Ravinder Singh Robin
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Analysis: Five Stages, One Election: What Baba Bakala Reveals About Punjab Polls
Baba Bakala has hosted rival rallies before. That part is tradition. What made this year different was that all five formations - the Congress, AAP, BJP, SAD and the Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De), put up separate stages on the same day
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Analysis | Clarity Begins at Home: Punjab Parties Use Raksha Bandhan For Image Control
At this stage, Punjab's political parties are not only trying to convince voters. They are first trying to energise, discipline and, in some cases, reunite their own workers.
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पंजाब 2027 की जंग घर से शुरू, रक्षाबंधन के बहाने ताकत परख रही हैं पार्टियां, अपने कैडर को साधने में जुटीं
पंजाब 2027 की चुनावी जंग अभी वोटरों के दरवाजे तक नहीं पहुंची है, लेकिन बीजेपी, कांग्रेस, अकाली दल और आम आदमी पार्टी ने अपने ही कैडर को साधने की लड़ाई शुरू कर दी है.
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Punjab's Bandi Singhs: A Cause Every Party Uses, Nobody Owns
Punjab saw another bandh this week. Roads blocked, slogans raised, the same old demand repeated once again: Release the Sikh prisoners, or Bandi Singhs. Markets stayed shut, buses stayed off the road, but the day passed off peacefully, with no untoward incident reported anywhere in the state. This has been going on for more than a decade now. Every...
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सुखबीर सिंह बादल पर हमला और अकाली दल के राजनीतिक संकट को समझिए
पंजाब के पूर्व उपमुख्यमंत्री और शिरोमणी अकाली दल के प्रमुख सुखबीर सिंह बादल पर गुरुवार को महाराष्ट्र के नांदेड़ के एक गुरुद्वारे में हमला हुआ. क्या इस हमले को अकाली दल के राजनीतिक संकट से जोड़ा जा सकता है, बता रहे हैं रविंदर सिंह रॉबिन.
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Opinion | Nanded Attack: Sukhbir Badal And The Past That Still Haunts Him, 11 Years Later
Badal has now faced two serious physical attacks at Sikh religious places in less than two years. Is religious atonement enough for political forgiveness?
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Analysis: The Rise Of Religious Yatras In Punjab Ahead Of 2027 Polls
The Bhagwant Mann government's Mukh Mantri Tirath Yatra continues to take people free of cost to religious destinations.
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Opinion | Satluj, Jaswant Singh Khalra, And When Disappearance Is The Story
Jaswant Singh Khalra followed the dead to restore their dignity. Three decades later, a film on his life briefly appeared and then disappeared from Indian screens.
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Congress At Akal Takht: A New Chapter But Not Historical Closure
The Congress high command may have achieved an organisational accommodation on paper, but the real challenge will be converting this arrangement into collective leadership
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अकाल तख्त: जिसके सामने महाराजा भी हो चुके हैं पेश, क्या है इसका महत्व
सिख धर्म की सर्वोच्च धार्मिक संस्था अकाल तख्त के सामने आज पंजाब के सिख विधायक और मंत्री पेश हुए. क्या है इसका महत्व बता रहे हैं पत्रकार रविंदर सिंह रॉबिन.
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Opinion | Beyond Summons: Understanding The Authority Of Akal Takht
The development comes amid a separate controversy over an objectionable video allegedly linked to CM Mann, an allegation he denies.
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Opinion | Will Bhagwant Mann's 'Video' Row Become A Larger Punjab Battle?
The politics of 2026 shares little with that of 1982. But the phrase does not carry politics alone; it carries memory. Once invoked, it can turn a political disagreement into a moral confrontation that is much harder to resolve or step back from.
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Haunted Or Hunted? Why The Ghosts Of 2015 Continue To Shadow Sukhbir Badal
Sukhbir Singh Badal may have completed the religious punishment imposed upon him, but his party is still being made to serve a political punishment.
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'ऑपरेशन ब्लू स्टार' को 'घल्लूघारा' क्यों कहते हैं सिख? स्मृति, आस्था और 1984 का अनसुलझा घाव
सवाल सिर्फ यह नहीं है कि 'घल्लूघारा' शब्द का क्या अर्थ है, असली सवाल यह है कि चालीस से अधिक सालों के बाद भी यह इतना गहरा आघात क्यों पहुंचाता है?
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Opinion: Why Operation Blue Star Remains A 'Ghallughara' For Sikhs After 42 Years
Punjab does not need more anger. It needs responsible remembrance, justice that is honest, and reconciliation that is real.
