Seventy-nine years of independence—what a magnificent achievement! Seventy-nine years is a long time. A person can grow old in 79 years, governments can come and go, political parties can change their colours, promises can be…
Punjab’s farmers have become the most persistent protesters in India. Year after year, season after season, they return to the roads, railway tracks, borders and government offices, demanding justice for agriculture, fair prices for their…
Chandigarh/Milpitas(California): Anger was evoked among the Punjabi Diaspora over the use of tear gas and water cannons by Chandigarh Police against peaceful protesters who were demanding the release of Bandi Sikh prisoners. This was disclosed…
[caption id="attachment_25983" align="alignleft" width="414"] Players become Legends! Mithapur, the village of Padma Shri, 3-time Olympian and Former Indian team captain Pargat Singh (MLA Jalandhar Cantt) Sports Achievements : 1983-1997 A) Olympic Games[/caption] In the latest…
[caption id="attachment_25773" align="alignleft" width="297"] Karan Bir Singh Sidhu: The author is a retired IAS officer of the 1984 batch, Punjab cadre, and Founder-Editor of The KBS Chronicle.[/caption] Nearly three decades ago, James Dale Davidson and…
When a woman truly loves someone from the heart, she doesn’t count the distances, doesn’t measure the paths, doesn’t cry over a lack of time. Even in exhaustion, she speaks with a smile; even amidst…
[caption id="attachment_24558" align="alignleft" width="500"] Gurpartap Singh Mann is a farmer and former Member of the Punjab Public Service Commission[/caption] Caste will dominate the politics of Census 2027. But the more interesting question may be why…
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has repeatedly presented his foreign visits as missions to attract investment, create employment and place Punjab on the global industrial map. From Japan and South Korea to the Netherlands and…
Punjab’s political landscape is increasingly beginning to resemble an opposition vacuum rather than a genuine four-cornered electoral contest. With Congress publicly struggling with internal differences, the Shiromani Akali Dal largely absent from the political scene,…
[caption id="attachment_25974" align="alignleft" width="550"] AI-created image for representation only[/caption] Rawalpindi today is known as one of Pakistan’s major cities, but its older streets carry memories of a very different social landscape. Before the Partition of…
