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Senior bilingual journalist for the last 40 years. Retired as Editor of Vir Pratap, the oldest Hindi daily of Punjab. He has contributed articles for The Tribune, The Dawn and Huffington Post and can be reached at chandermohan.net or @cmvohra LESS. MORE
As part of the media party to cover the visit of PM Vajpayee to Lahore in February 1999, some of us decided to see the city during our spare time. Lahore in any case has a special attraction for Punjabis like me, most of us have some connection or the other with the city. In my case, it’s my birthplace.
Why the Khalistan Separatist Movement Is Neither Sikh Nor Liberal
The Khalistan movement not only adheres to the bigotry, extremism, patriarchy, and violence prevalent among the Jihadi terrorist groups but also has close ties with them in operational and strategic matters.
India has long suffered from separatist movements, e.g., Nagaland and Mizoram in the northeast and Kashmir and Punjab in the northwest. Amongst them, Punjab’s Khalistan insurgency was the bloodiest and most dangerous. Between 1980 and 2000, in the Khalistan insurgency, 11,694 civilians, 1,784 security forces, and 8,069 militants died. The Khalistan movement aimed at the creation of an independent state, namely Khalistan. Massively supported by Pakistan, it was Pakistani General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq’s strategy to bleed India through “a thousand cuts” to avenge the defeat of the 1971 war. The movement petered out by the early 1990s; however, lately, it has been on the upswing again.
Sikh Pilgrims Still Hopeful of Permission to Visit Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan
The Sikh jatha comprising 600 people was ready to leave for Pakistan for the 100th anniversary of âSaka Nankana Sahibâ, however, the Centre denied them permission citing the pandemic.
A copy of the letter written by Jagir Kaur to PM Modi highlighting the significance of âSaka Nankana Sahibâ massacre. Photo: Special arrangement
Jalandhar: For the Sikh
jatha comprising 600 people ready to leave for Pakistan for the 100th anniversary of the Nankana Sahib massacre or Saka Nankana Sahib, the denial of permission by the Central government at the eleventh hour has come as a rude shock.
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1 Fantabulous! Former President APJ Abdul Kalam is one of the eminent persons to have visited here.
Frontman: Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal emerges from the waters with a clump of weeds and straws uprooted from under the Bein.
On a mellow chilly wintry day the tree-laden banks of the Kali Bein, in the midst of the pandemic, are exceptionally calm and tranquil. Laughter from a lone bunch of tourists and an occasional whirl of a bike engine are the only sounds making inroads into silence and interrupting sweet crooning of the birds. The Bein flows gleefully – its characteristic dark waters canopied by the shadows of the sky-embracing trees swaying on the banks look like an abstract painting, limned by nature’s lily hands.