Apocalyptic Amritsar: Destruction, Creation and Trans-Urbanity

— Raminder Kaur When visiting Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in the Panjabi city of Amritsar in India, it is virtually impossible to not notice bullet marks and other signs of destruction preserved in the gateways, walls and columns around the central sanctum sanctorum in the middle of the holy pool, sarovar (Figures 1-2). There is no visible indication of why this was the case for the onlooker, but talk to any of the staff, volunteers or visitors-in-the-know, they will simply say charasi, ...