The Trolley Times with Jasdeep Singh
SikhArchive
English - July 23, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 127 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHistory Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 28th episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, researchers and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history.
In this episode we are joined by Jasdeep Singh, who is the editor of Trolley Times, which is the official Newsletter dedicated to the farmers' protest that is reporting from the protest, and for the protest. Jasdeep Singh works as a software engineer by profession but also has a large interest and passion for the arts, in particular theatre, poetry and writing.
Today we talk about Trolley Times, in particular its establishment and significance for the movement in the present moment of documenting the struggle as the first draft of history. In addition to that, we explore why the printing press is so important against the backdrop of state surveillance and censorship efforts by the government at the protest sites.