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• Last night, Shine Global – the renowned nonprofit media company dedicated to producing and supporting impactful documentaries about children's issues – awarded Name Me Lawand as the winner of their second annual Children's Resilience in Film Awards in Los Angeles.
• The Children's Resilience in Film Awards, now in its second year, honors exceptional films that center around the resilience of children in the face of adversity.
• "It is our true honor and pleasure to award Name Me Lawand the winner of this year's Children's Resilience in Film Awards," said Susan MacLaury, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Shine Global.
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• Elsewhere, the alleged military chief of a Sikh separatist group, Paramjit Singh Panjwar, was gunned down in Lahore, Pakistan, last week.
• Are these recent acts marking the revival of a full-blown Sikh separatist movement like the one India saw in the 1980s?
• Nearly four decades ago, the demand for a separate homeland for Sikhs generated widespread terror, particularly in the Indian state of Punjab.

A violent history

• In later years, Sikhs demanded certain things from the Indian government (for instance, better water-sharing rights and greater linguistic protection).
• Some also expressed a deeper and more forceful assertion of their religious identity.
• After serving two decades behind bars, Inderjit Singh Reyat - the only person convicted - was released in February 2017 by Canadian authorities.

Sikhs in contemporary society

• There are more than 30 million Sikhs worldwide, with the majority in the Indian state of Punjab.
• And within India, the Sikhs are seen as a remarkable community: hardworking, resilient and mostly without a strong caste-based social hierarchy.
• Today, their teachings are collected in the holy book, Granth Sahib, which serves as the life guide for Sikhs.

Could the violence of the 1980s be repeated?

• There are some similarities between the Punjab of today and that of the 1980s.
• For another, there is only support at the fringes for the separatists, both within Punjab and in the diaspora.
• Admittedly, the decline of the traditional political parties in Punjab (Congress and the Akali Dal) has created a power vacuum.
• He campaigned against drug use and for puritanical Sikihism – but also advocated for a separate Sikh state of Khalistan.

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