Jallianwala Bagh massacre
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Cheap Catharsis, Expensive History
Argues that televised confrontations with Empire’s legacy, such as the General Dyer descendant on Sathnam Sanghera’s documentary, offer cheap catharsis in place of structural change. The author says they manage…
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Remembering Peterloo and Jallianwala
After a London event on the Peterloo Massacre, the author notes how the Rowlatt Act behind Jallianwala Bagh echoes Britain’s Six Acts that suppressed reform meetings after Peterloo, and links…
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Browncast Episode 31: Jalliawala Bagh Podcast
On Browncast Episode 31, marking a hundred years since Jallianwala Bagh, hosts and guests broadly agree that Britain should apologise for the massacre, then range across identity, the ‘Hindu rage’…
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Chutzpah- celebrating HM the Queen’s birthday in the Punjab on the eve of the 100th anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh
Reacting to a British reception for the Queen’s birthday in Punjab on the eve of Jallianwala Bagh’s centenary, the author argues South Asians must demand an apology, a reckoning of…
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Jallianwala Bagh; 100 years on
On the centenary of Jallianwala Bagh, the author is infuriated that Britain’s prime minister would not apologise, reflects on Britain’s mix of condescension and respect towards India, and suggests caste…
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Wagner and India-
Zach reflects on a Western historian taking on Indian topics, wondering if a Sikh would draw the same notice, and observes that people of colour in Western humanities are channelled…
