Himadri Banerjee
Biographic Data
| ID | 607759 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Himadri Banerjee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Himadri |
| FAMILY NAME | Banerjee |
| SIGNATURE | BANERJEE H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jadavpur University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Many Punjabi Voices, Punjabi Centuries: Tracing Histories of Punjab edited by Anshu Malhotra, Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan Private Limited, 2024; pp 404, `1,935
Orient BlackSwan Private Limited Hyderabad, 2024. Price Rs. 1935
Many worlds of Sikh Pogrom (1984)
In 1984, Sikhs witnessed mass slaughter and violence in different centers of urban India. Hundreds of male Sikhs were burnt alive; their women were raped and houses were looted and scorched. No appropriate justice has been meted to the victims to date. It stands as the third Ghallughrara (massacre) in the community's history. The essay argues whether there was any contemporary alternative model to Pogrom where Sikhs were not perceived as enemies …
Sikhs of Burma
The essayFootnote1 critically engages with more than a century-long Sikh settlement in Burma. The Sikh community immigrated to Burma following the completion of the British annexation of the country (1886). The history of Sikhs witnessed a few major twists and turns as well as a few uprooting and displacement. This history prompts a rise of doubt among a section of experts in Burma Studies about whether the community would likely be submerged wit…
Sikhs and Sikhism in Bihar: Their distinctiveness and diversity
Medieval Bihar served as an important corridor for Sikh dispersal to other areas in eastern and north-eastern India. It stimulated the birth of native Sikh groups who significantly differ from their Punjabi-speaking counterparts in physical presentation and mother tongue. The essay examines why the native Sikhs’ perception of Sikhism differs from Singh Sabha’s (1873–1909) narrative of a monolithic Sikh identity, distinct from Hinduism. The study …
The Other Sikhs: Sikhs and Sikhism in Odisha (c. 1600–2000)
The study argues that Odisha has long been a contested terrain between different Sikh traditions. The Otherization of Indian-Sikhs in Sikh Studies has marginalized their enduring and variegated agency in Odishan history. Immigrant Sikhs came from diverse territorial locations and wide-ranging professional expertise. Their growing presence, with numerous gurdwaras under an apex body, celebration of community festivals, Khalsa schools, and so on, g…
Remembering Komagata Maru: Its many journeys, 1914–2014
The paper examines how memories of Komagata Maru had travelled beyond Budge Budge and returned after these were selectively appropriated by Indians at different points of time. In Kolkata, the Punjabi Sikhs incorporated them in their anti-imperial struggle to recreate home memories through remembrances of community’s sacred text (Guru Granth), sacred space (gurdwara) and mother tongue (maboli). In spite of attempts at marginalizing the representa…
Punjab Tragedy in Hindi Literary Archives: Images Beyond Punjab in India
This paper reviews four Hindi literary works on the Punjab crisis. Two are novels written by Sikhs while the other two are short stories authored by non-Sikhs. With dissimilar social background, religious beliefs and dwelling places, their narratives underline complexities of the Punjab crisis and their varied popular reactions. Creative imaginations were not restricted to Sikh sufferings but spacious enough to include those of non-Sikhs who resi…
Punjabi Sikhs in Twentieth-Century Assam
The essay examines from a historical perspective the origin, nature and effects of settlement of a few thousand Sikhs from Punjab to Assam with reference to the varied socio-political changes of the Brahmaputra valley. Historians missed these twentieth-century Sikh journeys possibly owing to their numerical insignificance, compared to the waves of migration of other ethnic groups coming from several short-distance locations. While analysing the s…
The Other Sikhs: Sikhs of Manipur in twentieth century
In the last 100 years, Sikhs have travelled to different countries in the West and beyond. There is a significant amount of scholarly writing about the presence of Sikhs across the globe. However, their experience in migration and settlement in different parts of India beyond Punjab remains a comparatively neglected area of Sikh studies. Its history goes back to the medieval days and includes a larger numbers of Sikhs than that exist in the Weste…
The Other Sikhs: Punjabi-Sikhs of Kolkata
In course of last few decades, India had witnessed a number of devastating attacks on religious minorities. These raise doubt whether they enjoy ample space in the country. The essay reviews how one of India’s religious minorities, residing in a faraway urban location, communicates with the host society, remembers their past and other home memories. It addresses some of these issues with reference to the twentieth-century Punjabi-Sikhs, migration…
The Other Sikhs: Asomiya-Sikhs of Brahmaputra Valley
With changes in Punjab scenario and development of numerous Sikh settlements outside India, Sikh Studies have witnessed many twists and turns. In recent times, the Sikh past is critically studied not only in Punjab but has reached as far as the western coasts of the Atlantic. With the inclusion of diasporan Sikhs, there are interesting modifications in the nature and scope of Sikh Studies. Growing Sikh concentration from Shimla to Shillong outsid…
Sikh Dalits From North-East India: Experiences From Shillong and Guwahati
The study seeks to situate the Dalit Sikh past with reference to two important urban centres of north-east India. While delineating their regional experiences, it intends to underscore whether these men, like their diasporic brothers of the West, carry there anything of their Sikh baggage. It also attempts to review how they responded to varied forms of regional ethnic polarization and discrimination. The essay concludes with a brief reference to…
The Other Sikhs: Punjabi-Sikhs of Kolkata
In course of last few decades, India had witnessed a number of devastating attacks on religious minorities. These raise doubt whether they enjoy ample space in the country. The essay reviews how one of India’s religious minorities, residing in a faraway urban location, communicates with the host society, remembers their past and other home memories. It addresses some of these issues with reference to the twentieth-century Punjabi-Sikhs, migration…
Sikh Dalits From North-East India: Experiences From Shillong and Guwahati
The study seeks to situate the Dalit Sikh past with reference to two important urban centres of north-east India. While delineating their regional experiences, it intends to underscore whether these men, like their diasporic brothers of the West, carry there anything of their Sikh baggage. It also attempts to review how they responded to varied forms of regional ethnic polarization and discrimination. The essay concludes with a brief reference to…
The Other Sikhs: Sikhs and Sikhism in Odisha (c. 1600–2000)
The study argues that Odisha has long been a contested terrain between different Sikh traditions. The Otherization of Indian-Sikhs in Sikh Studies has marginalized their enduring and variegated agency in Odishan history. Immigrant Sikhs came from diverse territorial locations and wide-ranging professional expertise. Their growing presence, with numerous gurdwaras under an apex body, celebration of community festivals, Khalsa schools, and so on, g…
The Other Sikhs: Asomiya-Sikhs of Brahmaputra Valley
With changes in Punjab scenario and development of numerous Sikh settlements outside India, Sikh Studies have witnessed many twists and turns. In recent times, the Sikh past is critically studied not only in Punjab but has reached as far as the western coasts of the Atlantic. With the inclusion of diasporan Sikhs, there are interesting modifications in the nature and scope of Sikh Studies. Growing Sikh concentration from Shimla to Shillong outsid…
Sikh Dalits From North-East India: Experiences From Shillong and Guwahati
The study seeks to situate the Dalit Sikh past with reference to two important urban centres of north-east India. While delineating their regional experiences, it intends to underscore whether these men, like their diasporic brothers of the West, carry there anything of their Sikh baggage. It also attempts to review how they responded to varied forms of regional ethnic polarization and discrimination. The essay concludes with a brief reference to…
The Other Sikhs: Sikhs of Manipur in twentieth century
In the last 100 years, Sikhs have travelled to different countries in the West and beyond. There is a significant amount of scholarly writing about the presence of Sikhs across the globe. However, their experience in migration and settlement in different parts of India beyond Punjab remains a comparatively neglected area of Sikh studies. Its history goes back to the medieval days and includes a larger numbers of Sikhs than that exist in the Weste…
The Other Sikhs: Punjabi-Sikhs of Kolkata
In course of last few decades, India had witnessed a number of devastating attacks on religious minorities. These raise doubt whether they enjoy ample space in the country. The essay reviews how one of India’s religious minorities, residing in a faraway urban location, communicates with the host society, remembers their past and other home memories. It addresses some of these issues with reference to the twentieth-century Punjabi-Sikhs, migration…
Punjabi Sikhs in Twentieth-Century Assam
The essay examines from a historical perspective the origin, nature and effects of settlement of a few thousand Sikhs from Punjab to Assam with reference to the varied socio-political changes of the Brahmaputra valley. Historians missed these twentieth-century Sikh journeys possibly owing to their numerical insignificance, compared to the waves of migration of other ethnic groups coming from several short-distance locations. While analysing the s…
Punjab Tragedy in Hindi Literary Archives: Images Beyond Punjab in India
This paper reviews four Hindi literary works on the Punjab crisis. Two are novels written by Sikhs while the other two are short stories authored by non-Sikhs. With dissimilar social background, religious beliefs and dwelling places, their narratives underline complexities of the Punjab crisis and their varied popular reactions. Creative imaginations were not restricted to Sikh sufferings but spacious enough to include those of non-Sikhs who resi…
Remembering Komagata Maru: Its many journeys, 1914–2014
The paper examines how memories of Komagata Maru had travelled beyond Budge Budge and returned after these were selectively appropriated by Indians at different points of time. In Kolkata, the Punjabi Sikhs incorporated them in their anti-imperial struggle to recreate home memories through remembrances of community’s sacred text (Guru Granth), sacred space (gurdwara) and mother tongue (maboli). In spite of attempts at marginalizing the representa…
The Other Sikhs: Sikhs and Sikhism in Odisha (c. 1600–2000)
The study argues that Odisha has long been a contested terrain between different Sikh traditions. The Otherization of Indian-Sikhs in Sikh Studies has marginalized their enduring and variegated agency in Odishan history. Immigrant Sikhs came from diverse territorial locations and wide-ranging professional expertise. Their growing presence, with numerous gurdwaras under an apex body, celebration of community festivals, Khalsa schools, and so on, g…
Sikhs and Sikhism in Bihar: Their distinctiveness and diversity
Medieval Bihar served as an important corridor for Sikh dispersal to other areas in eastern and north-eastern India. It stimulated the birth of native Sikh groups who significantly differ from their Punjabi-speaking counterparts in physical presentation and mother tongue. The essay examines why the native Sikhs’ perception of Sikhism differs from Singh Sabha’s (1873–1909) narrative of a monolithic Sikh identity, distinct from Hinduism. The study …
Sikhs of Burma
The essayFootnote1 critically engages with more than a century-long Sikh settlement in Burma. The Sikh community immigrated to Burma following the completion of the British annexation of the country (1886). The history of Sikhs witnessed a few major twists and turns as well as a few uprooting and displacement. This history prompts a rise of doubt among a section of experts in Burma Studies about whether the community would likely be submerged wit…
Many worlds of Sikh Pogrom (1984)
In 1984, Sikhs witnessed mass slaughter and violence in different centers of urban India. Hundreds of male Sikhs were burnt alive; their women were raped and houses were looted and scorched. No appropriate justice has been meted to the victims to date. It stands as the third Ghallughrara (massacre) in the community's history. The essay argues whether there was any contemporary alternative model to Pogrom where Sikhs were not perceived as enemies …
Many Punjabi Voices, Punjabi Centuries: Tracing Histories of Punjab edited by Anshu Malhotra, Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan Private Limited, 2024; pp 404, `1,935
Orient BlackSwan Private Limited Hyderabad, 2024. Price Rs. 1935
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