The chaos that unfolded at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, on 6–7 November 2025 was in a different league altogether. When the Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS) in the air traffic control (ATC) stack…
The opposition by several bar associations in Punjab to the rollout of Gram Nyayalayas confuses professional convenience with constitutional principle. When rural citizens must travel long distances, pay prohibitive fees, and forgo daily wages merely…
While we trade constitutional insults, the university’s finances remain fragile. The uncomfortable history is well known: Punjab froze its share at ₹20 crore in 2011, far below the notional 40% of the maintenance deficit that…
On 1 November 1966, after a decade of agitation, the Akali leadership secured the Punjabi Suba—a Punjabi-speaking state carved out in the name of language and identity. As we enter the sixtieth year of that…
The tragedy of November 1984 must not become a symbol of hatred, but a source of awareness, unity, and justice.1984 was not merely a year on the calendar—it was a turning point in Sikh history…
Once hailed as India’s “breadbasket,” Punjab now finds its paddy procurement—the backbone of its rural economy—at the lowest level in nearly a decade. Despite successive increases in the Minimum Support Price (MSP), a combination of…
Captain Amarinder Singh has claimed that any re-investigation in Bikram Singh Majithia’s criminal cases would amount to “double jeopardy.” That claim is legally untenable. In Indian law, the constitutional shield of double jeopardy under Article…
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in April, I wrote that it was a silent strike that could change Punjab’s destiny. (Operation Sindoor’s Silent Triumph: Modi’s Water Strike May Change…
After months of tariff sabre-rattling and rhetorical escalation — or “Trump’s tariff tantrums,” as they have often been described — Washington and Beijing have at last inched back from confrontation. Negotiators from both sides finalised…
When a U.S. deportation flight landed in Amritsar recently, 117 Indians arrived in chains and handcuffs, many with their turbans removed. The images provoked outrage across Punjab. Yet no one asked the obvious questions: Why…
