Article Summary

The article describes a film called *Satluj* that tells the story of Jaswant Singh Khalra, a Sikh human rights activist who was kidnapped and killed by Indian police in 1995 after exposing thousands of secret cremations of people who disappeared during a government crackdown on the Sikh independence movement in Punjab. The film’s release has been blocked and censored, but it continues to be shown in underground screenings, which the article presents as acts of resistance and truth-telling. While it highlights the courage of Khalra and the film’s role in uncovering state violence, it doesn’t include details about violence carried out by Khalistan supporters, focusing instead on state abuses and the suppression of the film as part of that same pattern.