Darshan Singh Tatla
Biographic Data
| ID | 3797320 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Darshan Singh Tatla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Darshan Singh |
| FAMILY NAME | Tatla |
| SIGNATURE | TATLA D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Punjabi University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The loss of Sikh heritage
This essays concerns the destruction of Sikh Reference Library during the Indian army’s invasion of the Golden Temple, Amritsar in June 1984. The Library built over several decades drew upon almost five centuries’ Sikh literature from various sources containing much of the most precious heritage of the Sikh community. Among its contents were priceless handwritten birs of Guru Granth; recensions of Dasam Granth, hukamnamas and early Sikh literatur…
Sewa Singh Mandla
The following interview with Sardar Sewa Singh Mandla was conducted over many years as part of my Sikh Oral History Project, the goal of which is to gauge the experience of pioneer Sikhs settled in
Mimic writing
This paper presents a reading of Iqbal Rammowalia’s novel What the Judges Wouldn’t See? [2005]. It is a fictional narrative of post-1984 events in a Canadian Sikh household, which, readers are invited to believe, bears closely upon the crashing of Air India plane in June 1985. The plot devised by Rammowalia turns out to be a caricature of gross distortion. Its tall claim of portraying a realistic scenario of a conspiracy is unconvincing – knowing…
Incorporating regional events into the nationalist narrative
This paper tries to capture the tension between the local or regional accounts and the new nationalist narrative in postcolonial India. The paper tries to show how the description of a complex life such as Gurdit Singh through the prism of ‘Indian nationalism’ alone carries the risk of making him one-dimensional skeleton, thereby distorting reality and proper context of a life that had a rich bearing of religious, cultural and regional influences
The Third Ghallughara
This article examines the enduring impact of 1984 tragedy upon the Sikh community. After outlining the initial reaction to the Government of India's army action in the Golden Temple Amritsar, it looks at some of the ways common Sikhs made sense of the loss of the Sikh heritage and the hurt of desecration of their holiest shrine. While the Indian stately discourse enforced by the media tried to justify its ghastly action, this was challenged, by a…
The Unbearable Lightness of Diasporic Sikh Nationalism! From Anguished Cries of ‘Khalistan’ to Pleas for ‘Recognition’
This paper explores the nature of the diasporic Sikh nationalism in the post-1984 period. Generally labelled as a movement for an independent Sikh state, Khalistan, overseas Sikhs’ reaction was a highly emotional demonstration of anger and protest at the desecration of the Golden Temple in Amritsar – the holiest shrine of the Sikhs. While it seems certain that most Sikhs were suddenly made aware of the lack of state power, the strategy and ideas …
The morning after
As the Indian army invaded Sikhs’ most sacred shrine, the Golden Temple, Amritsar in June 1984, the community was shattered by the resulting trauma, reacting with anger, remorse and mourning. Having woven around itself certain myths, memories and commemorations of being survivors from past genocides, the 1984 tragedy, as a contemporary reality in postcolonial India offered bitter choices. With severely restricted agencies of representation and re…
The Sikh Diaspora
Review Article| July 01 2004 The Sikh Diaspora: The Search for Statehood Darshan Singh Tatla Darshan Singh Tatla Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2004) 8 (1): 115. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2004.8.1.115a 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 Icon Cit…
The Sikh Diaspora
The Sikh Diaspora
Nurturing the faithful
Among the factors which have sustained the religious and cultural orientation of Sikhs in Britain, the role of the visiting Sants is of crucial importance, though little studied. Sants have shaped the lives of many of their Sikh disciples directly, inspiring others to uphold the religious ideals, and have contributed in several ways to the community's causes and institutions. The paper contributes towards an understanding of the growth and multip…
Books
Philip E. Ogden and Paul E. White (eds), Migrants in Modern France: Population Mobility in the Later 19th and 20th Centuries London: Unwin Hyman, 1989, 320 pp., £45.00 h.b. Hastings Donnan, Marriage among Muslims: Preference and Choice in Northern Pakistan Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corporation, 1988, 231 pp, $38.25 p.b. Malcolm Cross and Gad Heuman (eds), Labour in the Caribbean: from Emancipation To Independence Basingstoke: Macmillan Caribbea…
Books
Nony Ardill and Nigel Cross, Undocumented Lives: Britain's Unauthorised Migrant Workers London: Runnymede Trust, 1988, 105 pp., £2.95 p.b. Peter A. Roberts, West Indians and their Language Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988, 215 pp., £8.95 p.b. Alison Shaw, A Pakistani Community in Britain Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988, 187 pp., £19.50 h.b. Clive Y. Thomas, The Poor and The Powerless: Economic Policy and Change in the Caribbean London: L…
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…
The Sikh Diaspora
The morning after
As the Indian army invaded Sikhs’ most sacred shrine, the Golden Temple, Amritsar in June 1984, the community was shattered by the resulting trauma, reacting with anger, remorse and mourning. Having woven around itself certain myths, memories and commemorations of being survivors from past genocides, the 1984 tragedy, as a contemporary reality in postcolonial India offered bitter choices. With severely restricted agencies of representation and re…
The Unbearable Lightness of Diasporic Sikh Nationalism! From Anguished Cries of ‘Khalistan’ to Pleas for ‘Recognition’
This paper explores the nature of the diasporic Sikh nationalism in the post-1984 period. Generally labelled as a movement for an independent Sikh state, Khalistan, overseas Sikhs’ reaction was a highly emotional demonstration of anger and protest at the desecration of the Golden Temple in Amritsar – the holiest shrine of the Sikhs. While it seems certain that most Sikhs were suddenly made aware of the lack of state power, the strategy and ideas …
Nurturing the faithful
Among the factors which have sustained the religious and cultural orientation of Sikhs in Britain, the role of the visiting Sants is of crucial importance, though little studied. Sants have shaped the lives of many of their Sikh disciples directly, inspiring others to uphold the religious ideals, and have contributed in several ways to the community's causes and institutions. The paper contributes towards an understanding of the growth and multip…
The Third Ghallughara
This article examines the enduring impact of 1984 tragedy upon the Sikh community. After outlining the initial reaction to the Government of India's army action in the Golden Temple Amritsar, it looks at some of the ways common Sikhs made sense of the loss of the Sikh heritage and the hurt of desecration of their holiest shrine. While the Indian stately discourse enforced by the media tried to justify its ghastly action, this was challenged, by a…
The loss of Sikh heritage
This essays concerns the destruction of Sikh Reference Library during the Indian army’s invasion of the Golden Temple, Amritsar in June 1984. The Library built over several decades drew upon almost five centuries’ Sikh literature from various sources containing much of the most precious heritage of the Sikh community. Among its contents were priceless handwritten birs of Guru Granth; recensions of Dasam Granth, hukamnamas and early Sikh literatur…
Books
Nony Ardill and Nigel Cross, Undocumented Lives: Britain's Unauthorised Migrant Workers London: Runnymede Trust, 1988, 105 pp., £2.95 p.b. Peter A. Roberts, West Indians and their Language Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988, 215 pp., £8.95 p.b. Alison Shaw, A Pakistani Community in Britain Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988, 187 pp., £19.50 h.b. Clive Y. Thomas, The Poor and The Powerless: Economic Policy and Change in the Caribbean London: L…
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
Philip E. Ogden and Paul E. White (eds), Migrants in Modern France: Population Mobility in the Later 19th and 20th Centuries London: Unwin Hyman, 1989, 320 pp., £45.00 h.b. Hastings Donnan, Marriage among Muslims: Preference and Choice in Northern Pakistan Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corporation, 1988, 231 pp, $38.25 p.b. Malcolm Cross and Gad Heuman (eds), Labour in the Caribbean: from Emancipation To Independence Basingstoke: Macmillan Caribbea…
Nurturing the faithful
Among the factors which have sustained the religious and cultural orientation of Sikhs in Britain, the role of the visiting Sants is of crucial importance, though little studied. Sants have shaped the lives of many of their Sikh disciples directly, inspiring others to uphold the religious ideals, and have contributed in several ways to the community's causes and institutions. The paper contributes towards an understanding of the growth and multip…
The Sikh Diaspora
The Sikh Diaspora
The Sikh Diaspora
Review Article| July 01 2004 The Sikh Diaspora: The Search for Statehood Darshan Singh Tatla Darshan Singh Tatla Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2004) 8 (1): 115. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2004.8.1.115a 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 Icon Cit…
The morning after
As the Indian army invaded Sikhs’ most sacred shrine, the Golden Temple, Amritsar in June 1984, the community was shattered by the resulting trauma, reacting with anger, remorse and mourning. Having woven around itself certain myths, memories and commemorations of being survivors from past genocides, the 1984 tragedy, as a contemporary reality in postcolonial India offered bitter choices. With severely restricted agencies of representation and re…
The Unbearable Lightness of Diasporic Sikh Nationalism! From Anguished Cries of ‘Khalistan’ to Pleas for ‘Recognition’
This paper explores the nature of the diasporic Sikh nationalism in the post-1984 period. Generally labelled as a movement for an independent Sikh state, Khalistan, overseas Sikhs’ reaction was a highly emotional demonstration of anger and protest at the desecration of the Golden Temple in Amritsar – the holiest shrine of the Sikhs. While it seems certain that most Sikhs were suddenly made aware of the lack of state power, the strategy and ideas …
The Third Ghallughara
This article examines the enduring impact of 1984 tragedy upon the Sikh community. After outlining the initial reaction to the Government of India's army action in the Golden Temple Amritsar, it looks at some of the ways common Sikhs made sense of the loss of the Sikh heritage and the hurt of desecration of their holiest shrine. While the Indian stately discourse enforced by the media tried to justify its ghastly action, this was challenged, by a…
Incorporating regional events into the nationalist narrative
This paper tries to capture the tension between the local or regional accounts and the new nationalist narrative in postcolonial India. The paper tries to show how the description of a complex life such as Gurdit Singh through the prism of ‘Indian nationalism’ alone carries the risk of making him one-dimensional skeleton, thereby distorting reality and proper context of a life that had a rich bearing of religious, cultural and regional influences
Mimic writing
This paper presents a reading of Iqbal Rammowalia’s novel What the Judges Wouldn’t See? [2005]. It is a fictional narrative of post-1984 events in a Canadian Sikh household, which, readers are invited to believe, bears closely upon the crashing of Air India plane in June 1985. The plot devised by Rammowalia turns out to be a caricature of gross distortion. Its tall claim of portraying a realistic scenario of a conspiracy is unconvincing – knowing…
Sewa Singh Mandla
The following interview with Sardar Sewa Singh Mandla was conducted over many years as part of my Sikh Oral History Project, the goal of which is to gauge the experience of pioneer Sikhs settled in
The loss of Sikh heritage
This essays concerns the destruction of Sikh Reference Library during the Indian army’s invasion of the Golden Temple, Amritsar in June 1984. The Library built over several decades drew upon almost five centuries’ Sikh literature from various sources containing much of the most precious heritage of the Sikh community. Among its contents were priceless handwritten birs of Guru Granth; recensions of Dasam Granth, hukamnamas and early Sikh literatur…
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