Dear Friends,
On this Republic Day, we need to engage with how we think about citizenship: is it through our lived experience or some bureaucratic papers?
Here is my piece for Indian Express. Thank you Amrita Dutta for the opportunity.
The piece brings to light a different experience of the Sikhs in Odisha and Chattisgarh in the year 1984 and is a homage to the civil servant who saved my parents. Thank you Gagan Bains, Kulvir Singh Dhiman, Hardaman Singh.
Please read more here …
Tags: 1947, Chattisgarh, JB Patnaik, Navin Patnaik, Odisha, Partition, Punjabi Refugee