The two players on the Punjab political chess board whose Mission 2017 moves need to be closely watched are the Bharatiya Janata Party and former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh. The option of People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal could be limited to these two players, depending upon the situation. Capt Amarinder Singh […]
By Harjap Singh Aujla A small group of Phothohari dialect speaking Hindu and Sikh Punjabis ended up in Delhi as early as in March of 1947, when brutal violence erupted in Rawalpindi and Jhelum districts of West Punjab. That was just a trickle, compared to the flood of refugees arriving in hordes in July, August […]
Compiled by Charnjit Singh Bal from various sources. This week, light a candle in your window. And whisper a silent prayer in memory of more than 4,000 Sikh men, women and children slaughtered by Congress hoodlums 20 years ago. In Delhi alone, 2,733 Sikhs were burned alive, butchered or beaten to death.Women were raped while […]
The one thing no one being interviewed on television should allow for is his interviewer taking control of the interview. This is doubly true for the head of a government: it is quadruply so for an aspiring head of government facing a general election in three months. But that is precisely what Rahul Gandhi allowed […]
‘The men were dragged out and killed’ Bhagwani Kaur, riot victim On November 1 morning, there was stone-pelting between both parties (Sikhs and non-Sikhs) in Trilokpuri area. When the police came, they first cordoned off the area and then indicated the non-Sikhs to go ahead. Rioters barged into our homes, pulled out utensils and other […]