Killings of Rationalists and Scholars shocks India?
The killing’s of radical scholars calls for a national debate. Dr. Narendra Dabholkar, the anti-superstition activist; Govind Pansare, the CPI trailblazer; and Prof. M. M. Kulburgi, winner of the...
View ArticleCanada elections 2015 : What voters expect ?
IT’s ELECTION TIME; Voters are asking that why Income Inequality and Poverty are not debatable? And while inequality is threatening the stability of the economic system, why all the three main...
View ArticleThis is the most ‘right-wing’ campaign ever
IT’s ELECTION TIME; Voters are asking that why Income Inequality and Poverty are not debatable? And while inequality is threatening the stability of the economic system, why all the three main...
View ArticleWhat went wrong for the Tories
Canada’s 42nd general election, a campaign that exhibited hostility and discrimination is finally over. The outgoing ruling party touted hatred of a particular community, fear of refugees, and...
View ArticleConsumerism hurting the real meaning of Christmas
Spending more isn’t celebrating better. Much like Christmas in the West, Indian ‘festival of lights’ has become a celebration of consumption. Buy gifts for friends and family, but when you’re giving or...
View ArticleFrance after the attacks could move to the right
After the horrific Friday nights act of terrorism that killed 130 people, on French soil, the Islamic State communiqué said that France was at the top of the list of external enemies. “France has...
View ArticleTHE CIRCLE OF LIFE
“Ring out the Old, Ring in the New Ring happy bells across the snow. The year is dying, let him go Ring out the false, ring in the true!” -‘In Memorium’ by Lord Alfred Tennyson New Year is all...
View ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission is Kind to Perpetrators of ‘Cultural...
The state-funded “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” (TRC) has released its final report into the murderous Indian residential school system. The report acknowledged that genocide had, in fact, taken...
View ArticleBefore electing a leader, New Democrats need a ‘rethink’
Due to so many strategic errors in his election campaign, Thomas Mulcair snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. But it would be a waste of time for the party to spend much energy debating why they...
View ArticleLumpenisation of Indian politics
A national debate surrounding the recent JNU and Hyderabad University incidents is veered around intolerance towards dissent and freedom. These incidents have just added more questions to the debate on...
View ArticleCanada budget: the missing deficit ‘exit strategy’
Overall, it looks to be a positive budget for Canadians, but promising to run over $113 billion in deficits over the next five years, with no mention of how to get out of that, is certainly a risky...
View ArticleObama’s Cuba visit to help Capitalism
The problem for Barack Obama and corporate America is not a lack of democracy in Cuba, but the lack of a ‘liberal democracy’ that serves corporate interests. President Barack Obama in his speech in...
View ArticleMoment of truth for Canadian polity: Deprived seek justice
Federal NDP members at convention have rejected Thomas Mulcair as a leader. The change was about ideas. Amid a leadership vacuum, the ‘Leap Manifesto’ rocked the New Democratic Party to its...
View ArticleBhagat Singh remains a powerful Symbol of struggle against Imperialism
For his ideals Bhagat Singh along with Rajguru and Sukhdev was hanged on March 23, 1931, at Lahore jail, by the British colonialists of the time. The life and works of Bhagat Singh has been a great...
View ArticleSaudi Arms Sale hurts Canada’s core
Saudi Arabia is regularly rated among the “worst of the worst” on human rights. The decision to go ahead with a $15 billion sale of light armoured vehicles (LAVs) to Saudi Arabia has the potential to...
View ArticleFort McMurray wildfire: Canada’s costliest natural disaster
Fort McMurray, June 1: Wildfires that raged through Wood Buffalo region on Sunday, May 3, destroyed at least 2,400 structures in Fort McMurray, told Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to reporters Monday,...
View ArticleTrudeau undignified bullying, a sad moment
There was a visual shown countless times on TV and now online showing what Justin Trudeau did in the House of Commons on May 18. He grasps Tory House leader Gordon Brown by the arm and ushers him...
View ArticleKomagata Maru: Will an apology do?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized in the Commons Wednesday, May 18, for 1914 decision by the Canadian government to turn away a boatload of Indians. The struggle against racial discrimination in...
View ArticlePeople of Indian origin in Canadian Politics
History was made in Canada in the 42nd federal elections, held on 19 October, 2015. Of the 44 Indo-Canadian candidates, who contested from different political parties, 20 were elected to the...
View Article16-year-olds want the vote!
Expand the vote to include ever more people. Lowering the voting age will provide 16-year-olds with a direct, constructive and democratic channel for making their views felt and for giving them a...
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