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Partition violence, Mountbatten and the Sikhs: A reassessment (2024)
Journal Article
Singh, G. (online). Partition violence, Mountbatten and the Sikhs: A reassessment. Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448727.2024.2318874

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 fro... Read More about Partition violence, Mountbatten and the Sikhs: A reassessment.

Making sense of Sikh nationalism (2023)
Journal Article
Singh, G. Making sense of Sikh nationalism. Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory, 19(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448727.2023.2198896

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... Read More about Making sense of Sikh nationalism.

Hindu nationalism in power: Making sense of Modi and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government, 2014–19 (2019)
Journal Article
Singh, G. (2019). Hindu nationalism in power: Making sense of Modi and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government, 2014–19. Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory, 15(3-4), 314-331. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448727.2019.1630220

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... Read More about Hindu nationalism in power: Making sense of Modi and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government, 2014–19.

The control of scared spaces: Sikh shrines in Pakistan from the partition to the Kartarpur corridor (2019)
Journal Article
Singh, G. (2019). The control of scared spaces: Sikh shrines in Pakistan from the partition to the Kartarpur corridor. Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory, 15(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448727.2019.1593305

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 examin... Read More about The control of scared spaces: Sikh shrines in Pakistan from the partition to the Kartarpur corridor.

The limits of India’s ethno-linguistic federation: understanding the demise of Sikh nationalism (2018)
Journal Article
Singh, G., & Kim, H. (2018). The limits of India’s ethno-linguistic federation: understanding the demise of Sikh nationalism. Regional & Federal Studies, 28(4), 427-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2018.1443917

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... Read More about The limits of India’s ethno-linguistic federation: understanding the demise of Sikh nationalism.

Rethinking Sikh Nationalism in the 21st Century (2015)
Journal Article
Singh, G., & Shani, G. (2015). Rethinking Sikh Nationalism in the 21st Century. Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory, 11(3), 271-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448727.2015.1120104

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 deba... Read More about Rethinking Sikh Nationalism in the 21st Century.

State and religious diversity: reflections on post‐1947 India (2004)
Journal Article
Singh, G. (2004). State and religious diversity: reflections on post‐1947 India. Totalitarian movements and political religions, 5(2), 205-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/1469076042000269220

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 conditi... Read More about State and religious diversity: reflections on post‐1947 India.

Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Colonial and Post-Colonial Society: Thematic Introduction (2003)
Journal Article
Rex, J., & Singh, G. (2003). Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Colonial and Post-Colonial Society: Thematic Introduction. International journal on multicultural societies, 5(2), 107-119

The notion of “governance of multicultural societies” covers a wide range of geographical and historical situations. Moreover, it is often used interchangeably with the term “pluralism”. The object of this paper is to show that the notion of “plura... Read More about Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Colonial and Post-Colonial Society: Thematic Introduction.