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Friday, September 13, 2024
TopicSikh history

Topic: Sikh history

Why Chhota Ghallughara is called the ‘Smaller Holocaust’. 7000 Sikhs were massacred in 1746

In 'Cauldron, Sword and Victory', Sarbpreet Singh explores the eighteenth-century history of the Sikhs, focusing on the rise of Sikh chiefs amid the decline of the Mughals.

On Camera

Diljit Dosanjh’s tickets are hotter than chole bhature, tatkal bookings. The craze is real

Many bought five or more tickets for Diljit Dosanjh's Dil-Luminati tour to resell later at a higher price. The organisers said the tour was sold out in 15 minutes.

Data on unpaid labour divides economists. But they agree on one thing: real rural wages have stagnated

India’s employment data flawed, argues economist Santosh Mehrotra, citing unpaid family labour & sectoral shifts. UFL falling as share in total workforce, counters Surjit Bhalla.

Looking beyond HAL, IAF proposes public-private partnership to ramp up Tejas production line

IAF facing severe shortage in fighter strength and state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has failed to deliver. Of IAF's initial order of 40 Tejas, HAL has delivered only 36.

You can put words in Mrs Gandhi’s mouth & get away. But too much fiction, and you mess with Bhindranwale

The IC-814 and Emergency controversies show we are still too thin-skinned to accept anything but deification of our leaders, biopics or biographies. This runs across the subcontinent.