Reflections on June 1984; media and global indifference backs India

June evokes intense feelings and emotions for Sikhs inside India and globally, representing the modern Sikh genocide month of June 1984. UK based Sikh activist -Jagdeesh Singh presents this reflection of events of June 1984 and how India and other nations, inc... More »

“Amu” told price of November 1984 amnesia, India didn’t listen; suffers

Published 8y ago - WSN Special Correspondent

Shonali Bose’s Amu -perhaps the only movie with the theme of November 1984 told us the truth of Delhi 1984 that forgetfulness is not a good human trait nor a good political philosophy. Gujarat followed and much more. Is anyone listening, even now? If you admi... More »

In November 1984, Maxwell Pereira saved Gurdwara Sisganj; others failed

Published 8y ago - WSN Special Correspondent

In November 1984, when the entire police machinery either became mute spectators or sided with the political and bureaucratic leadership in Delhi and other parts, few men stood tall and did not bother to toe the line. One such police officer was Maxwell Pereir... More »

Activist Phoolka kept November 1984 memories alive

Published 8y ago - Jagmohan Singh

Ten years ago, World Sikh News interviewed ace activist Harinder Singh Phoolka. He has come a long way since then and is now a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Ludhiana. Nevertheless, he still continues the legal fight for victims of November 198... More »

1984

Published 8y ago - Parminder Singh Aziz

Art, theatre, paintings, movies, videos, books, verse, monuments and museums are media to relive and rekindle memories of years gone by, particularly years of pain and injustice. Through this poem, the poet relives the horrors of November 1984 and rues the co... More »

Jarnail Singh’s Shoe writes back seeking justice for Nov 1984

Published 8y ago - Jagmohan Singh

Unable to withstand a cursory reply from the then Indian home minister P. Chidambaram, about acquittal of perpetrators of Nov 1984 carnage, Journalist Jarnail Singh softly hurled his shoe in protest in April 2009. Back then, WSN editor wrote an Open letter to... More »

Jarnail Singh’s Shoe that nearly avenged November 1984

Published 8y ago - Jagmohan Singh

8 years ago, journalist Jarnail Singh, now an activist and politician, flung his shoe at former Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, in reaction to comments about forgetting November 1984 at a press meet. Enamoured by his act, WSN Editor Jagmohan Singh wrote a... More »

Living in Exile

Published 9y ago - Gajinder Singh

From the WSN Archives: On the occasion of the 24th anniversary of Saka Akal Takht, revolutionary poet and political activist, Gajinder Singh goes down memory lane reminiscing events and thoughts that touched his life in his long sojourn away from homeland Punj... More »

1984 –Who, What, How and Why

Published 9y ago - Jagmohan Singh

Activist-writer Ajmer Singh answers many questions agitating the Sikhs and raises several more for Sikhs and others to answer in his third book of what is transforming into an anthology of contemporary history of Punjab. His book, 1984-Unimagined Catastrophe, ... More »

Saka Akal Takht: Tribute to the Unknown Saint-Soldier of Indo-Sikh battle June 1984

Published 9y ago - Jagmohan Singh

On the occasion of 6 June -Remembrance Day of Saka Akal Takht, WSN editor Jagmohan Singh, in an Open Letter to an Unknown Sikh warrior, shares his feelings for those who died unsung. Originally written in 2008, currently elaborated and edited, this account na... More »

Ontario Parliament calls 1984 Sikh killings -Genocide, India upset

Published 9y ago - Jagmohan Singh

The Ontario Provincial Parliament accepting a motion moved by MPP Harinder Kaur Malhi, calling the November 1984 Sikh killings as genocide has bestirred the Sikh world and understandably upset the guilty state of India Harinder Kaur Malhi -the Member of the Pr... More »