The history abounds with s tories of powerful men behaving badly . It’s a unfortunate yet predictable spectacle witnessed for thousands of years of human history across the globe— those in positions of power can’t help but help themselves to the help. Power corrupts even the best of us. But there’s an antidote - spiritual wisdom . Often spiritual wisdom had to step forward and confront the brutality of the powerful oppressor and heal the pain of the oppressed. Plunder of India in Medieval Times The sacred land of five rivers, we now call Punjab has been a playground for marauders and looters who plundered its wealth, destroyed its religious plurality, its beauty, and its heritage for over 700 years from the 11th century till the 18th century. The day Mahmud of Ghazni ransacked and looted Lahore in 1021, it ended Punjab’s rule over itself and foreign rule started, which lasted till 1769 when after over 750 years the Punjabis returned to ‘self-rule.’ Confronting Intolerance with ...