My Malice and Bias

My Connection Dalvir Pannu is a friend and a well known dentist who runs multi-specialty dental practices in San Jose, Fremont, Cupertino, and Dublin, California. I have something in common with Dalvir, both of our families came from West Punjab and migrated to East Punjab in India after the partition of British India into Republic of India and Islamic Republic of Pakistan.  Dalvir mailed me a hard copy of his book to review. It took me a long time to accomplish this task but thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, I had some time that I could dedicate to reading his book. Like many generations of Sikhs growing up in India, our ancestral home is now in a foreign country and we have lost connection with our ancestral heritage. Dalvir's Dad and Grandmother with His book Background The emergence of these two nations is built upon an unprecedented ethnic cleansing and mass genocide.  At the time of partition, around 10 million Sikhs and Hindus were living in West Punja

An important part of Indian culture is an expectation of “display of respect” from those who are younger or are considered socially inferior (subordinates, lowers castes, or anybody who might appear less powerful, etc.). We express this respect in a huge variety of subtle and obvious ways. Punjabi Sikh Family Within the family, We use these terms everyday to call our mothers, fathers, older siblings, and other relations.  In order to understand the meaning of these terms, we have to learn about their linguistic origin and regional affiliations. Punjabi is an ancient language and has its origin in Prakrit , the precursor to the grammatically structured Sanskrit . These terms are deeply rooted in Prakrit and Sankrit languages and has a lot of commonalities with Latin , the mother of all European languages. Honorary Titles for Mother The terms used to honor the mother traces its origin to the hypothetical, reconstructed Proto Indo-European language, of which Sanskrit is the best

Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa I knew that my cousin is married to the direct descendant of Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa but I admit that I did not know much about this great Sikh general. My research found interesting articles in India, Pakistan, and Britain.about Hari Singh Nalwa. I am sharing all those as collage of topics referenced from previous publications. Background Hari Singh was born into an Uppal Khatri family, in Gujranwala, Punjab to Gurdas Singh and Dharam Kaur . Hari Singh's ancestors were early adopters of Sikhism and took part in the Sikh struggles against Mughals and Afghans. His grandfather, Hardas Singh was martyred in the "Wadda Ghallughara" in 1762, defending the Sikh families from genocidal goons of Ahmad Shah Abdali at Jandiala, 11 miles east of Amritsar. His father, Gurdas Singh joined Sukarchakia Misl and fought alongside Maharaja Ranjit Singh's grandfather Charat Singh and father Maha Singh. He was the the Jagirdar of Balloki, a village in K

Afghanistan (meaning "Land of the Afghans") has been a strategically important location throughout history. It was invaded by Indo-Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Scythians, White Huns, Mongols, Arabs, Turks, Mughals, Sikhs, British, Soviets, and most recently the Americans. What attracted these invaders to the arid and stony hills of this land which has not seen peace for over 2,500 years? Ignoring the Islamic history of this wretched land, I am specifically interested in the pre-Islamic history of Afghanistan that has been totally forgotten or deliberately ignored by the natives of this land. I wonder why? Lets unfold the "Burqah" of last 1,200 years and reveal the Indo-Aryan history of Afghanistan . Afgha n Identity Real Meaning of the Term "Afghan" You will be surprised that the term " Afghan " does not have Islamic, Arabic, Turkic, or Persian background. It comes from Afghan people's association with its Indian roots. It comes fro