The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has demanded that The Caravan magazine remove its story titled ‘Screams from the Army Post’ by Jatinder Kaur Tur which was published both in text and video format. Both these contents were to be removed within 24 hours as per the orders. The Ministry has said that if The Caravan does not remove the story, then the Government of India will block the URL of the story.
While the dream of an independent Sikh homeland in northern India enjoys some support in the Sikh diaspora, that’s not the case in the Indian state of Punjab, where much of the Sikh population feels as though the push for independence is far from their reality. Not so in Punjab, where much of the Sikh population feels as though the push for independence is far from their reality, with the state dealing with high unemployment and a crippling drug crisis.