As we celebrate Baisakhi today, the sacred day that marks the birth of the Khalsa Panth founded by Dashmesh Pita, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, our warmest greetings go out to all. On this day…
The introduction of the Sacrilege Bill 2026 in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha has once again brought a deeply sensitive issue into public debate. While the government is presenting this bill as a strong step toward…
When the Aam Aadmi Party swept to power in Punjab in March 2022, winning a historic 92 of 117 assembly seats, it arrived with soaring promises of transparent governance, accountable legislature, and longer assembly sessions.…
Punjab, one of India's most agriculturally prosperous states, is today paradoxically one of its most financially distressed. With an outstanding debt burden projected to hit ₹4.17 lakh crore by the close of the 2025–26 financial…
[caption id="attachment_20835" align="alignleft" width="550"] Desmodus rotundus is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. It is one of three extant species of vampire bat. This bat mainly feeds on the blood of livestock.[/caption] During…
There is a certain genre of government action that looks, at first glance, like retreat. A notification quietly amended. Two clauses deleted. No press conference. No triumphalist briefing. Just a crisp Gazette Extraordinary, issued under…
I watched Barkha Dutt’s live conversation with Bilawal Sidhu with more than ordinary interest. Part of that interest was intellectual; part of it was deeply personal. Bilawal is our elder son, based in Austin, Texas,…
Announcing the repeal of three farm laws passed with a strong parliamentary majority, the Prime Minister acknowledged that his government had failed to convince a section of farmers. The laws designed to open agricultural markets,…
Recently, in my YouTube music feed, a timeless melody—Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya from the film Hum Dono, written by the legendary poet Sahir Ludhianvi and immortalised in the voice of Mohammed Rafi.…
There is a moment, rare and precious, when the universe conspires to make a point so elegantly that a commentator need do nothing except step aside and let the facts speak. That moment arrived on…
