Tag: History Explained

• Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale: The Man Who Changed Punjab Forever

  

  I’ve heard, Bhindranwale was a Khalistani. And yet, he’s almost worshiped in certain parts of Punjab. Which is fucked up when you think about it as an Indian. But, history rarely gives us heroes and villains. It gives us people. And then it gives us enough tragedy that everyone spends the next forty years arguing…

  Shreya Singh

  June 30, 2026

  Dark

  1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, 1984 India, Akal Takht, Anandpur Sahib Resolution, Bhindranwale, Contemporary Indian History, Damdami Taksal, Golden Temple, Historical Analysis, History Explained, Indian History, Indian Political History, Indira Gandhi, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Khalistan Debate, Khalistan Movement, Modern Indian History, Operation Blue Star, Punjab Crisis, Punjab Insurgency, Punjab Politics, Shreyalogy History Series, Sikh History, Sikh Militancy

• The Radium Girls: The Women Who Glowed, Got Sick, and Then Changed the World

  The world loves a good invention story. Someone has a big idea. People call them crazy. They persist. They win. Everybody claps. What the world doesn’t love is the part of the story where the people doing the actual labour get their bones dissolved in the process. So today, we’re talking about the Radium Girls.…

  Shreya Singh

  June 25, 2026

  Uncategorized

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