Indian Foreign Affairs Journal
Published in Association with Association of Indian Diplomats
Current Volume: 19 (2024 )
ISSN: 0973-3248
e-ISSN: 2229-5372
Periodicity: Quarterly
Month(s) of Publication: March, June, September & December
Subject: Political Science & International Affairs
DOI: 10.32381/IFAJ
Attempted Revival of the Khalistan Movement Abroad: Challenges to Indian Diplomacy
By : Kriti M. Shah
Page No: 75-87
Abstract
The paper looks at the Khalistan movement, amidst the recent hunt and arrest of radical preacher Amritpal Singh. It studies how the movement has changed since the campaign for a sovereign Sikh state went global in the 1970s; and what the demand for Khalistan entails today. It studies the role the Sikh diaspora in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the United States has played; and how recent events, particularly, protests at Indian High Commissions in these countries reflects the ambivalence of India’s ‘allies’ towards the separatists. The paper argues that while the nature of the threat posed by Khalistani separatists is much milder today than it was decades ago, the challenge for the Indian government will be the influence of the Sikh diaspora on foreign politicians and New Delhi’s ability to discredit the movement abroad.
Author :
Kriti M. Shah
(Graduate of McGill University, Canada) a freelance political analyst and writer. As a former Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, her research focused on Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir and also on Terrorist organizations and their links with Pakistan military-intelligence establishment. She was also a former reporter at NDTV.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/IFAJ.2022.17.1-2.6