Sikh Temple in Novellara Explored in Doppiozero Essay

In a piece published on Doppiozero, Antonella Tarpino reflects on her earlier writing about Acquanegra, a town in the lower Mantua area that was the subject of Gianni Bosio's well-known book Il trattore ad Acquanegra. Her previous article had centered on the tractor, which, beyond lending its name to Bosio's volume, has become a global symbol of recent peasant protests, from Europe to the Sikh community in India. Sikhs also live in Acquanegra, where in the post-agricultural computer age they work with animals in stables. Months ago, Tarpino found herself in Novellara, in the province of Reggio Emilia, on the opposite bank of the Po from Acquanegra. There, amid a crowd of veils and turbans in the square of the Sikh temple Gurdwara Singh Sabha, she describes being enchanted. The gurdwara is one of the most imposing in Europe, second only to London but reportedly more frequented, and it was inaugurated in a year left unspecified in the available text. The essay, dated 03/10/2026, is authored by Antonella Tarpino with Anita Romanello.