Punjab - From the Perspective of a Punjabi Hindu

Punjab - From the Perspective of a Punjabi Hindu
Author: Vinayak Dutt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-05-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781636409061

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It is of utmost importance for a Punjabi Hindu to preserve his own identity and culture that closely connects with Sikhs and even Punjabi Muslims rather than Hindus in Trans Yamuna plains. In an era of strong nation-states, the distinct identity of a Punjabi Hindu is fast decaying. This book is an attempt to re-establish that identity. The problem with Punjabi Hindu has been that the community failed to present its perspective on numerous issues including history, sociology and economy while it preferred to lease out the task to clergymen and bigots who went unchecked for decades and built a false narrative based on myths and reminiscences to sketch a skewed picture completely different from the reality. Punjabi Hindu has always been secular, progressive and open-minded has been a torchbearer of the culture of cis Yamuna plains enriched by Sufism of Muslim saints and Sikh gurus. Unlike the Hindi be The Author, a Punjabi Saraswat Brahmin, has witnessed that sectarian abyss and trust deficit among the communities, especially in recent years when hardliners from all sides, who were fringe at one stage have come to the mainstream. So, it is high time for the community to shed political correctness and reclaim the Punjabiyat that it has been obliterating as Hindus have contributed as much to the development and progress of the region as much as the other communities.

Changing Homelands

Changing Homelands
Author: Neeti Nair
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674061152

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Changing Homelands offers a startling new perspective on what was and was not politically possible in late colonial India. In this highly readable account of the partition in the Punjab, Neeti Nair rejects the idea that essential differences between the Hindu and Muslim communities made political settlement impossible. Far from being an inevitable solution, the idea of partition was a very late, stunning surprise to the majority of Hindus in the region. In tracing the political and social history of the Punjab from the early years of the twentieth century, Nair overturns the entrenched view that Muslims were responsible for the partition of India. Some powerful Punjabi Hindus also preferred partition and contributed to its adoption. Almost no one, however, foresaw the deaths and devastation that would follow in its wake. Though much has been written on the politics of the Muslim and Sikh communities in the Punjab, Nair is the first historian to focus on the Hindu minority, both before and long after the divide of 1947. She engages with politics in post-Partition India by drawing from oral histories that reveal the complex relationship between memory and history—a relationship that continues to inform politics between India and Pakistan.

The Punjab Story

The Punjab Story
Author: Amarjit Kaur
Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2012-08-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 8174369120

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6 June 1984: The Indian Army storms the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Called Operation Bluestar, the historic and unprecedented event ended the growing spectre of terrorism perpetrated by the extremist Sikh leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers once and for all. But it left in its wake unsolved political questions that continued to threaten Punjab's stability for years to come. How, in a brief span of three years, did India's dynamic frontier state become a national problem? Who was to blame: the central government for allowing the crisis to drift despite warnings, or the long-drawn-out Akali agitation, or the notorious gang of militants who transformed a holy shrine into a sanctuary for terrorists? First published two months after Operation Bluestar, The Punjab Story pieces together the complex Punjab jigsaw through the eyes of some of India's most eminent public figures and journalists. Writing with the passion and conviction of those who were involved with the drama, they present a wide-ranging perspective on the past, present and future of the Punjab tangle; and the truth of many of their'conclusions having been borne out by time.

Punjab Reconsidered

Punjab Reconsidered
Author: Anshu Malhotra
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2012-02-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199088772

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What is Punjabiyat? What are the different notions of Punjab? This volume analyses these ideas and explores the different aspects that constitute Punjab as a region conceptually in history, culture, and practice. Each essay examines a different Punjabi culture—language-based and literary; religious and those that define a 'community'; rural, urban, and middle class; and historical, contemporary, and cosmopolitan. Together, these essays unravel the complex foundations of Punjabiyat. The volume also shows how the recent history of Punjab—partition, aspirations of statehood, and a large and assertive diaspora—has had a discernible impact on the region's scholarship. Departing from conventional studies on Punjab, this book presents fresh perspectives and new insights into its regional culture.

Punjabi Identity

Punjabi Identity
Author: Gurharpal Singh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1996
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

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Papers presented at the 13th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, held at the University of Toulouse, France, August 31 to September 3, 1994.

Punjab Crisis

Punjab Crisis
Author: Bikash Chandra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1993
Genre: Intellectuals
ISBN:

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My Bleeding Punjab

My Bleeding Punjab
Author: Khushwant Singh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN:

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This Book, In Parts Unashamedly Emotional, Lucidly Traces The History Of The Problem, Detailing The Grievances And Resentments Of The Punjabis Since Independence And Touching Upon All The Major Developments.

Modern History of Punjab

Modern History of Punjab
Author: J. C. Aggarwal
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN: 9788170224310

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Decentralization and Intrastate Struggles

Decentralization and Intrastate Struggles
Author: Kristin M. Bakke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2015-06-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1316300439

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There is no one-size-fits-all decentralized fix to deeply divided and conflict-ridden states. One of the hotly debated policy prescriptions for states facing self-determination demands is some form of decentralized governance - including regional autonomy arrangements and federalism - which grants minority groups a degree of self-rule. Yet the track record of existing decentralized states suggests that these have widely divergent capacity to contain conflicts within their borders. Through in-depth case studies of Chechnya, Punjab and Québec, as well as a statistical cross-country analysis, this book argues that while policy, fiscal approach, and political decentralization can, indeed, be peace-preserving at times, the effects of these institutions are conditioned by traits of the societies they (are meant to) govern. Decentralization may help preserve peace in one country or in one region, but it may have just the opposite effect in a country or region with different ethnic and economic characteristics.