Talk:Punjab (India)

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[edit] Bias?

It says in the article : "The Indian government's reaction to the movement for Khalistan was to declare Punjab as a disturbed area and to grant the security forces draconian powers in the hopes of crushing the militancy and support for an independent state by force."

Yet this mentions nothing of the actions of terrorist groups which masterminded things such as the Golden Temple occupation and the violence committed by them. It seems that the blame is being shifted entirely to the Indian government which is not true. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.49.223.229 (talk • contribs) .

Please feel free to add any additional information you have! Thanks. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 15:01, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Before trashing the Khalistan Movement, which i have no doubt u will do judged on your rather ignorant perspective of the troubles which engulfed Punjab in the 1980s and 1990s, you should educate yourself as to what happened in Punjab in the 1970s and 1980s, with special reference to the Anandpur Sahib Resolution. This document, whilst being proclaimed by the Sikh leadership, justifiably, as a federalist document, was portrayed, rather cynically i might add, by the Indian Government as a seccessionist act, and it was this act of stupidity on behalf of the Indian Govt, via Gandhi which propelled Punjab into the troubles of the 1980s. Moreover, the "terrorist" acts you so vividly describe (note the sarcasm here) have not been validated, or are you merely going to attribute the killing of any civilian between the period of 1984 to 1993 as terrorist affliated. Go and educate yourself on the Cats of Punjab Police...true Kharkoo Singhs never killed any civilian out of cold blood...yes criminal elements did use the Khalistan Movement as cover for heinoues activites, I have no doubts about that, but a differentiation should be made between these criminals and true Kharkoo Singhs who died defending their religion...the response of the Indian security apparatus was a heavy handed approach to any Sikh...you should read the Indian Army Manual which describes any baptised Sikh as a potential fountainhead of militancy...you should ask yourself why is it, that 13 years after the Indian Government itself declared militancy to be over, that Amnesty International is not allowed to operate in Punjab, or why is it that 50 or so Sikhs are still being held under TADA, which expired more than a decade ago...if you want an educated debate, then please respond, if you dont, then still respond...i'll prove you wrong on either account

[edit] Disambiguation page created

Alright, I went ahead and created a disambiguation page, my first. Since there didn't seem to be one distinguishing between the region, the indian state and the pakistani province, it appeared there was some confusion. Punjab nowe redirects to the disambiguation page, and the original Punjab page, which referred to the region, is now Punjab_region.

--bikehorn 06:13, 30 August 2005 (UTCsssoldkfsdopss

[edit] History!

Should we discuss the states reorganisation I mean from 170,000km2 for PEPSU to 50,000km2 Punjab! as to how PUnjab got a raw deal but has bounced back?

[edit] SET

Does anyone have any ideas about the Science, Engineering and Technology capabilities of this Indian state? I am uncertain as to whether or not Sikhs are what Occidental individuals term 'model minorities' or if they are high achievers (I doubt that Sikhs are as capable of achieving as highly as the Chinese do in the US and UK, but then I digress....).

Remember, this page needs a SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY section. Perhaps a listing of the journals that the Univerisites within the state are known to be singificant contributors to. Perhaps even some famous Nobel Prize Nominees (or, better still, WINNERS) would be a good idea.