The public sphere is being transformed by partisan power politics. At a time when politicians in Punjab are challenging each other for public debates, but are clearly indulging in hyperbole, self-aggrandizement and gladiator-style bloody talking games, we brin... More »
It’s difficult to match the magic that electoral partisan politics can play upon the people. Without grappling with the question about crisis in peasantry, without even touching the hot-button issue of unemployment, without talking about the issue of Punjab’s ... More »
From the NCERT books taught in Indian schools to the work of Ramachandra Guha, to the endless piles of books that UPSC aspirants gorge upon, you will be told that the first non-congress government in independent India was the one elected in 1957 in Kerala and ... More »
The squeeze is getting tighter by the day. NDTV’s campaign to eulogise Manjinder Singh Sirsa as a larger-than-life Sewadar of the Sikh community will not be able to save his image of being a corrupt president, the likes of which the DSGMC has not seen before. ... More »
When was the last time you heard the humbling Akali cry of commitment –“Main maran, Panth jeeve” -Let Panth live, I am ready to die, asks writer-activist Jagdeesh Singh as he pinpoints salient features of the rise and fall of the Akali Dal -from a vibrant, vig... More »
With the Delhi Assembly elections just two days away, it can easily be said that the established Sikh leadership has, this time around, let down the Sikh masses in Delhi, failing to field candidates and build their say in the capital city of India with the Sik... More »
Shiromani Akali Dal decision to support the Bhartiya Janata Party after announcing non-participation in Delhi Assembly elections on its difference with the party on CAA and NRC, has rattled the Sikhs. Dal Khalsa has chastised the party and other factions waiti... More »
Author and social media activist Ajaypal Singh Brar traces the origin of the Kashmir political conflict and provides a global perspective, cautioning India for its miscalculated, malicious and mayhem-ridden misadventure in Indian-administered Kashmir. The auth... More »
WSN columnist Jasvinder Singh makes sense of the decision of the Punjab voter who defeated the Shiromani Akali Dal but ensured the victory of the Indian National Congress. The Hindutva Ginny has emerged stronger after the 2019 elections. The Ginny’s protégé -t... More »