because the truth needs to be told
WE THE HYPOCRITICAL: For almost a year and a half, we have been talking about little else but the pandemic. Senior journalist and television anchor SP Singh, well known to the Punjabi readers for his weekly column, Likhtum BaDaleel, in Punjabi Tribune, claims ... More »
India is teetering at the brink of a crisis unparalleled in its over 70 years of history as a republic. The Covid19 pandemic has thoroughly exposed the health systems in the country, in urban and rural areas. WHO warning has come true, ‘Don’t depend upon anyon... More »
The transition from Lockdown to Unlock has been quite a political stuntmanship in India showing no respect for the actual pandemic situation, the warning of various international health authorities and monitoring agencies. It has now reached its nadir ignoring... More »
Come July -India, and particularly Delhi is in for an unprecedented public health crisis. The figures speak for themselves. The increasing death-rate, the increasing Corona-positive patients, low contact mapping, monsoon leading to infections of chikungunya an... 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 »
Alarmed at the increasing deaths of the lower middle class and middle-class Sikhs and other minorities in Delhi, since the Unlock 2.0 period started, The World Sikh News editor Jagmohan Singh writes an Open Letter to Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee Ma... More »
As the death toll due to Covid19 mounts, people are throwing up arms before God, seeking compassion and solace. There seems a be a dead-end and humankind is at its wit’s end. Politicians, statesmen, religious authorities are all at sea. A compassionate lady, ... 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 »
While there is an alarming increase in the number of COVID19 infections, India is opening up in a hurry that is not explainable, except that the government now wants the ‘problem of Coronavirus and the attending problems of the country to be out and done with’... More »
As death stalks humankind across the globe, Tripura-based social and cultural activist Kavita Jamatia prays to God for compassion and intervention. Her prayer is a prayer of everyone today as we all seek God’s grace to reduce the suffering of the dying, the il... More »
Ever since the spread of Coronavirus, its reverberations have been felt in the entire world as it has resulted in lockdowns, social distancing and quarantine in extreme cases. The result is we are missing the ability to visit, converse with, hug, go out, trave... More »
ਕੁਝ ਦਿਨ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਵ੍ਹਾਈਟ ਹਾਊਸ ਦੇ ਸਿਹਤ ਸਲਾਹਕਾਰ -ਡਾ. ਐਂਥਨੀ ਫਾਊਚੀ ਨੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਕੋਵਿਡ-੧੯ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ, ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਇਕ ਦੂਜੇ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਲਣ ਮੌਕੇ, ਹੱਥ ਮਿਲਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਪਰੰਪਰਾ ਹੁਣ ਛੱਡਣੀ ਪਵੇਗੀ। ਮਨੁੱਖਤਾ ਲਈ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ ਇਕ ਨਿਵੇਕਲੇ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਬਦਲ ਜਾਏਗੀ। ਆਪਣੇ ਤਜਰਬੇ ਮੁਤਾਬਕ, ਦਸਤਾਵੇਜ਼ੀ ਸੰਭਾਲ਼ ਦੇ ਮਾਹਰ, ਦੂਰਦਰਸ਼ੀ... More »