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Rural Punjab is a time capsule: falling economy, rising religiosity, bad politics

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Radicalism is back in Punjab, especially in zones where Sikhs form a large rural majority, and three of the five prominent political forces in this election are playing with this fire. ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta reads #WritingsOnTheWall in poll-bound Punjab

Pictures by Praveen Jain

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Watch : Comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu, how India let down a patriot who fought back in Punjab’s worst years here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTpLR6A5VqM

Read: Cure cancer, undo death: Punjab’s Christian ‘prophet, pastors’ offer miracles, compete with deras - https://theprint.in/india/cure-cancer-undo-death-punjabs-christian-prophet-pastors-offer-miracles-compete-with-deras/793074/

Read The Rule of the gun here: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19910115-the-rule-of-the-gun-756525-1991-01-14
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