Indians are accustomed to a political landscape dotted with parties that flourish in the fertile soil of fissures – be those of the regional, religious, caste or class variety. For those following the results from the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections last week, for instance, each alliance appeared to consist of
Author: Canasian Times
Pakistan cannot go on running with the hare and hunting with the hounds- Harsh V Pant
Canada in good books of IMF
Not every country appreciates the International Monetary Fund’s tutelage. Canada, however, is the teacher’s pet. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau invoked the IMF’s new thinking on deficits to justify their decision to borrow heavily to finance tax cuts and infrastructure spending. The fund’s managing director, Christine
Trumpism Meets Its First Defeat … in London- Pankaj Mishra
Donald Trump became last week the presumptive Republican nominee in the U.S. presidential elections. But those condemned to agonizing suspense and anxiety until November should note that Trumpism, or the politics of hate and fear, also suffered a major defeat last week. I refer to the election of former human
US elections: No safe zones anymore- Anirudh Bhattacharyya
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” Karl Marx said that in the 19th century and over more repetitions than Seinfeld reruns, this has turned into one of those saws most have seen enough of. Hillary Clinton, the presumptive nominee for president on behalf of the Democratic Party
How Trump would weaken America
Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive US presidential nominee, has expressed deep scepticism about the value of America’s alliances. His is a very nineteenth-century view of the world. Back then, the United States followed George Washington’s advice to avoid “entangling alliances” and pursued the Monroe Doctrine, which focused on US
Buddhist monk hacked to death in Bangladesh
Police said the body of Maung Shue U. Chak was discovered Saturday morning when his daughter-in-law arrived to bring him food. "Villagers found Bhante [monk] Maung Shue U. Chak's dead body in a pool of blood inside the Buddhist temple this morning," said Jashim Uddin, deputy police chief of Bandarban.
Nirankari Chief Baba Hardev Singh dies in Montreal car crash
India’s prime minister offered his condolences after spiritual leader Baba Hardev Singh, 62, died when the car he was travelling in on Thursday- 12th May 2016 overturned on Highway 30 in Beauharnois, just west of Montreal. Hardev Singh was the chief of the Sant Nirankari Mission, which has 2,000 centres around the world, including one in
