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Indian Express: Views on movie Nanak Shah Fakir

aman — Sun, 06 May 2018 11:15:45 +0000

Friends, rarely one finds that a student of history going through material which remains problematic with the community yet is the best illustration of a case. Journalist Adrija Roychowdhry explored the reasons behind the Sikh stance against the movie Nanak Shah Fakir. She also quoted me.

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Scroll: How ‘Udta Punjab’ grounded the wily Parkash Singh Badal

aman — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 04:03:27 +0000

Friends, Scroll.in has been kind to ask me to elaborate my yesterday’s post. I discuss how the Badals tame Punjab and what they should have done instead of perpetuating denial. The task is still ahead of anyone who wants to come into power in Punjab in the next elections.

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Comment on Nanak Shah Fakir in Hindustan Times

aman — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:24:19 +0000

Friends, my comment piece on the ban on the film ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’ in today’s Hindustan Times.

The issue with the movie is that: ‘In Sikhism, we do not give a physical representation to the Gurus.’ Yet, for more than a hundred years Sikhs have been turning towards image and idol worship – ‘but prasti’. I do not understand these calls for bans every few months. The bans are becoming a joke while the need is for reconciliation over the events and ideologies of the past decades and reform in the religion.

‘If the Sikh clergy now resists ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’, because it depicts the Guru in a human form, it would do well to consider how blasphemous the Sikh community has been with the images and icons of the Gurus.’

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