Dear Friends,
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Da wrote about the discussion we held on 29 Sep on ’1984: Witness. Document, Justice’.
‘What made this event different from others normally held every year to mark the anniversary of the twin events in October-November was that the focus was not on the carnage following the assassination, and failure of the State to immediately halt spiraling violence and bring the accused to book. Instead, the seminar was organised to discuss the intervention of the first responders …’
Link to story here…
Link to discussion here …
This is the 40th year of Operation Blue Star and the anti-Sikh pogrom. On 29 Sep this year, the Sikh Research Institute conducted a panel discussion in Delhi. The speakers were the first respondents to the violence, those who helped Sikhs, saved properties, arranged aid, wrote reports.
I conducted the discussion and was personally very moved by its intensity, the energy in the room, no one from the audience moved. The recording is long – 2.23 hours. You can hear it in snatches. But do listen.
Here is the recording…
Dear Friends,
on 15 October, France24 sought my brief views on what is going on between India and Canada. This is related to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year and now Canada finding evidence related to Indian diplomats in Canada.
Link below. See from minute 2.20 to 8.40.
Please see here …
Dear friends,
a few days back, noted journalist Kanwar Sandhu interviewed me on matters Panjab, hate speech and others. Please find the interview in two parts below. The first part is shorter, second is longer.
1. On how our language has changed in the last decade. 19.18 mins.
2. On a trust crises in our society.
Please listen.
Dear Friends,
Karthik Venkatesh is my Editor for PANJAB. Now he has come out as a writer with a new book on 10 Indian languages for the YA audience.
Recently, I interviewed him. Sharing so we notice how the journalist gives us a sense of flowing conversation through the article.
Congratulations Karthik.
Please see link here …
Dear Friends,
Please see my interview with Sonali Kolhatkar from the US based YES! Magazine on Indian election results. 23.30 mins.
Please see link here
Dear Friends,
a few weeks back the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation contacted me to speak on Farmers’ protest and killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. It was for a 4-episode program on Indian Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi. My interventions in the 3rd Episode.
Panjab segment: minute 15.15 – 37.15
- Intervention 1: min 15.30 – 16.15
- Intervention 2: min 16.53 – 18.05
- Intervention 3: min 23.05 – 23.20
- Intervention 4: min 35.45 – 36.00
Please find link here …
Dear Friends,
On 19 April, I was on FRANCE 24 speaking on Indian elections. Thanks Imen Mellaz.
Please listen. My interventions: minute 2.45 – 4.25, 7 – 9.30. Try to listen to the whole 11 minute segment.
See here …
Dear Friends,
when farmers from Panjab advanced towards Delhi on 13 February, BBC called me to speak.
My section is the second half of this 4.43 minute video
See here …
How does one spend time in jail?
On largely trumped up charges, old cases, Sukhpal Singh Khaira was recently confined to jail for four months. In his press conference Gurshamshir Singh asked him how he spent time in jail.
He outlined his routine and reading list. I was touched to note, while in jail, he read my book PANJAB Journeys Through Fault Lines.
Strangely, the 3.10 mins answer – exercise regimen, changes in food habits, stroll in yard – gives me a feel of what we have known about the freedom movement. The book section is seconds 40 to 1 min. Panjabi/English.
See here …