Harbhajan Mann, a Punjabi singer turned actor, stars in this new film Asa Nu Maan Watna Da – which translates to "Searching for Our Roots". This movie is going to give a major boost to the Punjabi movie industry worldwide, which has done poorly so far compared to other regional cinema. It is produced by expatriate Punjabis from Calgary, Canada.

Directed by Manmohan Singh, a highly respected Bollywood Cinematographer turned Director. His first major Punjabi direction "Jee Aayan Nu" was a box office hit in the Western countries and India. The music soudtrack and songs were such a hit that it paid for the entire budget of the production.

Modern societies only progress if they learn the lessons of history and don’t repeat mistakes of the past. The contents of Reduced to Ashes: The Insurgency and Human Rights in Punjab compels its readers to critically re-examine and re-assess the Indian state’s tactics in crushing the separatist insurgency in Punjab during the 1980’s and 90’s. Even the internationally-acclaimed writer Khushwant Singh, who was an ardent supporter of the Punjab police’s use of extra-judicial methods to crush the uprising, has praised the objectivity of the report’s documentation and the professionalism of its writers.

Twenty Years of Impunity: The November 1984 Pogroms of Sikhs in India. Jaskaran Kaur, ENSAAF. Foreword by Barbara Crossette. Published by Nectar Publishing (2004). ISBN 0-9548412-0-4.

Twenty years after the government-sponsored Sikh pogroms of November 1984, the Indian government continues to deny survivors the rights to knowledge, justice and reparations.