Amandeep Sandhu » Rail-roko https://www.amandeepsandhu.com Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:10:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comments on Punjab Sacrilege in Hindustan Times https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=1100 https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=1100#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2017 04:16:37 +0000 aman http://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=1100 India does find it hard to understand Punjab. That is why I like it when journalists travel and come back and seek to understand issues by talking to who they think are experts. At least, there is an attempt. Recently the Hindustan Times team travelled and asked me for my comments on their experiences. Now I am no expert but as a learner I am able to figure out a few things which I suppose can help them.

For example, the word agency. It is used everywhere in Punjab when the matter of politics comes up. Politics comes up everywhere, anyway. ‘The word agencies originates in the 80s and reveals deep-rooted mistrust in shadowy government officials and outsiders. It signifies death, disappearances and unclaimed bodies.’

This was an article on sacrilege that rocked Punjab in October/November 2015.

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]]> https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?feed=rss2&p=1100 0 The Caravan: ‘We have stormed the citadels of Badals’ https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=879 https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=879#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2015 03:48:54 +0000 aman http://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=879 It means a lot in this country that the non-violent character of a protest stays intact as the Punjab farmer-worker ‘rail roko’ enters Day 7 when talks with the government failed last evening. Overall the protest is more than a month long. This is a ground up movement and all political parties stand discredited. How far will the government push the protestors?

My ground report from Day 4 detailing the issues.

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