Arts & Craft Remembering Gurmeet Bawa: An epitome of Punjabiyat Gurmeet Bawa, who was a melodious repository of Punjab’s folk culture, was awarded the Padma Bhushan, posthumously on January 26,...
Reportage Death by Debt: 86% farming households in Punjab under debt; over 16,606 farmers died by suicide between 2000-2015 Unable to repay loans, every year, more than 1,100 farmers in Punjab, mostly small and marginal tillers, have been taking...
Reportage Why are the Dalit landless farm labourers of Punjab protesting the new agri laws? The Mazhabi or Ramdasia, the Dalit communities of Punjab, form 32% of the state’s population but barely own 3% land....
Reportage Hearth to Heart: Pinnis, makki ki rotis and sarson da saag from back home in Punjab warm up the protesting farmers in Delhi Several villages across Punjab are cooking and sending wholesome food every day to the protesting farmers in the national capital....
Reportage Kaur Competency: As tens of thousands of farmers leave for Delhi for the protest, women in rural Punjab are safeguarding their home and hearth In the Malwa region of Punjab, villages wear a deserted look as large groups of farmers are in Delhi protesting...
Reportage Powerless in Punjab: Amid Centre vs state blame game, power plants in Punjab run out of coal With three of its five thermal power plants already shut due to exhausted coal stocks, and the remaining two having...
Reportage Paddy Loot: Punjab Police confiscates illegally smuggled paddy into the state Traders and middlemen procure paddy at low rates from farmers in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, then make a killing, selling...
Reportage Stubble Trouble: Air quality dips in Delhi; spotlight shifts to farmers in Punjab and Haryana A penalty of Rs 26 lakh has been imposed on over 1,000 farmers for stubble burning in Punjab. The state...
Reportage Can farm bills passed by Punjab sidestep Central agri laws? Legal opinion divided Some legal experts say agriculture being a state subject, Punjab has the authority to enact its laws. Others say instead...
Reportage COVID-19 delays India’s captive-reared vulture release programme India’s captive-reared vulture release programme, a first-of-its-kind initiative to study the massive decline in vulture population, has been delayed. Again.
