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Gurpreet Singh: Open letter to Justin Trudeau on a public inquiry into role of Indian agencies in Air India bombings

In the wake of the recent murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik, a B.C. writer is urging the prime minister to look into relationships between suspects in the Air India bombings and...

Gurpreet Singh: Some significant similarities in the murders of Ripudaman Singh Malik and Tara Singh Hayer

A businessman and a publisher were each shot dead in Surrey—24 years apart from one another.

Gurpreet Singh: Let’s not make a false hero out of Ripudaman Singh Malik

A B.C. journalist who reported on the deceased businessman's activities says it's important to avoid making assumptions based on one's perceptions.

Gurpreet Singh: We all need to stand up for a Pakistani student facing potential deportation

B.C. writer Gurpreet Singh describes the young climate activist as a hero.

Gurpreet Singh: By accepting a gift from a tyrant, Trudeau becomes complicit in human rights abuses in India

Trudeau recently met Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the G7 summit.

Gurpreet Singh: If Teesta is a criminal, then we all are

Indian human-rights activist, journalist, and author Teesta Setalvad is the latest to be jailed in India for challenging the Modi regime.

Gurpreet Singh: Capital of crows

A story from a collection of Indian fables offers deep insights into our modern world, according to a B.C. writer bon in India.

Gurpreet Singh: Why isn't there more outrage over the duet between Modi and Malik?

Ripudaman Singh Malik (left) publicly praised India's prime minister more than two years after the Modi government granted him a visa to travel to Punjab.

Gurpreet Singh: Canadian politicians remain mostly indifferent to plight of Muslims in India

They make pious pronouncements about Islamophobia, but these words are not translated into action when the persecution occurs on the world's so-called largest democracy.

Gurpreet Singh: When they came for the Sikhs in 1984

Theologian and pastor Martin Niemöller's words resonate with a B.C. writer in light of what's happening in India.