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Chandrima Chakraborty, The Conversation

Kanishka bombing: Writers and filmmakers are making sure that Canada doesn’t forget the mass murder

Described as an unprecedented act of aviation terror, the crash is still little-known to most Canadians.

Chandrima Chakraborty, The Conversation
· Jun 23, 2019 · 09:30 pm
Modi as the karmayogi: How the prime minister has modelled himself as a new-age Hindu ascetic

The BJP leader presented himself as selfless and humble in his victory speech. This vision goes far to promote a Hindu nationalist ‘new’ India.

Chandrima Chakraborty, The Conversation
· May 29, 2019 · 01:30 pm
The 1985 Air India bombing was Canada’s worst mass murder. So why is the country indifferent to it?

Today, Canadians commonly regard the bombing as an Indian tragedy, or at most an Indo-Canadian tragedy.

Chandrima Chakraborty, The Conversation
· Feb 23, 2018 · 03:30 pm