Earth Day: Burning Garbage Clouds Green Agenda

Sunday, April 22, 2018

“On the occasion of Earth Day, let us pledge to keep our environment clean.” – Mamata Banerjee, April 22nd, 2018 As Bengal’s Transport Department aims for zero-emission public…

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Winter Words: Are Lit Fests Good For Literature?

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

“To have a serious discussion on literature, the market would have to be literate. Filling such a gap in the mass market is a challenge, so the event…

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Ford, Ghomeshi and Fifty Shades of Exploitation

Sunday, November 2, 2014

“We joked about our relations being like a mild form of Fifty Shades of Grey” – from disgraced Radio personality, Jian Ghomeshi’s Facebook post describing a ‘consensual’ BDSM…

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Ottawa: Making Sense of Terror

Thursday, October 23, 2014

“I looked out the window and saw a shooter, a man dressed all in black with a kerchief over his nose and mouth and something over his head…

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The Chilling Burdens of Truth

Monday, September 8, 2014

“If it is a truism that truth is the first casualty of war, then the purveyors of truth are most certainly the second.” Sotloff, Foley, and the systematic…

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