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Gurpreet Singh: Hindu right repeats 1984 by scapegoating Kashmiri Muslims to win election

Much like the Sikh pogrom of 1984 did for Rajiv Gandhi, the 2002 massacres of Muslims helped Modi to win the next assembly election with a comfortable majority.

Gurpreet Singh: Indian election results open old wounds, bringing back memories of Sikh massacre of 1984

A Metro Vancouver writer and broadcaster reflects on the lessons he learned from his father, who was an eyewitness to history.

Gurpreet Singh: Huge win for defender of human rights who was honoured in British Columbia

An Indian lawyer has claimed victory after having fought for justice for the family of an eight-year-old girl who was murdered in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Gurpreet Singh: Antiracism educator and activist Annie Ohana seeks NDP nomination to run for Parliament

She's a recipient of a Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence and this year’s B.C. Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Award winner.

Gurpreet Singh: Journalist who hurled shoe at a former Indian home minister to be honoured in B.C.

A visiting journalist from India once chose an unusual way to show his disgust for the Indian government hushing up the investigation of 1984 Sikh massacreDuring a 2009 news...

Gurpreet Singh: Rahul Gandhi must apologize for misdeeds of father and grandmother to win public confidence

The humiliating defeat of the opposition Congress party in the recent Indian parliamentary election comes close to the 35th anniversary of the state-sponsored repression of the...

Gurpreet Singh: #HandsAgainstRacism gathers steam with support of a human rights defender and a philanthropist

Deepika Singh Rajawat has fought for justice for the family of an eight-year-old girl; Dr. Chandrasekhar Sankurathri created a hospital and a school in the names of family members...

Gurpreet Singh: Deepika remains a beacon of hope for India in these depressing times

An Indian human rights lawyer reflected the true values of Hinduism on a recent visit to British Columbia.

Gurpreet Singh: Narendra Modi’s landslide win only proves that India was always a majoritarian Hindu nation

An anti-minority mindset has been contaminating Indian politics for a very long time.

Gurpreet Singh: Indian lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat presented with medal of courage in Surrey

She stepped forward at tremendous personal risk to advocate on behalf of the family of murdered Muslim nomad girl Asifa Bano.