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The Year the Sikhs Sat at the Gates of Delhi (opens the original)
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In the spring of 1784, the Mughal court was still issuing robes of honour and debating auspicious hours for marching. Yet outside the city, the Sikhs were already moving.That contrast is not rhetorical or for impact. It is recorded week after week in the Calcutta Gazette and if we follow those reports closely, the story that emerges is not one of scattered raiding bands harassing a dying empire. It is something far more structured.We often describe late 18th century India as an era of fragmentat
Guru Nanak Dev Ji according to an 18th century chronicle (opens the original)
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Perhaps the first surprise of Kesar Singh Chibbar’s account of Guru Nanak Dev Ji is that out of the 153 verses, it takes until verse 120, almost 80% of the way through, for the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1252" src="htt
Banda Singh Bahadur Before Modern Memory (opens the original)
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ContentsA rumour in the hillsThe chronicler and his sourcesSent by the GuruThe furnace of Gurdas Nangal“As you did, so you receive”The ninth bodyThe man who would not dieWhat the first memory tells us Read more
An English translation of Jap Ji Sahib? (opens the original)
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ContentsA Bani You Know By Heart But Not By MeaningWhy Every Translation Is an InterpretationThe Four RequirementsHukam, and the Problem of SyllablesStages, Not RealmsOneness Resonates InfinitelyA Script Is Not a LanguageWhen Is a Translation Finished? Read more
The Woman Who Built Patiala (opens the original)
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In the late 17th century, a newborn girl was buried in the soil of Punjab, another victim of female infanticide, a practice that continued despite repeated condemnation.Her story should have ended there. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1350" src="h
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