Bhapa
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title:
Bhapa
text:
Bhapa or (Bhaapa) is a term used in Punjab by the members of the Sikh community in a pejorative sense for Sikhs that migrated from Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947. The term derives from the local Rawalpindi dialect of Punjabi. Shiv Kumar Batalvi used the term "Bhaapawaad" to denote merchant class exploitation. He critiqued Balwant Gargi's poetry, and said Punjabi is language of common people, not of merchant class to benefit from it and exploit people. Bhapa describes Sikhs who mig
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description:
Pejorative for Sikhs who left Pakistan for India
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhapa
date created:
2009-08-06T18:35:28Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T06:26:23Z
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