In ‘Punjabi Centuries: Tracing Histories of Punjab’, edited by Anshu Malhotra, Nicole Ranganath recounts how diasporic Punjabi women used folk songs to express their loneliness in California.
Gandhi now has tag of giant slayer as he had earlier defeated Kaur in 2014 parliamentary elections as AAP candidate. Outgoing MP is a member of erstwhile Patiala royal family.
Amritpal is leading in Khadoor Sahib, while Sarabjit Khalsa is leading in the Faridkot seat in Punjab. Engineer Rashid looks set to beat former CM Omar Abdullah in Baramulla in J&K.
Radicalism is back in Punjab, especially in zones where Sikhs form a large rural majority, and three of the five prominent political forces in this election are playing with it.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 7 voting: In the fray were PM Narendra Modi, Union minister Anurag Thakur, TMC's Abhishek Banerjee and Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal, among others.
Rahul Gandhi's team releases video in which Congress leader holds free-wheeling chat with Balkaur Singh. Rapper's family has been demanding justice for slain artiste.
Sarabjit Singh is contesting as an Independent. Other candidates from 4 major parties in the fray are seen as political lightweights, which could work to his advantage.
Amritpal's 10-point manifesto include end of drug culture & extortions, justice in sacrilege cases, struggle for release of Bandi Singhs. His parents are campaigning on his behalf.
Lynching the accused is not something ordinary Sikhs I know can make peace with. The prevailing sentiment remains that the offenders be punished according to the law.
Releasing Export Preparedness Index report, NITI Aayog CEO says Centre has ‘ticked a lot of boxes’, & responsibility of driving the next phase of export growth now rests with states.
The proposed project costing about Rs 3.25 lakh crore will entail procurement of 18 aircraft in fly away condition & the rest made in India with up to 60% indigenous content.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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