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Arctic Ocean: Strategic implications of melting polar ice cap for India and South Asia

In this handout satellite composite image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, satellite images of polar ice sheets taken... (more...)

Lack of imagination the hallmark of attempts to connect with B.C.’s million-plus visible minorities

SHACHI KURL VANCOUER DESI In terms of ethnic outreach strategies, Conservative MP Jason Kenney, now the Minister of Citizenship,... (more...)

When will worshippers open their eyes? Deaths at Kumbh Mela raise questions

GURPREET SINGH RADIO INDIA Relatives of people who died in a stampede while returning home from the Kumbh Mela festival sit... (more...)

‘We Are All Untouchables’ formed to oppose injustice of caste-based discrimination

GURPREET SINGH RADIO INDIA A supporter of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) waits during a political rally in Palwal, India in... (more...)

Social justice activists question silence over sexual violence against Dalit women

GURPREET SINGH RADIO INDIA Activist wonder why there has generally been silence over ongoing sexual abuse of poor Dalit and... (more...)

B.C. Premier Christy Clark hoping for Bollywood ending come election time, says columnist

MICHAEL SMYTH VANCOUVER DESI British Columbia Premier Christy Clark holds up a Times of India Film Awards trophy during a... (more...)

RAPE CULTURE: India clearly has problems with misogyny but we in the West shouldn’t be so smug given these examples

KATE HEARTFIELD POSTMEDIA NEWS Activists from the online group Anonymous protest at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Steubenville,... (more...)

ACTIVIST: Remembering an unsung Dalit hero of the Ghadar movement

GURPREET SINGH RADIO INDIA The flag of the Ghadar Party. Submitted graphic As secularist and progressive groups have started... (more...)

COMMENTARY: One month after New Delhi gang rape, a change in social attitudes still needed

ANJALI OJHA IANS Activists from the women’s wing of the Communist Party of India-Marxist hold placards during a protest... (more...)

Canada’s 150th birthday an opportunity to showcase diversity of country’s citizens

BALWANT SANGHERA VANCOUVER DESI In this 2011 file photo, a small group representing the Head Tax Families Society of Canada... (more...)

Dosanjh’s tweet shames traditionalists who are wrongly blaming women for rapes

GURPREET SINGH RADIO INDIA Former MP Ujjal Dosanjh has taken to Twitter with his opinions on the fatal gang rape of a student,... (more...)

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