The separatist movement that’s making India nervous

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on [Bloomberg]( This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web readership. [Why India Worries About the Push for a Separate Sikh State]( — Karishma Vaswani It’s the separatist movement most people have never heard of, but it is at the heart of the very public [India-Canada spat]( ignited by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that India is behind the assassination of a Sikh activist in British Columbia — charges New Delhi firmly denies. Behind the rhetoric, though, is a desire for Sikh nationhood. And that’s why India is so worried. [Khalistan](, as campaigners call this proposed independent homeland, is a crisis of India’s own making. Successive governments have neglected, manipulated and exploited the state of Punjab — traditionally seen as India’s breadbasket — and the Sikhs who inhabit it for their own political and economic gain. That, in turn, has led to a brewing resentment among the community both in and outside India that could revive a mostly dormant domestic independence movement, transforming it into another flashpoint like Kashmir or [Manipur]( in the northeast. But a separate state won’t solve the myriad of issues facing Punjab, where most of India’s Sikhs live. Unemployment, a crippling drug crisis, high rates of female [infanticide]( are just some of the problems. India’s governments — past and present — have failed to offer them a sense of identity or inclusion. Improving governance and investing properly in Punjab will help, but religious and ethnic minorities under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s increasingly hardline Hindu nationalist administration also need to be better protected. Read the [whole thing](. [The Golden Days of Buy-to-Let in the UK Are Over]( — Merryn Somerset Webb [Dalio’s Shakespearean Turn Is a Sign of the Times]( — Aaron Brown [Biden Said the Right Things at the UN. That Won’t Be Enough.]( — Andreas Kluth [The Geography of Working From Home Begins to Shift Again]( — Justin Fox [Peek Inside America’s Largest Privately Owned Company]( — Javier Blas [A Hong Kong Property Billionaire With a Big Family Dilemma]( — Shuli Ren [Azerbaijan Won the War, But a Bigger Test Is Just Starting]( — Marc Champion [Sorry, Linda Yaccarino. X Is Not Going to Get Any Better.]( — Dave Lee [DeSantis' $2 Gasoline Dream Should Terrify Texas]( — Liam Denning More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been listening to this week. - [Crash Course: Nukes, Russia and Our New Cold War]( with Timothy L. O’Brien - [Bloomberg Opinion: Being Black in America and Damp Eco Sentiment]( with Claudia Sahm, Justin Fox, Lara Williams and Lisa Jarvis Follow Us You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Opinion Today newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, [sign up here]( to get it in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( [Bloomberg.com]( [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( [Ad Choices](