Dr. Gurcharan Singh Alaukh

Shaheedi in the Sikh Tradition: Martyrs, Memory, and the Ethics of Sacrifice

This course studies the Sikh idea of shaheedi (martyrdom) as both a historical record and a living moral tradition. Working from Dr. Gurcharan Singh Alaukh's collection of martyrdom narratives, Shaheedi Gathavan, we trace how Sikhs have remembered those who gave their lives for faith and justice from the time of…