1984

Amartya Sen on 1984 Sikh Riots Exerts from an Interview with Amartya Sen. In the 63rd year of Independence, how many cheers would you give Indian democracy? Out of a total of three (laughs)? That was a scale invented by E.M. Forster in Two Cheers for Democracy. I think I will give it a bit...

India and Indians now tell us that 1984 was a mere blip on the stellar record of the world's most populous democracy. What a difference 25 years make? In June 1984, when the Indian army attacked the Harmandar (Golden Temple) in Amritsar and 40 other gurdwaras across Punjab, the...

News Reports This archive provides an important historical record of international media reporting of the events of 1984. No foreign or independent journalists were allowed into Punjab for over a month and those already in the State prior to Operation Blue Star were...

WJKK WJKF What was the role of Nihang Singhs in 1984 especially Buddha Dal and Harianwelaan Dal?Please through some light. Will be very grateful Thankyou Amanpreet Singh

New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) A key witness of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, whose testimony was recorded by CBI last year in New York, today died at AIIMS following a massive heart attack. "Gyani Surinder Singh died following a heart attack at AIIMS," senior advocate H S Phoolka, who has been...

GREATEST works of arts are inspired by sorrow. And the trauma of 1984 and the catharsis that followed set the canvas for Arpana Caur. Today one of the top names in Indian art, Caur had been caught in the crossfire of hatred that swept Delhi after Indira Gandhi's...

THE police looked the other way as politicians led marauding mobs into the city. You could be talking of Delhi of 1984, or Ahmedabad of 2002. For its very long history, India has an extremely short memory. Uncomfortable events from the past are tucked away into...

A FADING silk scarf wrapped around the forehead, dirty shirt sleeves pulled down and his stained teeth protruding in an awkward smile. Devender is a recognisable face in this lower class residential area in Delhi's stinking eastern fringe. In the bylanes...

The tremors of 1984 catastrophe continue to rock the resilient Sikhs, says Panthic Conference Punjab Newsline Network Sunday, 21 June 2009 JALANDHAR: Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the army assault code named “operation Blue Star” against Darbar Sahib in June 1984, the...

October 31, 1984 was like any other school day, except for the contents of my lunch box. Instead of the usual onion paranthas wrapped in the daily newspaper, there was a change in the menu. I had decided the interiors of the lunch box were the perfect location to sneak in a transistor radio...

Remembering 1984

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Here is the relevent paragraph from the article, ‘Judge me from my performance’, says Prime Minister ': He [Prime Minister Manmohan Singh] also said, the tragic issue of 1984 riots cannot be kept alive for always as those who were raking it up were only trying to get political mileage out of...

It is a website which gives complete information on 1984 riots and it also has petetion to sign for justice Petition | Lest We Forget

Tehleka NEWS Magazine Continued from Part One ‘When He Sees A Cop, He Wets His Pants’ CHANDU SINGH, Lost 7 family members SINCE NOVEMBER 1, 1984, Chandu Singh has been afraid of the police. Chandu is not a thief but he hides like one anytime he sees a man in uniform. It was...

1984 & I: A Survivors' Colony in Chandigarh by NIRUPAMA DUTT Source: sikhchic.com | The Art and Culture of the Diaspora | Article Detail...

1984 REVISITED June comes around every year with uncomfortable regularity. In 1984, on Guru Arjan’s martyrdom day —June 5 — the Indian army launched a full-scale invasion of the Golden Temple in Amritsar and of 40 other gurdwaras across Punjab. Thousands were massacred; there was no...

India to Pay $160M to Victims of 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots (Voice of America) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11n22kbf6/*http%3A//www.voanews.com/english/2005-12-29-voa49.cfm Array Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:17:49 GMT India has announced plans to pay an additional $160 million to...

India to pay 160 million dollars to victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots (AFP via Yahoo! News) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=12rifopc0/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051229/wl_sthasia_afp/indiareligionriotsikhs_051229115756 Array Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:57:56 GMT India has...

Holding the state liable for its failure to protect the life and liberty of citizens, the Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to pay a compensation of Rs 1.23 lakh each to all those who suffered injuries during the anti-Sikh riots following the assassination of the then Prime Minister...