Fresh Violence in Canada : These type of incidents was bound to happen....Dr Pramod Kumar wrote on Oct 9
THE TWAIN DON’T MEET
Why the demand for Khalistan, which continues
to raise its head in a section of Sikh diaspora,strikes no echoes in Punjab
( A month before the recent violence and tension between the Indian Diaspora in Canada,prominent Researcher and Political Analyst Dr Pramod Kumar had visualized such type of developments. He wrote an article on October 09, 2024 on the issues of worsening of the Diplomatic relations between India and Canada and the issue of Khalistan. He wrote,
" This purblind politics shall not only aggravate the inter-country crisis, but shall provide enough space to the fringe groups to fuel and appropriate competitive religiosity under the garb of freedom of speech".
We are reproducing the same article, published by The Indian Express on Oct 09, 2024.
-Editor, Babushahi Network )
This purblind politics shall not only aggravate
the inter-country crisis, but shall provide
enough space to the fringe groups to fuel and
appropriate competitive religiosity under the
garb of freedom of speech. The absence of
market exchange and secular Panjabi culture
shall provide justification to the socially divisive
tendencies and create tensions amongst
religious groups in Canada, i.e., the Sikhs and the non-Sikhs. On the contrary, in Indian
Punjab, secular Punjabi identity has strong historical roots and co-exists with other identities
while communalism is known for its long tongue but no teeth.
The lesson for both the political establishments is that, rather than eulogising or denigrating
merely the instruments, both political establishments should work together to deliver
justice by following the rule of law and protect the rights of the religious groups. The
practice of secular democratic norms is the only insurance against the emergence of a
theocratic State and an environment surcharged with violent, and divisive political
articulations.
Click to read the full article:
The Indian EXPRESS
Monday, October 9, 2023
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-canada-diplomatic-row-pro-
khalistan-activist-killing-sikh-community-8973976/
Dr Pramod Kumar, Director IDC,Chandigarh
