The long 1984: between then and now

In his recent monograph, The Kaurs of 1984, Wazir presents an unflinching account of the turbulent decades of militancy and conflict in India’s Punjab, as well as the brutal, state-supported violence unleashed against the Sikhs in late 1984 following the assassination of the country’s then Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi. My own research too focuses on the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in Delhi and its enduring after-effects on succeeding generations of survivors. In the response essay to Wazir’s monograph, I place my research next to his, examine the two together and analyse the points of convergence/divergence between them.