because the truth needs to be told
S P Singh is a senior journalist who knows where the shoe pinches but hasn’t mustered up enough courage to hurl one at so many deserving faces he has come across in a quarter-century of journalism. Hence, this tribute, remembering and decoding the one act of J... More »
As a highly politicised Punjab ambles towards its next joust with electoral politics – Punjab Assembly elections are due in February 2022 –will the farmer agitation be the deciding factor? Is there an electoral demographic called ‘farmers’? Which way will the ... More »
Senior journalist and television anchor SP Singh, well known to the Punjabi readers for his weekly column, Likhtum BaDaleel, in Punjabi Tribune, ploughed a characteristically different furrow when it came to making sense of the recent election results from Wes... More »
What does it take to be a Shesh Narayan Singh? Decades of hard work, honesty and humility. Today, we lost him to Covid19, as we have many others in the last few weeks. Ace journalist SP Singh pays a humble first-person tribute acknowledging his diligence, scho... More »
With a broad sweep glance across the capitals of two democracies, the oldest and the biggest, senior journalist S P Singh, in this WSN exclusive commentary juxtaposes the latest political upsurges in the US and India and the reaction of those at the helm of af... More »
When police officer Surinderjit Kaur lost her husband, Charanjit Singh, to Covid-19 in Delhi, it is obligatory upon each one of us to feel a deep sense of loss. There is no other way to save our inner humanity. She is a senior police officer, an assistant comm... More »
Two months from now, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist the Tricolor from the Red Fort and address the nation on Independence Day, August 15, India will have 18.5 lakh coronavirus positive cases every day. Yes, EVERY DAY. It is an estimate shared by ... More »
ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ ਭੱਜੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਾਹਲੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੋ ਤਾਂ ਰਹਿਣ ਦਿਓ, ਇਹ ਲਿਖ਼ਤ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਪੜ੍ਹੋ। ਲਿਖ਼ਤ ਲੰਬੀ ਹੈ, ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਧਿਆਨ ਮੰਗਦੀ ਹੈ। ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਸਮਾਂ ਦੇਣਾ ਪਵੇਗਾ। ਜੇ ਵਹਟਸਐੱਪ ਸੁਨੇਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਅੰਗੂਠੇ ਨਾਲ ਅੱਗੇ ਧੱਕ ਹੀ ਸਵਾਦ ਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਉਹ ਵਾਲਾ ਮਜ਼ਾ ਇਸ ਲਿਖ਼ਤ ਨੂੰ ਪੜ੍ਹਨ ਨਾਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਉਣਾ। ਇਹ ਲਿਖ਼... More »
Extraordinary situations created by sinister policies and proposals must be met with sane responses and intelligent rebuttals. The farfetched proposal of Maharaja Amarinder Singh to loot the lands of the poor peasantry of Punjab and give it to rich landlords, ... More »
Many of us were either not around or were too young when the Sikh quom marked the 500 Years of Guru Nanak. Many may not be around by the time we mark 600 Years. But we will always be held accountable for how we chose to mark this pious occasion of 550 Years of... More »