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 33 - Number 1
Spring 2026

Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies - Volume 32, No. 1 - Spring 2026

Table of Contents

	VOLUME 33, Number 1 - SPRING 2026
	CONTENTS	i.
	ARTICLES
Karamjit K. Malhotra	The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee: Formative Period, Struggle for Legislation, and Consolidation (c.1847 – c.1947)	1
Narinder Pal	Gandhi’s Influence in Punjab: From War Support to Civil Disobedience Movement	67
Jashanpreet Kaur & Harneet Kaur	Women's Politicization and Engagement in Punjab Elections, 1919–1947	91
Jasbir Singh & Harinderpal Singh	Social Banditry in Colonial Punjab: A Period of Transition, Agrarian Distress, and the Making of Folk Heroes	111
Kumool Abbi	Dalit Counterculture in Punjab and Popular Music: Emerging Consciousness and Identity Formation	145
Rajbir Toor	Punjabi Hip-Hop Music and Second-Generation Sikh Adolescents’ Perceptions of the Caste System	189
Pavittarbir Saggu	Between Knowledge and Neglect: Climate Governance and Generational Vulnerability Among Smallholders in Amritsar, Punjab	235
Sandeep Kaur, Simran Vohra, & Mankirat Singh	Examining the Possibility of Agriculture Diversification amidst the Groundwater Crisis in Punjab	251
Paramveer Singh & Amarjit S. Sidhu	Impact of Opening the Wagah-Attari Border for India and Pakistan	275
Richa Walia	The Invisible Threat: The Problem of Anemia among Punjabi Women	291

View the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 32, Nos. 1 & 2 | Spring-Fall 2025

View the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 31, Nos. 1 & 2 | Spring-Fall 2024

View the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 30, Nos. 1 & 2 | Spring-Fall 2023

View the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 29, Nos. 1 & 2 | Spring-Fall 2022

View the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 28, Nos. 1 & 2 | Spring-Fall 2021

View the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 27, Nos. 1 & 2 | Spring-Fall 2020

View the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 26, Nos. 1 & 2 | Spring-Fall 2019

View the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 25, Nos. 1 & 2 | Spring-Fall 2018

View the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 24, Nos. 1 & 2 | Spring-Fall 2017

View the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, Vol. 23, Nos. 1 & 2 | Spring-Fall 2016