Pre-Authorized Plunder
From time to time, we see a controversy erupt about people connected with government (of any party, in any country) getting fat contracts from the said government. Most often, these…
WHO STOLE MY TEDDY BEAR?
Public debate in Canada on fossil fuels mostly tends to revolve around their use as a source of energy. The contribution of oil to other areas of life in the…
STARVING BY CHOICE
Nature & Traditional wisdom can help us find a path forward in formulating policy around Universal Basic Income
DAD’S LAST LETTER
Activists are demanding that Toronto change the name of Dundas Street, due to Henry Dundas's alleged support of the slave trade. But the historical record says something else.
DIVVYING UP
The dogma of 'social justice' demands that some people be discriminated against on account of an immutable characteristic.
Underground Opinions
As the public debate in the wake of the anti-racism wave sweeps through Canada and other countries, it revived, perhaps briefly, an old issue. Over a dozen years ago, CBC…
Windward Islands
A friend of mine who runs a Facebook discussion group shared my recent article on the issue of defunding police departments to the group’s page. The post elicited very few…
The Camel Critics
CHILDHOOD LESSONS From my days in primary school, I remember one particular poem in our curriculum for Gujarati Language Studies. It was written by Dalpat Ram, a reformist poet in…
Unknown Devils
Social media is often called an echo chamber, and with good reason. However, in reality it is just another tool at our disposal; it is up to our choice how…
Protecting The Protectors
The anti-racism protests that started in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in the US have gone off on two opposing tangents. On one…