A tableau, in Brampton, Canada, glorifying the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, has expectedly caused outrage across the polity in India. The tableau was part of an annual parade by Canadian Sikh separatist or “Khalistani” groups to mark their protest against Operation Bluestar, in 1984. India-Canada relations have been fraught over similar issues, as India has been protesting …
India is more likely to respond with military force to perceived or real Pakistani provocation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a US intelligence report. The Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community report states that Pakistan has a long history of supporting anti-India militant groups, adding that under the leadership of PM Modi, India …
The Ukrainians in the Netherlands Foundation called the vandalism of graves and monuments at the Jonkerbos war cemetery in Nijmegen a "clear provocation.” On Tuesday night, swastikas and Ukrainian flags were sprayed on the entrance gates to the cemetery, and slogans such as 'Fuck Russia' and 'Fuck Putin' were affixed to gravestones. The Ukrainians in the Netherlands Foundation believes that …
HIS father turned down Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s offer to migrate to Pakistan, expressing an inability to change his nationality. During Partition, young M. Hamid Ansari had taken shelter at the residence of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai in New Delhi along with hundreds of other displaced Muslim families. I referred to post-Godhra killings in his State in 2002 and asked why he …
