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ਸਿੱਖ ਫ਼ੌਜੀ (The Sikh Regiment Crisis: Why Punjabi Youth Avoid The Army After 1984) (Punjabi)
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:47:26
Publish Date: 2026-02-22 00:22:25
Description:

This episode argues that the decline of Sikh participation in the Indian Army after 1984 was not accidental but the result of state discrimination, betrayal, and institutional mistrust both pre-and-post-84.

Following the 1984 Sikh genocide and Operation Blue Star, Sikh soldiers and officers faced surveillance, sidelining, and humiliation despite generations of unmatched military service.

The episode examines how even highly decorated Sikh commanders such as Brigadier Pritam Singh, Lt. Gen. Harbaksh Singh, Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh, Maj. Gen. Shabeg Singh, and Major Baldev Singh Ghuman were mistreated, marginalised, or erased once they no longer fit the state narrative.

Through historical evidence and lived reality, this episode explains why many Punjabi Sikh youth consciously withdrew from military service and why the rupture between Sikh faujis and the Indian state remains unresolved.
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