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The Punjab Problem: Listening beyond Burrrruh : Part 2

Reading Time: 19 minutes Post-partition drama- By the time the British left India partitioned, the seed of an identity of qaum was sowed in the Sikhs who majorly inhabited the then state of newly formed Punjab. Punjabi Suba Morcha- Sachar Formula- Jawahar Lal Nehru rejected all ideas of a separate state. On the contrary, he merged Patiala and East […]

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The Punjab Problem: Listening beyond Burrrruh : Part 1

Reading Time: 12 minutes Punjab is a land of exuberant celebrations, lush green fields, delectable cuisine, and foot-tapping Bhangra. But there is more. Songs? Yes. Glamorous cars, eye-candy models, luxury brands, white skin colour obsession, a few Pakistani city names, and of course the rightful bashing of the gold-digger girlfriend in the end. While a Punjabi reading this opening […]

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Massacre 1984

Reading Time: 12 minutes The years after 1947 is often termed as the post-independence era. An era filled with new challenges for the new and free India. A country free from colonial rule that faced atrocities and tyranny of the British. But there have been instances when actions of the ‘democratic’ government of India have been no less tyrant […]

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