Gurharpal Singh
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 79830 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Gurharpal Singh |
| NOMBRES | Gurharpal |
| APELLIDO | Singh |
| FIRMA | SINGH G |
| AFILIACIONES | SOAS University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2012-1868 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 43 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 63 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1987 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Remembering Dr Manmohan Singh
Partition violence, Mountbatten and the Sikhs
Despite major advances in the historiography of the partition, the causes of violence remain poorly understood. Drawing on new archival material, this article argues that violence in the Punjab resulted from the failure of the British Sikh policy from 1939. Mountbatten's complicity in the massacres, and his defence against the allegations, point to a wider policy failure. Systematic blame displacement for the violence onto the Sikhs by the Govern…
Global Diasporas
Making sense of Sikh nationalism
Despite significant advances in Sikh studies, Sikh nationalism is still poorly understood. As a complex community with competing narratives of self-identity – as a religion, as an ethnicity, and as a global and national minority (in India and in the diaspora) – Sikh nationalism requires an integrated framework that recognises the rich symbolic heritage and how the nation and state-building projects of India and Pakistan have defined Sikh politics…
Paul R. Brass
Obituary of Paul R. Brass
Prof Jagtar Singh Grewal
Faith, gender and activism in the Punjab conflict
Faith, gender and activism in the Punjab conflict: the wheat fields still whisper." Sikh Formations, 17(4), pp. 530–531
Darshan Singh Tatla
The untimely demise of Dr Darshan Singh Tatla, after a prolonged illness, has deprived scholars of Sikh and Punjab studies of its most unsung hero. Darshan, as he was popularly known, epitomised th
Reconsidering Sikh architecture
The last decade has witnessed an increasing interest in Sikh heritage in Pakistan (Singh 2015, 2018; Khalid 2016; Pannu 2019) that has been fuelled largely by the diaspora’s curiosity about artefac
Partition's Legacies by Joya Chatterji and David Washbrook
Reviewed by: Partition's Legacies by Joya Chatterji and David Washbrook Gurharpal Singh Partition's Legacies By Joya Chatterji with an Introduction by David Washbrook. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2019. Since the publication of Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism, and Partition 1932-1947 (1994) and The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947-1967 (2007), Joya Chatterji has emerged as one of the foremost historians working on the …
The control of sacred spaces
In November 2018, the governments of India and Pakistan agreed to develop the Kartarpur corridor linking the Sikhs’ two holiest shrines. The initiative is an important symbolic moment in the access to Sikh sacred spaces in Pakistan. This paper examines critically the efforts to control and manage this access since 1947. It assesses the policies of the two states to control access and reflects on the prospects for the Kartarpur corridor to become …
Hindu nationalism in power
As the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance returns to power in India, it is appropriate to reflect on the coalition’s first term in office. This paper provides an overview of the government’s performance in key areas, especially vis-a-vis religious minorities, and of the competing approaches through which its policies have been understood. It argues for a need to move away from conventional explanations that have failed to predict the popular ap…
The limits of India’s ethno-linguistic federation
From 1984 until 1993, the Indian state of Punjab witnessed a sustained insurgency by Sikh militants campaigning for a separate sovereign state. This insurgency was ultimately defeated by the overwhelming use of security force that officially resulted in the deaths of 30,000 people. By the mid-1990s, a ‘normalcy’ had returned to Punjab politics, but the underlying issues which had fuelled the demand for separatism remain unaddressed. This paper ex…
The politics of citizenship
New Dimensions of Politics in India
1. Introduction Lawrence Saez and Gurharpal Singh Part 1:Governance 2. Did the central government's poverty initiatives help to re-elect it? James Manor 3. The UPA and federalism: a paradigm shift? Harihar Bhattacharya 4. Educational exclusion and inclusive development in India Shailaja Fennell Part 2: Secularism 5. UPA and secularism, 2004-2009. Gurharpal Singh 6. The UPA and Muslims Steve Wilkinson 7. Beyond identity? The UPA rhetoric on social…
Governance in Multicultural Societies
In the last decade the study of multiculturalism has become an established field in political and social theory. This in-depth and engaging volume focuses on public policy and the dilemmas faced by the governments of increasingly diverse societies. Offering a theoretically and empirically rich collection of essays from some of the leading specialists in the field, it fills the gap between the social and political theory of multiculturalism and in…
Rethinking Sikh Nationalism in the Twenty-First Century
This article seeks to draw attention to some of the core issues which beset the study of Sikh nationalism as a coherent phenomenon in an increasingly globalized and socially fragmented world. First, it highlights the importance of revisiting the debate about the community's religious boundaries, arguing that in contrast to the new conventional wisdom informed by poststructuralism, Sikh identity has exhibited a remarkable degree of continuity from…
State and Nation-Building in Pakistan
Sikh Religion, Culture and Ethnicity
Religious transnationalism, development and the construction of religious boundaries
In this article, I examine the general assumption that transnationalism is creating new divisions and iniquitous social hierarchies. For caste-based religious centres like the Dera Sachkhand Ballan (DSB), which is engaged in modes of subaltern religiosity among Ravidassias, transnationalism can be a powerful agent of religious and social change. By nurturing transnational networks, especially in the United Kingdom, the DSB has now emerged as the …
Religious Transnationalism, Ravidasi Identity and the Dera Sant Sarwan Dass, Ballan
This paper examines the general assumption that for caste-based social movements transnationalism is creating new divisions and iniquitous social hierarchies. By drawing on a detailed case study of the Dera Sant Sarwan Dass, Ballan (DSSDB), Punjab, it argues that for these organisations transnationalism can be a powerful agent of religious and social change. By cultivating its transnational links, especially in the UK, the DSSDB has now emerged a…
Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age by Giorigo Shani
Gurdwaras and community-building among British Sikhs
This paper examines the role of gurdwaras (temples) in community-building among British Sikhs since the early twentieth century. Like the Punjab, Britain has witnessed the emergence of a modern gurdwara movement that now embraces almost 250 institutions, and has succeeded in establishing distinct sacred spaces in the inner-city, some of which resemble Golden Temple-like structures. These institutions increasingly reflect the internal and denomina…
British multiculturalism and Sikhs
British Sikhs are often portrayed as the pioneers of British multiculturalism, a public policy that has come under serious introspection since 9/11 and 7/7. This article argues that although the development of the British Sikh community since the Second World War has contributed significantly to the shaping of national and local policies to manage religious and cultural diversity, this achievement has been realised within a traditional British st…
The subject of Sikh Studies
Gurdwaras and community-building among British Sikhs
This paper examines the role of gurdwaras (temples) in community-building among British Sikhs since the early twentieth century. Like the Punjab, Britain has witnessed the emergence of a modern gurdwara movement that now embraces almost 250 institutions, and has succeeded in establishing distinct sacred spaces in the inner-city, some of which resemble Golden Temple-like structures. These institutions increasingly reflect the internal and denomina…
The Punjab crisis since 1984
Over the last decade there has been increasing scholarly interest in the ethnic character of the Indian state. This interest has coincided with the rise of the Hindu revivalist Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP], nation-wide clashes between Hindus and Muslims, and bitter conflict over affirmative action for backward classes. Simultaneously, the Indian state has been confronted by regional movements in Kashmir, Assam and Punjab seeking secession from th…
The limits of India’s ethno-linguistic federation
From 1984 until 1993, the Indian state of Punjab witnessed a sustained insurgency by Sikh militants campaigning for a separate sovereign state. This insurgency was ultimately defeated by the overwhelming use of security force that officially resulted in the deaths of 30,000 people. By the mid-1990s, a ‘normalcy’ had returned to Punjab politics, but the underlying issues which had fuelled the demand for separatism remain unaddressed. This paper ex…
British multiculturalism and Sikhs
British Sikhs are often portrayed as the pioneers of British multiculturalism, a public policy that has come under serious introspection since 9/11 and 7/7. This article argues that although the development of the British Sikh community since the Second World War has contributed significantly to the shaping of national and local policies to manage religious and cultural diversity, this achievement has been realised within a traditional British st…
Understanding Political Corruption in Contemporary Indian Politics
Hindu nationalism in power
As the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance returns to power in India, it is appropriate to reflect on the coalition’s first term in office. This paper provides an overview of the government’s performance in key areas, especially vis-a-vis religious minorities, and of the competing approaches through which its policies have been understood. It argues for a need to move away from conventional explanations that have failed to predict the popular ap…
Religious Transnationalism, Ravidasi Identity and the Dera Sant Sarwan Dass, Ballan
This paper examines the general assumption that for caste-based social movements transnationalism is creating new divisions and iniquitous social hierarchies. By drawing on a detailed case study of the Dera Sant Sarwan Dass, Ballan (DSSDB), Punjab, it argues that for these organisations transnationalism can be a powerful agent of religious and social change. By cultivating its transnational links, especially in the UK, the DSSDB has now emerged a…
The Punjab problem in the 1990s
The control of sacred spaces
In November 2018, the governments of India and Pakistan agreed to develop the Kartarpur corridor linking the Sikhs’ two holiest shrines. The initiative is an important symbolic moment in the access to Sikh sacred spaces in Pakistan. This paper examines critically the efforts to control and manage this access since 1947. It assesses the policies of the two states to control access and reflects on the prospects for the Kartarpur corridor to become …
The politics of citizenship
A Victim Diaspora
The Punjab legislative assembly elections of February 1997
Since 1984, the Indian state of Punjab has become synonymous with political disorder, violence, and counter‐insurgency. The February 1997 election of a popular state government coalition made up of the Akali Dal (Badal), and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) marks a radical development in the ‘Punjab problem’. As well as providing a popular mandate for the former, a moderate Sikh political party, the elections have created a model for the regional…
The partition of India as state contraction
Punjab since 1984
Research Article| April 01 1996 Punjab since 1984: Disorder, Order, and Legitimacy Gurharpal Singh Gurharpal Singh Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1996) 36 (4): 410–421. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645407 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Cita…
Paul R. Brass
Obituary of Paul R. Brass
Rethinking Sikh Nationalism in the Twenty-First Century
This article seeks to draw attention to some of the core issues which beset the study of Sikh nationalism as a coherent phenomenon in an increasingly globalized and socially fragmented world. First, it highlights the importance of revisiting the debate about the community's religious boundaries, arguing that in contrast to the new conventional wisdom informed by poststructuralism, Sikh identity has exhibited a remarkable degree of continuity from…
Religious transnationalism, development and the construction of religious boundaries
In this article, I examine the general assumption that transnationalism is creating new divisions and iniquitous social hierarchies. For caste-based religious centres like the Dera Sachkhand Ballan (DSB), which is engaged in modes of subaltern religiosity among Ravidassias, transnationalism can be a powerful agent of religious and social change. By nurturing transnational networks, especially in the United Kingdom, the DSB has now emerged as the …
The subject of Sikh Studies
India's Akali-BJP Alliance
Research Article| April 01 1998 India's Akali-BJP Alliance: The 1997 Legislative Assembly Elections Gurharpal Singh Gurharpal Singh Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1998) 38 (4): 398–409. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645414 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite…
"Understanding the "Punjab Problem
Research Article| December 01 1987 Understanding the "Punjab Problem" Gurharpal Singh Gurharpal Singh Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1958) 27 (12): 1268–1277. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644634 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation…
"Understanding the "Punjab Problem
Research Article| December 01 1987 Understanding the "Punjab Problem" Gurharpal Singh Gurharpal Singh Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1958) 27 (12): 1268–1277. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644634 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation…
The Punjabi press
Longitudinal studies of the ethnic press in Great Britain provide interesting insights into the development of ethnic minorities. In this paper we examine the case of the Punjabi press with special reference to the Sikh community. The paper is divided into three sections: (i) an examination of the motives for establishing publications; (ii) an evaluation of some of the common problems encountered by these ventures; and (iii) reflections on the fa…
Books
Nelson Mandela, The Struggle is My Life London: IDAF Publications, 1990, 287 pp., £4.99 p.b. Cynthia Enloe, Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics London: Pandora, 1989, 244 pp., £8.99 p.b. Commission for Racial Equality, Law, Blasphemy and the Multi‐Faith Society, Report of a Seminar London: CRE and the Inter‐Faith Network for the United Kingdom, 1989, 99 pp., £1.50 Commission for Racial Equality, Free Speech…
The Punjab problem in the 1990s
The Punjab Elections 1992
Research Article| November 01 1992 The Punjab Elections 1992: Breakthrough or Breakdown? Gurharpal Singh Gurharpal Singh Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1992) 32 (11): 988–999. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645266 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Ico…
The Sikhs
The Punjab crisis since 1984
Over the last decade there has been increasing scholarly interest in the ethnic character of the Indian state. This interest has coincided with the rise of the Hindu revivalist Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP], nation-wide clashes between Hindus and Muslims, and bitter conflict over affirmative action for backward classes. Simultaneously, the Indian state has been confronted by regional movements in Kashmir, Assam and Punjab seeking secession from th…
Punjab since 1984
Research Article| April 01 1996 Punjab since 1984: Disorder, Order, and Legitimacy Gurharpal Singh Gurharpal Singh Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1996) 36 (4): 410–421. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645407 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Cita…
The Punjab legislative assembly elections of February 1997
Since 1984, the Indian state of Punjab has become synonymous with political disorder, violence, and counter‐insurgency. The February 1997 election of a popular state government coalition made up of the Akali Dal (Badal), and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) marks a radical development in the ‘Punjab problem’. As well as providing a popular mandate for the former, a moderate Sikh political party, the elections have created a model for the regional…
The partition of India as state contraction
Understanding Political Corruption in Contemporary Indian Politics
India's Akali-BJP Alliance
Research Article| April 01 1998 India's Akali-BJP Alliance: The 1997 Legislative Assembly Elections Gurharpal Singh Gurharpal Singh Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1998) 38 (4): 398–409. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645414 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite…
Punjabi Identity
A Victim Diaspora? The Case of the Sikhs
Since the fateful events of June 1984, when the Indian army entered the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the Sikhs' holiest shrine, the activities of the Sikh diaspora have attracted considerable academic attention. The fortunes of this vibrant community have become a major transnational irritant to Western states, linking the complex, and often interminable, politics of the homeland with ethnic and social concerns in the United States, Canada, Europe,…
A Victim Diaspora
Culture and Economy in the Indian Diaspora
Gurharpal Singh Introduction 1. Vinesh Y. Hookoomsing Choat Bharat, Mauritius: The Myth and the Reality 2. Alleyn Diesel Hinduism in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 3. Ravindra K. Jain Culture and Economy: Tamils on the Plantation Frontier in Malaysia Revisited, 1998-1999 4. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake Diaspora and Citizenship: Forgotten Routes of Identity in Lanka 5. Prakash C. Jain Culture and Economy in an 'Incipient' Diaspora: Indians in the Pe…
Critical reflections on celebrating success
State and religious diversity
This article critically reviews the assumptions underlying state secularism in India since 1947 against the policies of different regimes in managing religious diversity. It reflects on how the construction of secularism was adapted to Indian conditions in ways which enabled it to coalesce with existing traditions of statecraft and the religious ideals of Mohandas K. Gandhi, on the one hand, and the modernist outlook of Jawaharlal Nehru, on the o…
British multiculturalism and Sikhs
British Sikhs are often portrayed as the pioneers of British multiculturalism, a public policy that has come under serious introspection since 9/11 and 7/7. This article argues that although the development of the British Sikh community since the Second World War has contributed significantly to the shaping of national and local policies to manage religious and cultural diversity, this achievement has been realised within a traditional British st…
The subject of Sikh Studies
Gurdwaras and community-building among British Sikhs
This paper examines the role of gurdwaras (temples) in community-building among British Sikhs since the early twentieth century. Like the Punjab, Britain has witnessed the emergence of a modern gurdwara movement that now embraces almost 250 institutions, and has succeeded in establishing distinct sacred spaces in the inner-city, some of which resemble Golden Temple-like structures. These institutions increasingly reflect the internal and denomina…
Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age by Giorigo Shani
Religious Transnationalism, Ravidasi Identity and the Dera Sant Sarwan Dass, Ballan
This paper examines the general assumption that for caste-based social movements transnationalism is creating new divisions and iniquitous social hierarchies. By drawing on a detailed case study of the Dera Sant Sarwan Dass, Ballan (DSSDB), Punjab, it argues that for these organisations transnationalism can be a powerful agent of religious and social change. By cultivating its transnational links, especially in the UK, the DSSDB has now emerged a…
Sikh Religion, Culture and Ethnicity
Religious transnationalism, development and the construction of religious boundaries
In this article, I examine the general assumption that transnationalism is creating new divisions and iniquitous social hierarchies. For caste-based religious centres like the Dera Sachkhand Ballan (DSB), which is engaged in modes of subaltern religiosity among Ravidassias, transnationalism can be a powerful agent of religious and social change. By nurturing transnational networks, especially in the United Kingdom, the DSB has now emerged as the …
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