Two men who needed help up a steep rock in British Columbia were saved thanks to a group of Sikh men who unravelled and removed their turbans to create a makeshift rope. The steep rocks led to rough, raging waters near a waterfall. This reminded me of the role... More »
Why SELECTIVE SILENCE about citizen-led fact-finding missions has a role in discourse? When an Indian Express columnist chooses to be dishonest blacking out what is too well known and the editors look the other way, then the publication does injustice to the v... More »
In an 11-page report entitled “Enforcing silence: India’s War on Sikh Social Media,” released today in Ottawa, the World Sikh Organisation of Canada has comprehensively examined the recent trend in India of detaining political activists under the dreadful Unla... More »
Without obtaining any permission from the requisite authorities under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and without citing any notification or order of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Indian government directly or through the pol... More »
Are India’s election results that difficult to predict as many pollsters say? After the 2014 general elections, many pundits have become cautious of declaring outcomes one way or the other. However, Indians, like people anywhere in democracies, do not vote jus... More »
On a plea by victims of anti-Sikh carnage of November 1984 and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Delhi High Court ordered everyday hearing from 11 September in the case of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s involvement in the murders and conspiracy to murder ... More »
8 years ago, journalist Jarnail Singh, now an activist and politician, flung his shoe at former Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in reaction to comments about forgetting November 1984 at a press meet. Enamoured by his act, WSN Editor Jagmohan Singh wrote a... More »
Dal Khalsa to organise Sikh Genocide Remembrance March at Bathinda on 1 November to protest anti-Sikh pogrom of 1984 across India. Amritsar- Calling it 33 years of pain, misery, injustice, hope and remembrance, the Dal Khalsa will hold ‘Sikh Genocide Remembran... More »