South Asia and Beyond

The White Man’s Burden Of Proof Is On Trudeau

NEW DELHI: The White Man’s Burden, the Rudyard Kipling poem which essentially justified colonialism by asserting that it is the duty of white people to manage the affairs of the less-developed non-white people, apparently still resonates with many in the West. Nothing else explains how Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s public assertion, without a shred […]Read More

Despite Ukraine, G20 Document In The Works?

NEW DELHI: “I can assure you we have lived up to his vision. No document in the world will have such a strong voice for the developing countries and the Global South as the New Delhi Leaders Declaration which would be released at the end of the summit.” That was India’s G20 sherpa Amitabh Kant hinting […]Read More