SikhArchive
51 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsA series of interview-based episodes with academics, authors, historians and activists with respect to Sikh and Panjabi history hosted by Sukhraj Singh.
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Communism in Punjab and The Ghadar Party in Russia with Professor Ali Raza
August 17, 2022 21:59 - 1 hour - 156 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 51st 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 Ali Raza, who is a historian specializing in the history of modern South Asia from the Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research and teaching interests include the social and intellectual...
Police Torture in Punjab with Professor Ami Laws
July 26, 2022 17:23 - 38 minutes - 88.4 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 50th 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 Dr Ami Laws, who is a medical practitioner from California and an adjunct associate professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr Laws is an internationally known expert with a specialization ...
The History of Migrant Incarceration in USA with Professor Jessica Ordaz
July 22, 2022 19:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 49th 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 Jessica Ordaz, who is a professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of the book, The Shadow of El Centro: A History of Migrant Incarceration and Solidarity, which ...
Sikhi & Yoga with Professor Balbinder Singh Bhogal
June 07, 2022 19:51 - 1 hour - 178 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 48th 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 Balbinder Singh Bhogal, who is a professor of Religious Studies and the holder of the Chair in Sikh Studies at Hofstra University. His research interests include decolonization, modernity, philosophy, ...
On Nehru, High Modernism and Chandigarh with Professor Taylor Sherman
May 27, 2022 10:25 - 44 minutes - 102 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 47th 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 Taylor Sherman, who is a professor of history at the London School of Economics where her research concerns the cultural and political history of South Asia between the 1930s and the 1970s. We disc...
Persianate Age of India with Professor Richard Eaton
April 26, 2022 17:54 - 1 hour - 161 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 46th 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 Richard Eaton, who is a professor of history at the University of Arizona where his primary interest is the social and cultural history of pre-modern India. He has most recently published the book “India ...
Marxism in Punjab with Professor Pritam Singh
April 16, 2022 23:04 - 1 hour - 160 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 45th 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 Pritam Singh who is a scholar and professor of Economics at Oxford Brookes University where his main areas of teaching interest and expertise are development economics, environmental economics, comparativ...
Religious Rebels in the Punjab with Professor Mark Juergensmeyer
April 16, 2022 22:53 - 51 minutes - 117 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 44th 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 Mark Juergensmeyer, who is a professor of global studies, sociology and also religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has a plethora of literature relating to the study of Sout...
Paghri Sambhal Lehar to Samyukt Kisan Morcha with Professor Ronki Ram
April 16, 2022 20:10 - 54 minutes - 124 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 43rd 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 Ronki Ram, who is a professor and leading scholar on the study of Casteism in Punjab. He is a professor at the Panjab University in Chandigarh and has now also more recently been appointed as a visiting P...
Australian Indian History with Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan
February 07, 2022 21:40 - 43 minutes - 100 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 42nd 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 Len Kenna and Crystal Jordan who are both from the Australian Indian Historical Society. They have devoted decades of their time into researching the history of Indian migration to Australia and the con...
Influence of the British Raj on the Attire and Textiles of Punjab with Jasvinder Kaur
January 08, 2022 21:35 - 47 minutes - 110 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 41st 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 Jasvinder Kaur, who studied textiles at Delhi’s Lady Irwin College in 1969 and has since been continuously engaged with the subject. She has included consultancy assignments at the Musée d’art et d’histoir...
Delhi Fateh Diwas with Dr. Kanika Singh
January 04, 2022 09:21 - 33 minutes - 77.5 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 40th 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 Kanika Singh, who is a historian with a research focus on museums and heritage in contemporary India, with a particular interest in Sikh museums. Her PhD was on the representation of heritage in Sikh museu...
Who was Jahangir? with Parvati Sharma
December 28, 2021 21:25 - 54 minutes - 124 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 39th 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 Parvati Sharma, who is a journalist and the author of the historical biography book, “Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal”. And in today’s discussion, we explore both the book and the life ...
The History of Monsanto and The Green Revolution with Professor Bartow Elmore
December 24, 2021 09:21 - 1 hour - 148 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 38th 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 Bartow Elmore, who is an award-winning professor and writer who investigates the impact of big business on our environment. He teaches as an associate professor of environmental history and is a core fa...
Punjab and Palestine - A Tale of Two Tragedies with Salman Siddiqi
November 08, 2021 14:48 - 54 minutes - 125 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 37th 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 Salman Siddiqi, who is a student of International Relations and Global Studies and has a great interest in the history of partitions, especially on Punjab and Palestine. He is the author of the article,...
The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire with Professor Renisa Mawani
October 27, 2021 13:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 36th 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 Professor Renisa Mawani, who is a Professor of Sociology and Founding Chair of the Law and Society Minor Program at the University of British Columbia. She works on the conjoined histories of Indigeneit...
Gendered Citizenship and Sikh Women in India with Professor Natasha Behl
October 22, 2021 20:58 - 49 minutes - 113 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 35th 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 Professor Natasha Behl, who is an associate professor in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Arizona State University (ASU). Dr. Behl completed her Ph.D. in Political Science at University o...
Who was Dr. Ambedkar? with Professor Valerian Rodrigues
October 13, 2021 11:39 - 1 hour - 244 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 34th 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 Professor Valerian Rodrigues, who is an Indian political scientist known for his influential work on Babasaheb Ambedkar, and also for his formulations of themes in Modern Indian Political Thought. We disc...
Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab with Professor Farina Mir
October 07, 2021 18:01 - 1 hour - 151 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 33rd 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 Professor Farina Mir, who is a professor of colonial and post-colonial South Asian studies with a particular interest in the social, cultural, and religious history of late-colonial north India. She is...
On Bhai Maharaj Singh and Kharak Singh with Professor Anand Yang
September 28, 2021 16:06 - 57 minutes - 131 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 32nd 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 Professor Anand Yang, who is a scholar of history, with fields of interest including comparative colonialism and south Asian studies. He is a professor of history at the University of Washington and aut...
History of the Body in British Colonial Punjab with Nikita Azad
September 17, 2021 20:39 - 57 minutes - 131 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 31st 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 Nikita Azad, who is a PhD candidate of Colonial History at the University of Oxford, where she has a strong focus on the history of communalism, religion and gender in Colonial Punjab. We discuss a...
My Dalit Experiences with Balbir Madhopuri
September 12, 2021 14:08 - 1 hour - 165 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 30th 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 Balbir Madhopuri who is a prolific author and poet most well known for his auto-biography, Changiya Rukh, which is about his upbringing and life experiences as a Dalit in Punjab. He has been awarded many ...
Debating the Dasam Granth with Professor Robin Rinehart
September 09, 2021 19:03 - 44 minutes - 103 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from SikhArchive and welcome to the 29th 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 Professor Robin Rinehart, who is a scholar of Religious studies at Lafayette University, with research interests in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Religions of Asia. She is the author of the book, “Deb...
The Trolley Times with Jasdeep Singh
July 23, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 127 MBHi, 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 softw...
The Green Revolution in Punjab with Dr. Divya Sharma
July 09, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 175 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 27th 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 Dr. Divya Sharma, who is a lecturer in Sustainable Development and the Co-Director of the Sustainable Development masters course at the University of Sussex. We discuss the Green revolution as a regime th...
Allahu Akbar - Understanding The Great Mughal in Today's India with Manimugdha Sharma
June 25, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 169 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 26th 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 Manimugdha Sharma, who is primarily a journalist but also a historian and is the author of the book, “Allahu Akbar - Understanding the Great Mughal in Today’s India”. We talk about the current state of Ind...
The Cherished Five with Professor Louis Fenech
June 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 170 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 25th 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 Louis Fenech, who is a scholar of Sikh studies with previous publications including The Darbar of the Sikh Gurus and also Martyrdom in the Sikh Tradition. Today, we will be discussing his most recent book,...
On Malerkotla with Professor Anna Bigelow
May 28, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutes - 127 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 24th 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 Anna Bigelow, who is a professor of religious studies at Stanford University where she specialises in Islamic studies in South Asia, in particular Sufi Shrines in India and Turkey. She is also the author o...
Sufism in Punjab with Professor Yogesh Snehi
May 14, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 202 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 23rd 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 Yogesh Snehi, who is a Professor of History at Ambedkar University in Delhi and the author of the book, “Spatializing Popular Sufi Shrines in Punjab: Dreams, Memories and Territoriality”. We explore the ...
The Case of Surjit Singh Chhokar with Aamer Anwar
April 30, 2021 10:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 22nd 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 Aamer Anwar, who is an advocate of civil liberties, with a career dedicated to defending the human rights of the vulnerable, where he has instructed in some of Scotland’s highest profile cases, including t...
Neoliberalism in Punjab with Dr. Shreya Sinha
March 10, 2021 22:33 - 56 minutes - 129 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 21st 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 Dr. Shreya Sinha who is a research associate at Cambridge University and her research interests lie in agrarian political economy, sociology of economic relations, regional development, neoliberalism, and ...
On Caste, Sikhi & Ambedkar with Dr. Suraj Yengde
March 03, 2021 15:23 - 57 minutes - 131 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 20th episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics and researchers on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Dr. Suraj Yengde, who is a public scholar and the author of the bestseller “Caste Matters” and co-editor of award winning anthology “The Radical in Ambedkar”. We discuss his personal profile where he describes his...
Masculinity and Sexuality in Northern India with Professor Joseph Alter
February 28, 2021 20:27 - 50 minutes - 116 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the nineteenth episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Joseph Alter, who is a Professor of anthropology and the University of Pittsburgh with interests in the relationship among religion, nationalism, health and the body in South Asia. Specific projects ...
The Feminine Sikh Principle with Professor Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh
February 24, 2021 12:49 - 51 minutes - 118 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the eighteenth episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh who is a Professor of Religion and Chair in the Department of Religious Studies at Colby College. She is the author of the books “The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision o...
Podcards From The Colonies with Sahiba Kaur Chadha
February 20, 2021 17:33 - 40 minutes - 91.7 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the seventeenth episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Sahiba Kaur Chadha who is an architect by profession but also runs an online blog called PodCards from the Colonies, which is a series of podcasts episodes which tell the personal stories and oral h...
Sikhi & Buddhism with Professor Balbinder Singh Bhogal
January 30, 2021 01:34 - 1 hour - 244 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the sixteenth episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Professor Balbinder Singh Bhogal, an associate professor in Religion and the holder of the Chair in Sikh Studies at Hofstra University. His research interests include decolonization, modernity, philos...
The Sikh Heritage with Dr Dalvir Singh Pannu
January 22, 2021 15:35 - 43 minutes - 99.6 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the fifteenth episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Dr Dalvir Singh Pannu, who is a dentist by profession but also a scholar of Sikh heritage in Pakistan. He has led a life long self-funded campaign driven by his passion to document and illustrate the ...
Echoes of Mutiny with Professor Seema Sohi
January 17, 2021 14:35 - 53 minutes - 122 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the fourteenth episode in our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Professor Seema Sohi who is Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. We discuss her book, “Echoes of Mutiny” which examines the radical anticolonial politics of South Asian...
Faithful Fighters with Professor Kate Imy
January 11, 2021 16:03 - 56 minutes - 130 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the thirteenth episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Professor Kate Imy from the University of North Texas, where she is a historian of war and empire teaching classes on questions of identity (race, gender, class, religion) in the twentieth-century Br...
Interrogating Gender in Sikh Tradition and Practice with Professor Satwinder Kaur Bains
January 05, 2021 14:03 - 48 minutes - 111 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the twelfth episode in our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Satwinder Kaur Bains who is a professor at the University of Fraser Valley in Social Cultural Media Studies. Her current research interests include migration, settlement, and integration; cross-cultural...
Sikhs of Finland with Dr Laura Hirvi
December 29, 2020 01:34 - 37 minutes - 85.4 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 11th episode in our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Dr Laura Hirvi who is from Finland and Germany and is currently the director of the Finland Institute of culture, science and business in German speaking Europe. In her post graduate studies, she complet...
Militant and Migrant with Professor Radhika Chopra
November 28, 2020 19:02 - 58 minutes - 134 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the tenth episode in our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Professor Radhika Chopra, who is the author of the book, Militant and Migrant which is the book we will be largely discussing today, but she’s also written the most recent book titled, Amritsar 1984: A Ci...
The Other Sikhs with Professor Himadri Banerjee
November 27, 2020 22:59 - 43 minutes - 98.6 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the Ninth episode in our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Professor Himadri Banerjee who has spent the last 40 years researching the Sikhs outside of Panjab, namely those found in the North Eastern territories of India such as Bengal, Assam and Orissa. We discus...
Casteism in Punjab with Professor Ronki Ram
November 17, 2020 11:38 - 56 minutes - 130 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the eighth episode in our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Professor Ronki Ram who is a leading scholar on the study of Caste with a particular focus on it in Punjab. He is a professor at the Panjab University in Chandigarh and now also more recently has been ap...
Sikhs of Iran with Asha Sawhney
November 07, 2020 17:06 - 42 minutes - 97.2 MBHi my name is Sukhraj Singh and welcome to the seventh podcast episode by SikhArchive in our Sikh history series, where today we are joined by PhD researcher Asha Sawhney, to discuss the Sikhs of Iran with respect to the religious association between Iran and Sikhi as well as the current day community that migrated there throughout the 20th century. Asha is well versed in Sikh literature and used to work with the Sikh Research Institute where she had hosted several episodes about ...
Sacrificing Sikhs with Phil Miller
November 02, 2020 12:30 - 44 minutes - 101 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh and welcome to the sixth history podcast by SikhArchive, today we are joined by the journalist and activist Phil Miller from the organization called Declassified UK, to discuss his monumental work of 2014 which exposed the British involvement and collaboration with the Indian State in 1984 regarding Operation Bluestar and the State violence that subsequently followed. In January 2014, Phil Miller went to the national archives in London to research documents t...
Who was Makhan Singh? with Zarina Patel
October 23, 2020 19:39 - 48 minutes - 112 MBHi my name is Sukhraj Singh and welcome to the fifth podcast episode by SikhArchive in our Sikh history series, where today we are joined by the author and activist Zarina Patel from Kenya, to discuss her book, “Unquiet”, which explores the life and times of Makhan Singh, who was the great trade unionist and anticolonial revolutionary in Kenya. I’ve been wanting to do this podcast for a very long time because I am deeply inspired by the life and activism of Makhan Singh. Not only w...
A Revolutionary History of Interwar India with Professor Kama Maclean
October 15, 2020 22:53 - 45 minutes - 105 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the fourth episode in our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode we are joined by Professor Kama Maclean, who is a professor of South Asian History and the author of the book, “A Revolutionary History of Interwar India: Violence, image and Text, which we will be discussing today. The...
The Sikhs and Tamils with Visvajit Sriramrajan
October 10, 2020 23:02 - 54 minutes - 125 MBHi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the third episode in our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, journalists and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode, we are joined by Visvajit Sriramrajan, who is a journalist and a Sikh studies research assistant from New York. He is Tamil and will be discussing the parallels between the Tamil and Sikh community with respect to the sh...
Punjabi Mexicans with Professor Karen Leonard
October 05, 2020 15:44 - 49 minutes - 114 MBHi, my name is Sukhraj Singh and Welcome to the second episode of SikhArchive podcasts, a series of conversations with historians, authors and academics on topics related to their areas of expertise of Sikh history. In this episode, we are joined by Professor Karen Leonard. She is a historian and anthropologist at the University of California. With a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin (1969) on the history of India Mexican Americans, South Asian Americans, and Muslim Americans....