandhi remarked at a London meeting with Parliamentarians that the Congress party had no hand in the November 1984 massacre. His father’s accomplice P. Chidambaram justified saying, “something terrible happened then.” Sikhs have... More »
On a plea by victims of anti-Sikh carnage of November 1984 and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Delhi High Court ordered everyday hearing from 11 September in the case of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s involvement in the murders and conspiracy to murder ... More »
June evokes intense feelings and emotions for Sikhs inside India and globally, representing the modern Sikh genocide month of June 1984. UK based Sikh activist -Jagdeesh Singh presents this reflection of events of June 1984 and how India and other nations, inc... More »
To make sense of Kathua, Unnao and the India of the Bharatiya Janata Party, columns of newspapers, online journals and videos proved a little inadequate. I re-read Nobel Prize for Literature winner Sir William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. After reading this, ... More »
Shonali Bose’s Amu -perhaps the only movie with the theme of November 1984 told us the truth of Delhi 1984 that forgetfulness is not a good human trait nor a good political philosophy. Gujarat followed and much more. Is anyone listening, even now? If you admi... More »
In November 1984, when the entire police machinery either became mute spectators or sided with the political and bureaucratic leadership in Delhi and other parts, few men stood tall and did not bother to toe the line. One such police officer was Maxwell Pereir... More »
Ten years ago, World Sikh News interviewed ace activist Harinder Singh Phoolka. He has come a long way since then and is now a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Ludhiana. Nevertheless, he still continues the legal fight for victims of November 198... More »
Unable to withstand a cursory reply from the then Indian home minister P. Chidambaram, about acquittal of perpetrators of Nov 1984 carnage, Journalist Jarnail Singh softly hurled his shoe in protest in April 2009. Back then, WSN editor wrote an Open letter to... More »
8 years ago, journalist Jarnail Singh, now an activist and politician, flung his shoe at former Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in reaction to comments about forgetting November 1984 at a press meet. Enamoured by his act, WSN Editor Jagmohan Singh wrote a... More »
The World Sikh News goes through the annals of contemporary history of November 1984 through the Sikhtoons of artist Vishavjit Singh, who himself is a victim-survivor. November 1984: 33 long years. 33 years of injustice. 33 years of impunity. 33 years of India... More »