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Can a Nation Move Forward Without Naming What Happened To It?

An essay by academic Pramod Kumar renews the demand for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Punjab, prompted by the recent censorship and OTT takedown of the film Satluj - based on human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra - which reignited debate over how honestly India's federal democracy has confronted the militancy and counterinsurgency violence of the 1980s and 90s.