Amandeep Sandhu » Sarbat Khalsa 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 Daljit Ami: Sedition laws in times of trust deficit https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=901 https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=901#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2015 01:59:04 +0000 aman http://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=901 Friends, In Daljit Ami’s and my opinion, the response of the Punjab Government towards the organizers of the November 10 Sarbat Khalsa is wrong and should be condemned.

‘If raising a voice against nepotism, corruption and political interference in religious matters is treason then it is a proud treason. Every conscientious, curious person who is a believer in justice must raise his/her voice against such repression. Count us (the writer and translator) among them.’

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]]> https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?feed=rss2&p=901 0 The Caravan: How The Sarbat Khalsa Was Hijacked By Radical Sikh Bodies https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=894 https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=894#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2015 01:40:10 +0000 aman http://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=894 Friends, if you heard about the Sarbat Khalsa near Amritsar November 10 you may want to read my report on the proeedings and critical remarks. If you have not heard of it because regular media managed to blank it out, you must now get acquainted with how Punjab is inching towards risky times. It needs your attention. Also read for the resolutions passed at the plenary meet. In spite of one and a half days now, I have not found them anywhere on the web in English.

‘I do not know what to derive from the resolutions as they put me squarely back into the dilemma: am I first a Sikh, and then an Indian, or vice versa, or only one of the two?’

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]]> https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?feed=rss2&p=894 0 Daljit Ami: The Lustre Of Dollars On The Sarbat Khalsa https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=889 https://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=889#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2015 12:49:43 +0000 aman http://www.amandeepsandhu.com/?p=889 Friends, the Sarbat Khalsa has been convened near Amritsar on November 10. It is being variously sanctioned by Sikh organisations and opposed by others, including political forces which have a say in matters of the community including the SGPC, Akal Takht, and so on.

In this scenario Daljit Ami writes about a core issue that impacts the community’s response. Translated by me.

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