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by strdanger334 1001 days ago
> It is genuinely impossible to find any information except from biased sources screaming that Sikhs don't want it.

>I made an assumption and it might be flawed. I would love to find some concrete data.

These two together don't compute. You obviously have a tilt that anything coming out of India is "biased source" while international one is unbiased somehow. So, why even pretend that you want some concrete data.

And that basically is the issue. Indian evidence, data and proofs are treated with suspicion. While Western data is somehow clean. If this is not a classist mindset I don't know what is.
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deanCommie 1001 days ago
I didn't say that Indian sources are biased.

I said the ones that I found seem biased because they bring in a lot of clear opinion into the matter.

Consider the same is true about the US - if you try to find information and land on FOX News and the Wall Street Journal Opinion page, you will see a lot of bias.

I see the same with the Indian news stories I find. I can see the bias.

Is there a Indian equivalent Reuters or Associated Press that has data on internal opinions on Khalistan?

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strdanger334 998 days ago
The question is why do you doubt India newspapers will lie? This isn't a conspiracy like There Is No War in Ba Sing Se.

The wiki page you quoted for Operation Bluestar. Read the background portion of the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star#Background

The party which made the separatist demand is called Shiromani Akali Dal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal

The party shifted to a moderate agenda in the 90s. Funnily enough, this party has been working with Modi's Hindutva party or BJP.

In comparison, J&K demands were raised by a party called National Conference. This party has never shifted its agenda and continued with demand for sometimes separatism and sometimes special status for J&K.

Politics runs on supporting specific agendas. J&K agenda is still supported. No one denies that. You will not find any Indian sources claiming that. While there is no popular party supporting the Khalistani agenda. So, Indian sources claim that.

While there are parties in Canada supporting and pushing this. So, you'd surely find facts in the international media saying there is support.

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