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Podcast: News and Views
Episode: The Lost Generation of 1984 - Survivors of the Anti-Sikh Riots
Description: On 31 October, 1984, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh. In the three days that followed, anti-Sikh riots gripped Delhi and other parts of the nation. Sikhs in Delhi and other parts were targeted and attacked by mobs.
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Official estimates put the death toll at more than 3,000.Â
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Unofficial estimates place the number much higher. For the ones who survived the riots, life was left in tatters.
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This is the story of those who were children when the riots broke out, the ones who survived the attacks, but carry the emotional and mental wounds to t...