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Recent articles from the archives

Through Bloodshed and Tears

Sidra Omer Oct 31, 2008

It was the year 1984. The Anti-Sikh massacre was taking place in India after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31 by her two Sikh guards.

The Sangh Octopussy

Dost Mittar Sep 24, 2008

In Kandhmal, Orissa, following communal violence, several hundred Christians are in refugee camps and have been threatened with death if they return without â€œreconvertingâ€?

What about Bombay 1992?

Aijaz Zaka Syed Aug 14, 2007

As the perpetrators of Bombay 1993 are brought to justice, it is only fair to ask where are those who planned the Bombay 1992 carnage?

Film â€œAmuâ€? Revisits the 1984 Sikh Massacre in Delhi

Ras Siddiqui Jul 27, 2007

Kajuâ€™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

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

Martial Myths

Drupad Kanakia Aug 29, 2006

Prisoner of Conscience or Conscious Prisoner?

Farzana Versey May 29, 2006

V.P.Singh is back with a new Jan Morcha. Look at the timing. ‘Mandal 2’ is staining the streets. Is he capitalising on the wave? He says in this interview, “We are sitting on a volcano. The very backward are looking up to me. In 15 years

Celebrating the Khalsa

Kaura S Mitha Apr 11, 2006

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

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

The Soldier who Annexed 3 States for 3 Daughters

Harish Nambiar Apr 26, 2005

A veteran of both the 1965 and the 1971 wars against Pakistan, retired Hawaldaar Ramaiah was a fat man with a handle bar moustache that his wife trimmed in the night while he was asleep.

Destinies, dynasties, and upstart pickpockets

Harish Nambiar Apr 15, 2005

We had stepped into another zone of assault; another variation of the mini theatre where Indian regional identities, destinies and politics clashed...

Intimacies Remapped

Harish Nambiar Mar 1, 2005

Part one of a series on my travel through a major part of India during the Gujarat riots ... my journey away from the blood and gore of riots to questioning my role, and the roles of others like me, in an India seemingly fast polarising along communal lin

Zaheera’s Jihad

Farzana Versey Nov 8, 2004

Her bravery is forgotten, she is called an opportunist.Who made her into a star witness and what was the underlying agenda? Modi becomes a star symbol for the death of 2000 people, why is no one pointing fingers at him?

Letter to Prime Minister of India

Manish Bhatia Oct 6, 2004

Insightful words from a radical

Iraq : Is religion above board?

Parthasarathy B Apr 9, 2003

101 reasons for the war. Which of the ones thrown at us do we believe is true?

Gujrat - The Verdict Of God

Parthasarathy B Mar 15, 2003

Eathquake Hits India And Pakistan

Chowk P Room Jan 27, 2001

At least 15,000 people are feared dead

Dec 31, 1969

Swat: Paradise Lost

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