Contents: Preface. 1. Perspectives on Sikh identity-I. 2. A Sikh perspective-I. 3. Akal Takhat and twin doctrine. 4. "The construction of religious boundaries: culture, identity & diversity". 5. Darbar Sahib Amritsar: an integrated complex. 6. Blue star: a pre-meditated design. 7. Akal Takhat and the Operation Bluestar: variant perceptions. 8. Sant Bhindranwale: why the masses followed him? 9. The Sikh Turban and Pseudo-scholars. 10. The Sikhs and their psyche. 11. The Punjab problem: historical perspective. 12. Justice in Punjab: government dragging its feet. 13. The loot of Punjab waters. 14. Punjab crisis : creation of the Congress. 15. Repeating the white paper. 16. Bill Clinton and the Sikhs. Index.

"The book is a collection of author's well-researched and well-documented articles published in the leading journals and newspapers. It covers a wide range of subjects on Sikh religion and history. The object of the book is two-fold, first, to project a correct image of Sikhism and its ideals and institutions, and, second, to rebut distortions and misrepresentations of Sikh ideology and tradition." (jacket)