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Articles with tag: sikh

Film “Amu” Revisits the 1984 Sikh Massacre in Delhi

Ras Siddiqui   Jul 27, 2007   interacts: 7

Kaju’s past leads to the year 1984, when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.

Absent in the Spring

Beej K Singh   Feb 6, 2007   interacts: 3

There seldom was any sympathy - but of humiliation there was no shortage.

Celebrating the Khalsa

Kaura S Mitha   Apr 11, 2006   interacts: 120

On Vaisakhi Day, Guru Gobind Singh ji stood before the Sikh congregation and requested the ultimate sacrifice of his disciples. Five Sikhs volunteered to lay down their lives for God and the Guru

Cycling With The Sikh

Kaura S Mitha   Nov 23, 2005   interacts: 17

They were in the habit of having a little fun at the expense of Sikhs. Bastards! I had been fuming with anger

Communal Stereotyping in Bollywood Movies

Rahul Malviya   May 27, 2005   interacts: 175

The latest offering by Rahul Rawail uses cheap punch lines like ‘No if, no but, only Jutt’.

Born Again

B Waraich   Feb 2, 2005   interacts: 7

The rabid religiousness was infectious. It didn’t affect me though. I was more concerned with the weight of the knot of hair on my head and my asthma. I wanted to be born again, leave the knot of hair behind, shave off the hair on my face, leave my

Letter to Prime Minister of India

Manish Bhatia   Oct 6, 2004   interacts: 87

Insightful words from a radical

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