because the truth needs to be told
Art engages reality in this satirical poem on present-day society. Mob mentality is a stark phenomenon from Charlottesville in USA where whites wanted to be domineering over leftists to Ballabgarh in Haryana, India where right wing Hindutva zealots wanted to b... More »
Tracing the origins of the song, Vande Mataram, which transitioned from a pro-Bangla praise to a pan-India patriotic fervour, the author questions the logic of enforcing nationalism through hooliganism, political rhetoric, executive fiat and judicial orders an... More »
The activist dismisses the possibility of any change in the social or political status of the Dalits in India or reduction in hate crimes against them even with the election of right-wing oriented Shri Ram Nath Kovind as the President of India. WWith a Dalit i... More »
Singh Sabha Mumbai general secretary Manmohan Singh writes a detailed missive to Education Minister of Indian state of Maharashtra protesting the distortion of historical facts of June 1984 culminating in the attack on Darbar Sahib, popularly known as Operatio... More »
In a comic strip published on 2 July, leading Indian English daily Hindustan Times shows the image of a Sikh army person lighting a cigarette in a clear attempt to denigrate the Sikh community. 48hours have passed but Hindustan Times has not seen the writing o... More »
Dal Khalsa activist Pritpal Singh briefs Swiss government official of rising intolerance and subjugation of Dalits and minorities in India. Perturbed at the rising intolerance and hate crimes in India, a Dal Khalsa delegation led by Pritpal Singh met a senior ... More »
WSN Editor writes an Open Letter to the brother of 15-year-old Junaid Khan from Nuh, Haryana who was killed in a cold-blooded public murder in a train from India’s national capital Delhi to their home. Dear Faisal Khan Aadab! Reading through the brutal account... More »
Published in 2008, this is a scathing attack on KPS Gill for his clean chit to Narendra Modi’s involvement in the 2002 anti-Muslim carnage in Gujarat. AMRITSAR: In a strong reaction to the reported clean chit by former DGP Punjab KPS Gill to Gujarat Chief Mini... More »
The Republic has gone crazy. Nobody expected it to be any better. Civility and dignity are in danger. WSN editor Jagmohan Singh writes an Open Letter to raise a banner of protest, not to match the shrillness of Arnab Goswami but to defeat him. Dear Arnab Goswa... More »
With a sharp shift in most states of India towards right-wing politics and with minorities either silenced, assimilated or forced to join the ranks in the march towards a Hindu Rashtra, 2019 may be a watershed in the secular design of India. Any Indian returni... More »
Sri Guru Singh Sabha Mumbai writes to Indian Union Minister for Human Resource Development seeking immediate withdrawal of unlawful orders of Indian Institute of Technology and other higher educational institutions banning the Kara as a metallic object not to... More »
..so now the Hindu Rashtra creators take on Sikhs and Sikhism in Delhi. Given the proclivity of the hate brigade, the danger it protends, it is time to take stock and beware! Sikhs in Delhi need to be on their toes. The march of the Hindutva zealots is making ... More »