“No one in British Columbia should feel unsafe when trying to practice their faith”, says Deputy Premier as B.C. brings new bill to safeguard places of worship

12th March 2026 – Early this week, the Government of British Columbia introduced a new legislation which aims to prohibit people from interfering with safe access to places of worship. Safe Access to Places of Worship Act or SAPPWA or Bill 13 intends to create “protections for people accessing places of worship, such as mosques, […]

US think tank reports amplification of anti-Indian sentiment online along with offline targeting

11th March 2026 – While the House of Commons in Canada is debating on Combatting Hate Act, the neighbour down South has taken the anti-Indian sentiment to a different tangent. US-based think tank Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) has published a shocking report about rising anti-Indian and anti-Hindu sentiment on social media platforms and offline. […]

India must learn from China on not to interfere with fertility rates and population control

5th July 2025 – India became the most populated nation on the planet in 2023 surpassing China and its population is set to peak in 2060s. It is expected to hit 1.67 billion by 2063 after which it is expected to decline. For anyone who has the slightest knowledge of history will agree to the […]

Did Pakistan succeed in winning the narrative battle after Operation Sindoor?

Opinion Piece by Gaurav Sharma 2nd July 2025 – India’s military response to the heinous terror attack in Pahalgam on 22nd April 2025 was punitive and it achieved the target it had set with clinical precision. A significant amount of terrorist infrastructure inside the Pakistani territory and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir was destroyed beyond redemption. India successfully completed […]

Kashmiri Hindus not to return home sooner, recent rising terrorism trend in Kashmir

19th January 2025 – It has been 35 years since the dreaded day of Kashmiri Hindu exodus which made hundreds of thousands homeless. This exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, followed by brutal killings of men, women and children of all ages, was led by local Islamist and religious fundamentalists who were radicalized and funded by Pakistan. […]

Brampton’s new Nuisance Demonstration By-Law; will it be enough to protect places of worship?

22nd November 2024 – On Wednesday, Brampton City Council unanimously passed a new By-law to protect places of worship against nuisance demonstrations.  Though, this by-law has received the usual fanfare from the mainstream media and city council patted its own back, it is far from bringing the desired results. Firstly, the ambiguous definition of ‘nuisance […]

Canadian Literary Festival honors authors, poets from South Asia

30th August 2023 – Two-day long Canadian South Asian Literary Festival 2023 that took place in Brampton last weekend has awarded authors, poets and creative writers from South Asian heritage who have contributed to the Canadian Literature. The festival was first-of-its-kind and has launched the Nalanda Awards that aims to honor literary contributors in poetry, […]

Are Canada India relations moving towards new ‘cold’ normal?

13th July 2023 – Canada and India have had a relationship which has seen much turbulence in the past few months. On one hand, the trade, business and commerce seems to be going on business-as-usual basis. In fact, off and on, there are spurts of optimism to improve the existing trade deals. When the Indian […]

Ramayana featured at Japanese Toronto Film Festival

19th June 2023 – The epic animated film “Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama” featured on Sunday at the Japanese Canadian Film Festival 2023. The film is an Indo-Japanese collaboration which has won accolades over three decades has now been transformed into a 4K digital film. The film was originally made in 1992 and its […]

Racial slurs against Hindus have genocidal impact, says report

1st June 2023 – Hinduphobia has a long and tragic history in the North American continent. With growing internet technology, the hate against Hindus has increased multi-fold online. Memes mocking Hindu gods and goddesses, traditions, customs and beliefs have flooded the social media platforms. Pajeet is an extremely derogatory term often used interchangeably for Indians […]

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