Democracy and Anger
7
May,
2008
When socially
conscientious filmmaker Saeed Akhtar Mirza made the movie Albert
Pinto Ko gussa kyon aata hai in the early eighties, he was
giving expression to the building anger... |
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 The Language of
Power
30
April 2008
Masters of Linguistics remember very well how when the first ever
linguistic Survey of India was taking place, an entire lobby of
anti-Punjabi...
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 Booking the truth
23 April 2008
Imagine
a 16-and-a-half-year old bride who marries a Sikh youth committed to
a cause, a cause that made many pick up the gun and die... |
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 True Lies
16
April 2008
Worldwide, the
Khalsa Panth celebrated Vaisakhi this week, and vowed to re-connect
to the spirit of teachings of Guru Granth Sahib... |
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Brahamanical society, Advani’s book and the Sikhs
9
April
2008
Lal Krishan
Advani is known in India as the man who lead the Rath Yatra,
communalising Indian politics like never before in the post 1947
phase... |
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Human Rights Debate,
Indian Nation State and Vaisakhi
2
April
2008
In a matrix of
utter hopelessness and despair, and a politics of de-politicising
the youth and the rising middle class, any effort that endeavours to
re-focus... |
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 Will new Police University teach Bhai Kaunke
case?
26
March 2008
What kind of
training does Punjab Police provide to its trainees? Ask this
question to anyone on the streets... |
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Rogue dera head is a ticking human
bomb, not our girls
19
March 2008
Sardar Parkash
Singh Badal is very keen to save the life of Sarabjit Singh, and we
welcome his heartfelt concern. We also welcome Sardar Badal... |
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 Aadmi Hai ke Self Goal!
The ignominy of defeat of the Indian hockey team rancours more in
Sansarpur than in the whole country, though KPS Gill doesn't care
for disgrace or rout. |
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 Change and India
5
March 2008
Meet
the world's rising economic power, India. A country torn between
groups that have growth rate of under two percent and over nine
percent... |
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Unethical start to Adarsh Schools launch
27
February 2008
The monetization of education in Punjab has begun. Barring
a few stray voices, no political party nor social or academic group
or association is talking about it. Civil society seems
uninterested.... |
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 Kosovo -- Proving
the invincibility of the will of a free people
20 February 2008
Finally out of the
Serbian Control, the recent development in Europe sets example for
various Ethnic communities struggling for freedom... |
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 Trouble in Maharashtra and the Sikhs
13 February 2008
The
Sikh community should debate the Maharashtra issue of “outsiders” in
the light of its own experience... |
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 Issues linger, Jathedars delay
6 February 2008
The much-hyped meeting of the Jathedars at Akal Takht Sahib was
postponed at the last minute on Tuesday to an unscheduled date... |
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 Inner Party Democracy And Sikhs
30 January 2008
Political parties
in Punjab need a sound Constitution, a good set of byelaws and
healthy democratic elections to qualify the democracy test. |
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‘N’ number of
agendas won’t help
23 January 2008
The Sikh
community is currently passing through troubled times, and the
crisis is not uni-layered. It is a multi-layered one. While on the
one hand the Sikh community is facing a continuous onslaught from
Hindutva-propelled establishment... |
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Irrelevance as an art form
16 January 2008
Punjab held a
conclave of the Non-Resident Punjabis from all over the
world. No one invited any of the vice chancellors, or head
of any research institution. Not a single expert from
education, health, dairy management... |
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 Showcasing the good work
9 January 2008
In the masthead market of the United States, South Asian
community newspapers scream.... |
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