When Gita Gopinath, former First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and current Harvard Economics Professor, declared at Davos a couple of days ago that pollution poses a greater economic threat to India…
As India observes Parakram Diwas today on the 129th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the nation pauses to honour one of its most enigmatic and fearless freedom fighters. Yet, beneath the patriotic commemorations…
When I wrote “Gangsters or Terrorists?”, I argued clearly that law and order and organised crime would become the defining political issue in Punjab well before the 2027 elections. https://gpsmann.substack.com/p/gangsters-or-terrorists-canadian?r=3598n2 That assessment was not theoretical;…
At the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 20, 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered what may become the defining foreign policy statement of the decade—a candid reckoning with the end of the…
As a Sikh from Punjab, the “Kaur to Khan” (K2K) ideology also called the “grooming” pierces my soul deeply. It’s not about generalising hate for Muslims; many are our neighbours, friends, and fellow humans living…
[caption id="attachment_17632" align="alignleft" width="500"] Image for representation only[/caption] Over the last three years, Sikhs in the United States and Canada have continued to strengthen their presence across a wide range of fields, earning recognition for…
President Donald Trump’s announcement (late 16 January 2026, Washington time) of a seven-member “Board of Peace” to oversee post-war Gaza is the boldest—and most contested—step yet in his 20-point “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza…
[caption id="attachment_17719" align="alignright" width="350"] Author Austin Kochar[/caption] Last week, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, just blocks from where George Floyd was killed by a police officer five years…
On the auspicious day of Maghi and Makar Sankranti, I felt deeply blessed to place the first copy of my book—Sukhmani Sahib: The Guru’s Pathway to Inner Peace—at the holy feet of Sri Guru Granth…
[caption id="attachment_16759" align="alignleft" width="500"] Image for representation only[/caption] In what officials are calling "the most ambitious anti-narcotics campaign in history," the Punjab government announced this week that it has invested a staggering thousand rupees into…
