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It's not propaganda. Being a Punjabi, I have been following this case closely for the last few years. I'm not a congress supporter, so there is no question of this being congress propaganda. Politicians only get the courage to do wrong when their own supporters blindly support them even when...

So for 50 years(half a century!) these farmers settled in Gujarat. They worked hard to turn barren land into productive farm land. Now they are being evicted and you see nothing morally wrong in this? If someone connected with the congress had done the same thing against these farmers, you guys...

The farmers had taken the Modi government to court over the misuse of lands ceilings act. The high court settled a decision in favour of the farmers. But still the Modi Government decided to not abide by the high court decision and are now taking the case against the farmers in the supreme court.

Favors? And when did I say it is only Punjabi/Sikhs. There are also Haryanvi farmers. You keep mentioning the Law. Can you state which law those farmers are breaking?

Only because of pressure from Akali Dal and BJP at center because Modis anti farmer policies were making BJP look bad, now these farmers are afraid that if they become too vocal violence can be used as Modi had done last year against them, so now they are careful not to use Modi's name in this...

After the 1964 war, Prime Minister Shastri had wanted farmers and soldiers from Punjab and Haryana to settle the barren lands of Kutch as a means of strengthening India's border along Pakistan. These tough farmers worked hard day and night to turn the desert like land into lush farm land. These...

The thing is 1857 is not as black and white as we make it out to be today. It had a lot of grey shades one needs to consider. Everyone had their own reasons for supporting the British and not the rebels. As you pointed out the Poorbia soldiers were part of the reason because just a few years...

Sikhs were not even recruited in the army till the mutiny took place in 1847 so their was no question of Sikhs getting involved in a mutiny. When the mutiny took place all the soldiers were from UP/Bihar. The British in their part recruited people from Punjab i.e. Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus in large...

We should not even ask each other's caste because it is wrong on so many levels. We should try our best to be the generation that destroys the caste system. Indians are divided in this system and the result of this artificial man made division, invaders take advantage and rule over us. Guru...

bro, no one should be considered low or high because of their caste or religion. this type of thinking has kept India divided for centuries and the reason why so many churas are converting to Christianity because they are considered low. If given military training, Churas are just as brave as...

Rajput is a caste not a religion. There are Rajputs who are Hindus, Muslims and in east Punjab there are even Sikh Rajputs. It's similar to how there are Jats who are Muslim(in Pakistan), Hindu(in Haryana, Rajasthan, UP) and Sikh(in Indian Punjab). The Rajputs of the plains of Punjab had largely...

Not surprised this is coming from some Gora historian. They are always so fixated on and over estimate alexander("the great") and British colonialists and present them as handsome civilized men but they always try to under estimate great kings of Asia and conclude them to being despotic ugly...

true. The Panchayat system exists as a village level government. It is very efficient system, I would say even more than the government system which has largely failed the common man of India. When family and property disputes are taken to the Panchayat it is solved immediately, but if takne to...

Khap Panchayats are part of the rural culture for centuries. Empires, governments have come and gone but the Panchayats have remained and will continue remain.

MalerKotla has a Punjabi Muslim community. While UP/Bihar migrants are only temporary migrants, but plenty of J&K Muslims have settled in Punjab, especially Gujjars.

The first of the Europeans joined the army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the 1820s. But before they had arrived he had already conquered Punjab(left of Satluj), J&K and NW frontier. So the Euro played no part in actually conquering territory. But they did however help improve the discipline of the...

Mughals were beaten in a series of battles. Read how the Marathas under the Peshwa was inching towards Delhi, each time they would win against the Mughals, the Mughals would pay them money to prevent their marching further up north. In North India, the Sikhs and Jats had waged a guerrilla war of...

The Mughal empire collapsed due to the policies of Aurangzeb who made it his agenda to oppress the Sikhs, Jats and Marathas. Before Aurangzeb, Sikhs and Jats were a largely peaceful group. And his Anti Shia feelings drove him to wage war and conquer the southern (Dekhan) Shia Sultanates which...

If the central Asians were so well off, then why did they come to India to loot? until the rise of the west, India combined with China was the richest places in the world. That is why China was always a target for Mongols hordes and India was a target of the central Asian hordes. India's wealth...

Shocking to see how racists can even qualify to become diplomats.