The three days of 1984, when over 3000 Sikhs were slaughtered, have indelibly marked the lives of thousands more who continue to exist in a twilight of bitterness and despair. It was outrage at this state of affairs that led Jarnail Singh – an unassuming, law-abiding journalist – to throw his shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram during a press conference in New Delhi.