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Short commentary on Canadian socio-political issues
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Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
Adding a point to my recent article 'The Coming Age Of Un-knowledge' (link: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/the-coming-age-of-un-knowledge/), in this first short-form podcast episode, I explore why it is fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge that all ideas should be capable of being challenged. Preventing such challenges only leads to harmful 'knowledge'.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
I reject the widely promoted notion, in the wake of CPC leader Pierre Poilievre’s recent event, that if non-white Canadians lean to the Conservatives, it can ONLY be because they are either ignorant or traitors to their own kind.
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Our Canadian Journey
Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Music Credits:
- Intro & Outro: Excerpts from the theme music of Hindi movie ‘Sholay’, composed by Rahul Dev Burman. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evneWVJF9eU&ab_channel=digeshdarji. Used under Fair Use Policy; I do not own any rights to this music.
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Elon Musk recommended to Americans to vote Republican in the November 2022 election. Earlier, he had said that Twitter would be politically neutral. Is there a contradiction between the two messages?
I discussed this with Rubina Ahmed-Haq on her show 'On Point' at AM640 on November 07.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Special treatment given to different identity groups in the name of Diversity only ends up causing Division. The resulting erosion of social cohesion is to the detriment of everyone - except the political class, which benefits handsomely from it.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Music Credits:
- Intro & Outro: Excerpts from the theme music of Hindi movie ‘Sholay’, composed by Rahul Dev Burman. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evneWVJF9eU&ab_channel=digeshdarji. Used under Fair Use Policy; I do not own any rights to this music.
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Recent reports show that the policy of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) has become exactly the kind of slippery slope that its opponents were warning about. Instead of offering timely healthcare, our Universal Healthcare system causes interminable wait times, and when the patient's suffering becomes unbearable, cajoles them to accept dying via MAiD as an option.
In a nutshell, the promise of Universal Healthcare has died.
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Our Canadian Journey
Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Music Credits:
- Intro & Outro: Excerpts from a song in the Hindi movie ‘Adalat’, lyrics by Rajendra Krishan, composed by Madan Mohan. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP2vWqb0TMA&ab_channel=LataMangeshkar-Topic . Used under Fair Use Policy; I do not own any rights to this music.
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Tuesday Jun 28, 2022
Events happening in the US provide a fulcrum – or a crutch, if you will – for discussing major issues of Canada. At such times, it feels like we haven’t attained the age of maturity as a country, and therefore must depend on examples and ideas from external sources for informing our views on issues that matter to us as a society. It is therefore natural that the posturing by politicians, media and others in the wake of news of events in the US appears juvenile.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Music Credits:
- Intro & Outro: Excerpts from the theme music of Hindi movie ‘Sholay’, composed by Rahul Dev Burman. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evneWVJF9eU&ab_channel=digeshdarji. Used under Fair Use Policy; I do not own any rights to this music.
Sunday May 22, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
A small segment of Conservative supporters believes that foreign-born Canadians should not be allowed to hold elected office. This isn't possible legally or practically, but the Left exploits this sentiment to turn many voters against Conservatives. But no party is doing enough to ensure that all their candidates are capable people of demonstrable merit. THAT is what we should be focusing on, rather than the place of birth of the office-holder.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging responses from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Music Credits:
- Intro & Outro: Excerpts from the theme music of Hindi movie ‘Sholay’, composed by Rahul Dev Burman. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evneWVJF9eU&ab_channel=digeshdarji. Used under Fair Use Policy; I do not own any rights to this music.
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
The mercury poisoning of land, water & people at Grassy Narrows has the dubious distinction of being the most widely known and the least cared about public concern in Canada. Successive governments (including the current one) in Ontario have failed to remove the mercury. Opposition parties have failed to keep them accountable. It is now up to the voters of Ontario to force action and results. But in this regard, my crucial question for each Ontarian is: Does it make your blood boil?
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Music Credits:
- Intro & Outro: Excerpts from a song in the Indian TV series Mirza Ghalib, composed by Jagjeet Singh. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHl4J8EOS54&ab_channel=AaronAanand
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Canada's policy on international students creates messes all around and causes grave suffering all over, including suicides and human trafficking. But this mess is not on the radar because the people who caused it are the ones benefiting from the mess.
Here's a look from one of the epicenters of this mess - Brampton, ON.
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Our Canadian Journey
Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging response from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Music Credits:
- Intro & Outro: Excerpts from the theme music of Hindi movie ‘Sholay’, composed by Rahul Dev Burman. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evneWVJF9eU&ab_channel=digeshdarji. Used under Fair Use Policy; I do not own any rights to this music.
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
If we are to believe the officialdom & much of the media, Canada is teeming with hateful racists waiting to pounce on and victimize non-white people. This is in stark contrast with the messaging OUTSIDE Canada, where our country is presented as the best place on earth to live. Of course, the reality lies in-between, but pretending otherwise serves certain political objectives rather handsomely.
This pretense requires that political gatherings should be judged (and castigated, when necessary) based on the skin colour of the attendees, thereby rendering non-white Canadians as mere tokens to validate & give sanctity to these gatherings.
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Independent voices are more important than ever in today’s Canada. I am happy to add my voice to the public discussions on current issues & policy, and grateful for all the encouraging responses from my listeners & readers. I do not believe in a Paywall model, so will not make access to my content subject to a payment.
To help me bring more content to you, please consider donating a small amount via this PayPal link on my website: https://darshanmaharaja.ca/donate/
Image Credit: ‘Vintage Car on a Field’. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection, from rawpixel.com; the image is at this link. I have cropped the image to fit the space here. Used without any other modification under Creative Commons Licence.
Music Credits:
- Intro & Outro: Excerpts from the theme music of Hindi movie ‘Sholay’, composed by Rahul Dev Burman. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evneWVJF9eU&ab_channel=digeshdarji. Used under Fair Use Policy; I do not own any rights to this music.