Interview with Sarbpreet Singh
An un-edited interview with author and playwright Sarbpreet Singh conducted on Thursday 28 May 2026 in central London. Interview conducted by naujawani editor Harwinder Singh Mander.
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The Koh-i-Noor and the Empire That Still Refuses to Let Go
When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently stated that he would urge King Charles III to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond to India, he reignited a long-standing debate about colonial plunder and historical justice. During the British monarch’s visit to the United States, Mamdani mentioned that if he had
The Paradox of Progress: Delimitation 2026 and the Erosion of Federal Equilibrium
The proposed delimitation of 2026, or the first census done after that, marks a major change in the constitutional structure of the Indian Republic. This is not just a normal administrative adjustment; it risks imposing a "penalty for progress." It could lead to the ongoing marginalization of states
Sacrilege Bill passes in Punjab
The unanimous passage of the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026 by the Punjab Legislative Assembly has reopened one of Punjab’s most sensitive and unresolved questions: how should the law handle sacrilege when decades of experience show that justice in these cases rarely arrives? The
The Origin of Punjabi: Between Linguistic Lineages, Civilisational Depth, and Historiographical Debate
The question of the origin of Punjabi is not merely linguistic,it is deeply entangled with history, identity, politics, and competing narratives about the Indian subcontinent’s past. For decades, a dominant scholarly view—particularly within mainstream Indian academia, has placed Punjabi within the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language