Global Institute for Sikh Studies

JSPS

Journal of Sikh & Punjāb Studies

ISSN: 0971-5223

Started in the U.K. in 1994 as International Journal of Punjāb Studies, it continued as Journal of Punjāb Studies under the auspices of the Global Studies Department at UC Santa Barbara from 2004 to 2015. In 2016, it moved to the newly created Global Institute for Sikh Studies, New York, and reincarnated itself as Journal of Sikh & Punjāb Studies.

JSPS' primary goal is to disseminate the latest research on the Punjab, a region located in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent. It welcomes articles on any facet of the land and its people from the Indus Valley Civilization (2000BCE) to the political bifurcation of the region into East Punjab (India) and West Punjab (Pakistan), in 1947, and the migration of many Punjabis around the globe in the subsequent decades.

JSPS publishes peer reviewed/refereed research broadly in the fields of Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences. It is indexed in SCOPUS and UGC CARE.

It is FREE, and we at GISS sincerely hope that scholars, teachers, students, and lay readers would make good use of this reservoir of information. All 30 volumes carrying over 200 articles and a large set of book reviews can be accessed and downloaded.

Journal of Sikh & Punjāb Studies Executive Editor
Gurinder Singh Mann (Director, GISS, New York, NY)

Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies
Volume 32 - Numbers 1&2
Spring-Fall 2025

Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies - Volume 32, Nos. 1 & 2 - Spring-Fall 2025

Table of Contents

	VOLUME 32, Numbers 1&2 - SPRING-FALL 2025
	CONTENTS	i.
	I. EDITORIAL
B.S. Ghuman & Shinder S. Thandi	Editorial Introduction	1
	II. ARTICLES
B.S. Ghuman	Life and Contributions of Professor Autar S. Dhesi	5
Sukhdev Singh Sohal	Political Economy of the Annexation of the Punjab, 1849	13
Hardeep Kaur	Revisiting Punjab’s Role in the Revolt of 1857: Resistance, Repression and Exile	35
Jasbir Singh & Harinderpal Singh	A Metamorphosis of Bãrs: Critical Role of Canal Colonies in Transforming Punjab’s Agricultural Landscape	59
B. S. Ghuman & Manvi Khurana	Punjab Economy: Growth, Structural Transformation, and Roadmap for Future	81
Lakhwinder S. Gill & Baldev S. Shergill	Economic Development of Punjab: A Strategy for Making Punjab’s Economy Dynamic	107
Ranjit S. Ghuman	Walking with the Ups and Downs of Punjab Economy	123
Sucha Singh Gill	Corporate Dominance and Farmers in India: Emerging Conflict over Agricultural Policy	153
Vikram Chadha	Abating Income Inequalities to meet UN’s SDGs: Policies for Developing Synergy of Skill Formation and Entrepreneurial Development	171
Parveen Brar & Balbinder Deo	Can the practice of On-Field Surplus Crop Residue Burning be replaced with On-Field Composting in Punjab?	197
Anupama	Gender Dimensions of Self-Employment in India: Trends, Nature and Performance	213
Ronki Ram	Caste within Caste: Predicament of Political Solidarity among Scheduled Castes in Contemporary Punjab	227
Harjinder S. Shergill & Varinder Sharma	Living Conditions and Consumption Standard of Rural Scheduled Castes of Punjab: A Preliminary Estimate	257
Gian Singh, et al	International Migration from Rural Punjab: A Socio-economic Analysis	271
Prabhjot Kaur & Sharanjit S. Dhillon	Rural-Urban Disparities in India: Comparative Analysis of Social Indicators	295
Simranjeet Kaur & Sukhwinder Singh	Adjudicating Emerging Trends in Child Health in Punjab: Insights from National Family Health Surveys	321
Paramveer Singh & Amarjit S. Sidhu	Cancer Care Disparities in Punjab and a Policy Framework for Bridging the Divide	347
	III. BOOK REVIEWS
Book Contents	List of Books Reviewed	361
Book Review Article: Ronki Ram	Punjab’s River Water Disputes and Political Dynamics	363
Books Reviewed	Reviews	371

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