Panjab is not just a land with borders...
It's a perfectly valid question. And Rihanna asked it as any reasonable person might. Why aren't we talking about this?!
This new exposure has brought the subject more into a global audience.
It is extremely difficult to imagine that the news that was blasted neglected to show the true nature of the situation... on accident.
Al Jazeera visits village in the state at the forefront of two-month-old stir to see an organised network of people helping the farmers.
What hurts the farmer today will not leave the rest of India unscathed. Those who have risked their lives and livelihood to confront the powerful need to be protected from state repression and false accusations of anti-national activities and sedition. They need visibility. Their demands and point of view need to be amplified by those of us who have smartphones and social media on fingertips.
3. The flag and the insignia have appeared to have undergone various changes under Guru Hargobind. The Guru's standard was saffron, 'a colour perhaps borrowed from the Rajputs and one that became identified with self-sacrifice and martyrdom, particularly in the Khalsa panth,' as per the Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies.
[Legendary hero] Bhai Sukha Singh was a young Hindu boy who became Khalsa. He attempted suicide by jumping into a well after his father drugged him and shaved off his hair.
Punjab farmer leaders who travelled to the city for the Saturday event thanked attendees for refuting the ‘only-Punjab-Haryana-protest” narrative of the Government of India.
Sikhs also believe people of all faiths have access to God and Sikhs are proponents of freedom of religion. They are against all forms of societal hierarchies. Although there are a significant number of Dalit Sikhs who are conscious of their low-caste status, there are not the same kind of atrocities, rapes, and attacks against Dalit Sikh women as there are against other women in India.