A Punjabi marriage that cannot be: How religion, Partition, and nationality divide the newly weds

Israel: Family of shot US peace activist demand investigation
By zeeshanhasan - Posted on March 24th, 2009
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The parents of an American peace activist publicly appealed yesterday for a full investigation into how their son was shot in the head with a high velocity tear gas canister by Israeli security forces.
Tristan Anderson, 38, remains in critical condition after three brain operations at Tel Hashomer hospital in Israel, as a result of the shooting which came at the end of a regular joint Arab-Jewish demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank village of Ni'lin.
Activists say the canister round – with a range of more than 400 metres – was fired directly at Mr Anderson from about 60 metres as he was standing with three or four other activists in the centre of the village. They say he was well away from the barrier where the main protest had taken place earlier on 13 March.
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A Punjabi marriage that cannot be: How religion, Partition, and nationality divide the newly weds
By GustavoMustafa - Posted on March 23rd, 2009

My friend, who shall remain anonymous, married a fellow Punjabi whose family origins come from the same city of her nativity, Lahore. Their families speak the same home language and share the same culture, but they are divided along lines of religion and the painful expulsion of Sikhs from Pakistan. My friend's family are not originally Punjabis, they hail from the Indian city of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh