1984 Sikh Riots
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Read an excerpt from Sarbpreet Singh's Night of the Restless Spirits, a searing narrative of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Sarbpreet Singh •Eight stories chronicle the lives of different characters attesting to the loss, betrayals and rage wrought by the violence of 1984.
Translation of M Mukundan's Delhi: A Soliloquy, depicts the city's squalor as observed by its Malayali diaspora
Aishwaryasahasrabudhe •It took two years for the writer to paint a picture of Delhi which was far from the glamorous and ‘cosmetic’ construct of the city in those minds that have never truly visited the capital
Manreet Sodhi Someshwar on The Radiance of a Thousand Suns, her feminist exploration of 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom
Anvishamanral •On the 35th anniversary of the carnage that changed India forever, Manreet Sodhi Someshwar spoke with Firstpost about her book based on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, The Radiance of a Thousand Suns, the women of the narrative, and why the story is theirs to tell.
AAP leader Alka Lamba takes to Twitter, hints at possible return to Congress
•AAP leader Alka Lamba on Friday dropped subtle hints about her inclination to return to the Congress.
AAP's Alka Lamba denies reports of her resignation as controversy over resolution on Bharat Ratna to Rajiv Gandhi persists
Fp Staff •After confusion over the fate of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Alka Lamba, ANI quoted her on Saturday as saying that "I am not resigning." On Friday, there were reports that Lamba was asked to resign after she refused to support a purported resolution passed in the Delhi Assembly urging the Centre to revoke the Bharat Ratna awarded to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Alka Lamba asked to quit AAP after MLA refuses to back demand for revoking Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna award
Fp Staff •The Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government on Friday sought MLA Alka Lamba's resignation after she denied support to a resolution in the Assembly that called for revoking late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna award over the 1984 riots.
Drawing parallels between 1984 anti-Sikh riots and post-Godhra killings in 2002 specious; the two are different tragedies
Partha P Chakrabartty •When members of the Hindu Right answer questions about 2002 by bringing up 1984, they ignore salient differences between the two genocides
Congress 'rewarding perpetrators of Sikh genocide' by appointing Kamal Nath Madhya Pradesh CM, says Shiromani Akali Dal
Ians •"The Gandhi family still rewards the Congress leaders who were directly involved in the 1984 Sikh genocide," the Shiromani Akali Dal said on Kamal Nath's appointment as Madhya Pradesh chief minister.
Congress welcomes verdict on 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, reaffirms that party's stand on legal process is clear
•Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh also welcomed the decision, saying justice has finally been meted out to the perpetrators of the "heinous crime".
1984 anti-Sikh riots: Convicts Yashpal Singh, Naresh Sherawat were part of mob that killed two
Fp Staff •A Delhi court pronounced the quantum of punishment for Yashpal Singh and Naresh Sherawat — both guilty of murdering Hardev Singh and Avtar Singh in Mahipalpur area of South Delhi during the riots on 1 November, 1984.