A Tale of Two Tyrants
The events following the June elections in Iran continue to reverberate.  The allegations of widespread election fraud led to hundreds of thousands of Iranian youth to take to the streets and asking “Where’s My Vote?” A regime unable to answer its citizenry and an escalating use of repressive...
Fuss of a Sikh Calendar and Badal in 1984
In time for the beginning of the Sikh New Year according to our own Nanakshahi calendar, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) has released its annual calendar.  In this 25th year of remembering the events of 1984, it is a moment for Sikhs to reflect and take lesson as well as maybe something...
The Future of Panjab?
Bleak is all I can say! Some posts require a soundtrack – click on the following to play along as you read. Last week, Raja Parkash Badal crowned his son, the young prince, the new Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab.  In a move unprecedented even in the nepotistic land that is India, Parkash Singh Badal...