Mind the real Sikh aspirations in Punjab
We should not view the state through a ‘Khalistan’ prism. This is a diaspora obsession, which does complicate India’s international relations, but has little to do with improving livelihoods locally
The recent resurgence of debate around Sikh separatism, both at home and among the diaspora, has cast a fresh shadow on India’s social and political fabric.
The evocative word ‘Khalistan’, once synonymous with the bloodshed and turmoil of Punjab in the 1980s, is again at the fore – sometimes as rhetoric from overseas activists, sometimes as a convenient political tool, but rarely as an actual demand amongst the majority of Sikhs in India.
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