because the truth needs to be told
You did not hear that supersonic boom, but Punjab’s Left finally broke the silence barrier. Thirty-seven long years after its tryst with silence over the 1984 killings of Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere, the annual Mela Gadri Babiyan Da finally resolved to demand... More »
In a shocking development, Kashmiri students in two educational institutions of Punjab were attacked after India lost a much-hyped T20 cricket match to Pakistan. Students from UP and Bihar chiefly lead these attacks. While the lumpen elements must be punished ... More »
ਬੇਅਦਬੀ ਦਾ ਬਿਰਤਾਂਤ ਚੱਲ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਬਾਰਡਰ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਪਾਰ ਵੀ, ਉਸ ਪਾਰ ਵੀ। ਪੈਗੰਬਰ ਦੇ ਜਿਹਾਦੀ ਗੁੱਸੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਨ। ਗੁਰੂ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਕਾਂ ਮਾਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। How much of your politics can be built on the foundation of sacrilege narrative? What does the Guru say about piety? Read this narrative by... More »
Since the first attack on poor Sikhs in 2018 in Shillong, when an attempt was made to torch their houses and overawe them, followed by concerted media badgering of Sikhs by local leaders, under state patronage of the BJP-coalition government, the World Sikh Ne... More »
A lungi-clad man approaches the cops. They shoot him point-blank at close range, then rain blows and kicks on the fallen fellow. A government photographer jumps on the dying (dead?) man. The world learns about the Darrang district in central Assam from the vid... More »
Last week the UK’s criminal prosecution agency, the Crown Prosecution Service, which was effectively representing the Indian Government in its quest to extradite three innocent Sikhs from the UK on fabricated terrorism charges, suddenly abandoned the case. Con... More »
HAVE YOU noticed that there has not been any controversy in Punjab about any particular minister being given a portfolio completely different from his known area of expertise? Whether we agree with his approach or not, but Manpreet Singh Badal has some claim o... More »
ਦੇਸ਼ ਭਰ ਵਿਚ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਟੀਵੀ ਚੈਨਲ ਅੱਜ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਅੰਦੋਲਨ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਐਲਾਨੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਬੰਦ ਦੀਆਂ ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਆਮ ਆਦਮੀ ਨੂੰ ਪੇਸ਼ ਆ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਦਿੱਕਤਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਤਬਸਰੇ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਬੇਗੁਰੇ ਗੁੜ੍ਹਗਾਓਂ ਤੋਂ ਕਾਰਪੋਰੇਟੀ ਤਰੱਕੀ ਦਾ ਜਾਮਾ ਪਾ ਕੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਵਾਲੇ ਹੋ ਗਏ ਗੁਰੂਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਦੇ ਹੋਣਹਾਰ ਵਸਨੀਕ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੇ ਬਾਰਡਰ ਤੇ... More »
How would the Sikh community, Punjabis at large and, in fact, all right-thinking people, react if the Government of Punjab was to make a law that it was legally mandatory for people to visit the Gurdwaras to pay obeisance to a Sikh Guru? Don’t try and jump to ... More »
‘ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀ ਆਸ’, ‘ਇਮਾਨਦਾਰੀ ਦੇ ਪੁੰਜ’ ਅਤੇ ਅਮਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਮਾੜੀ ਕਾਰਗੁਜ਼ਾਰੀ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਝੰਡਾ ਚੁੱਕ ਕੇ ਬਗ਼ਾਵਤ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਸਰਦਾਰ ਨਵਜੋਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਿੱਧੂ ਹੋਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਅੱਜ “ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਅਧਿਕਾਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਮਹਾਨ ਘੁਲਾਟੀਏ” ਅਤੇ ਸੂਬੇ ਦੇ ਮਰਹੂਮ ਮੁੱਖਮੰਤਰੀ ਬਿਅੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੀ ਫੋਟੋ ਅੱਗੇ ਮੱਥਾ ਟੇਕਿਆ, ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਚ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ... More »
In a development that could have a serious detrimental impact on the Indo-Pacific strategy of the US and India, China is opening land routes to reach the Bay of Bengal and Arabian sea. Land routes in Myanmar and Kabul are far-reaching steps. Eminent political ... More »
Being the geostrategic link to East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia, events in Afghanistan usually have ramifications that go much beyond its political boundaries. Afghanistan has often been the site of superpower rivalry as control over Afghanistan provides... More »