Maisa Lopes Eliaser is home after five weeks in immigration detention. She and her husband, Army Staff Sergeant Alexis Jaramillo, told their story this morning at a virtual press conference with Danitza James of Repatriate…
Punjab has a long and proud tradition of protest. From farmers and workers to students, employees, religious organisations and political parties, people have historically taken to the streets, highways and government offices to make their…
Milpitas(California)Chandigarh/Jalandhar-North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) Executive Director Satnam Singh Chahal has once again urged young people in Punjab and their families to exercise extreme caution before deciding to travel abroad, particularly through illegal or unverified…
Punjab has one of the richest and most continuous traditions of mass protest in India, deeply rooted in agrarian resistance, anti-colonial struggles, Sikh identity politics, and later democratic mobilisations. These movements have frequently blended economic…
CHANDIGARH, August 14: Punjab Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today condemned the brutality by Haryana Police on peaceful Sikh protestors in Ambala last night who were demanding the release of two Sikh youths…
A gambit, in the game it is named for, is a deliberate sacrifice of a piece early on, made in the hope of a stronger position later. On August 8, a day after its President…
[caption id="attachment_24558" align="alignleft" width="500"] Gurpartap Singh Mann is a farmer and former Member of the Punjab Public Service Commission[/caption] From the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a…
There is a certain dark irony in the corridors of the Supreme Court this August. Punjab and Haryana — carved out of the composite Punjab with effect from 1 November 1966, and locked ever since…
Faith is deeply woven into the social and cultural life of South Asia. Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Sufi traditions, shrine culture and other spiritual traditions have provided generations of people with faith, community, charity, moral guidance…
Two developments today, on their face unrelated, deserve to be read together. Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana, from Patiala Central Jail, has issued a three-page open letter to the Khalsa Panth. And Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara,…
