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Slain Indian activist Jaswant Singh Khalra’s daughter, Navkiran, reflects on his life and legacy, which also inspired a recent film on rights abuses by officials during crackdown on Punjab separatist movement. On the morning of September 6, 1995, human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra was washing his car outside his home in Amritsar city, India’s Punjab state. His wife, Paramjit Kaur Khalra, a librarian, was getting ready to leave for work; their son, Janmeet, and daughter, Navkiran, were getting ready for school. Nothing about the morning suggested that, within hours, their lives would be changed forever. Minutes after Paramjit and the children left home, Khalra was picked up by the police, secretly tortured for days in custody, and later murdered.
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Police said his claim was exaggerated. But for three decades now, thousands of other people across Punjab and beyond are still seeking justice and closure over the disappearance and presumed killing of their loved ones.
