Militancy does not account for Punjab’s decline that commenced a decade after the cessation of violence. Three subtle, cumulative failures provide the explanation.
In June 2017, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury delivered a speech at a memorial meeting for former Punjab police chief KPS Gill in New Delhi, praising the cop's fearless and forthright views while calling him a 'nek insaan'.
The former deputy commissioner of Amritsar proposed a body that addresses reparations, missing persons, and prison releases from Punjab's militancy era.
‘Everyone should keep a photo of Jaswant Singh Khalra in their homes and offices,’ said Harjeet Singh, secretary of Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar, during a screening of Satluj on Saturday.
In past 2 months, a kabbadi player was shot dead at a tournament, a gang opened fire at a wedding killing 2 guests, a shopkeeper was killed for refusing to give in to extortion.
From a village in Dera Baba Nanak, Chaura founded Khalistan Liberation Army & is convener of now-defunct radical think tank Akal Federation. He was radicalised in his student days in '70s.
Surjit Patar's latest poems were about the inclusive culture of Punjab, the decline of the Punjabi language, mass migration to foreign lands and empathy for the Bihari labourers.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
Wounds from the militancy days are still fresh, says BJP leader Iqbal Singh Lalpura, a former IPS officer from Punjab. His solution — a restorative justice tribunal.
India's merchandise e-commerce market is expected to reach $300-350 billion by 2030, growing at an annual rate of 20-25%. However, profitability remains elusive.
Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.
Socialism, corruption, and drugs.