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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · 26d

CORRECTION: Huge events are OPENING UP Metro Vancouver roads this weekend to people from all segments of our society.

Daniel Chai @iamdanielchai.bsky.social · 28d

Several large-scale events will be held across Metro Vancouver this weekend, and commuters and residents are being warned of road closures to accommodate the festivities.

dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...

Huge events are closing Metro Vancouver roads this weekend | News

Several large events will be held in Metro Vancouver this weekend, and commuters are warned of road closures to accommodate the festivities.

dailyhive.com

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Aug 15

UK extracted $64.82 trillion from India.

A significant number of the richest people in UK today can trace their wealth back to #slavery & #colonialism, specifically the compensation paid to rich enslavers when slavery was abolished.

economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/u...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Aug 15

British colonialism continues to shape human rights in India today, affecting #marginalized communities including #women and #LGBTQ+ people. The deep-rooted legacies of colonial laws, social structures, and economic inequalities that persist long after independence.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...

Beyond the Raj: how British colonialism continues to impact human rights in India - LSE Human Rights

The concept of human rights predates the current system, which was established in 1945 with the creation of the United Nations, but cultural relativism maintains that these rights are neo-imperialisti...

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Aug 15

Most scholars agree that about 1 million people died during the 1947 British partition of India due to communal violence and chaos during the mass migration of around 15 million people. The violence was especially severe in Punjab and Bengal.

www.bbc.com/news/uk-scot...

Partition of India: 'They would have slaughtered us'

Sanjeev Kohli and Aasmah Mir find out about how their parents survived the partition of India.

www.bbc.com

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Aug 15

Dyer, the officer responsible for the massacre under O’Dwyer, was presented a sword of honour and given a large sum of money raised by public subscription when he returned to UK.
www.uncomfortableoxford.com/irish-nation...

Irish Nationalist, British Imperialist: The Uncomfortable Identities of Sir Michael O’Dwyer - Uncomfortable Oxford

“No man in the whole history of British rule in India has done such great disservice to the British Empire and has brought such disgrace on the good name of the British nation”. Thus was Sir Michael O...

www.uncomfortableoxford.com

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Aug 15

Very close to my home, in April 1919, Michael O'Dwyer, the lieutenant-governor of #Punjab perpetrated the Massacre at #JallianwalaBagh. By some estimates 1,500 peaceful demonstrators were killed (including many women and children) at the holy city of Amritsar.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Aug 15

Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives (100 million by some estimates) than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years

The extraordinary mortality rates in India between 1880 to 1920 were no accident.

www.aljazeera.com

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Aug 15

In simple terms, the #British imposed heavy cash taxes on the Indian population, then used that tax revenue to pay Indians for goods. These goods were exported overseas, and the profits were invested back into the British economy, a legacy from which the British people continue to benefit today.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Aug 15

Today, people in #India will be celebrating the 79th anniversary of independence from the barbaric British #colonialism after a 200-year+ fight for independence.

www.britannica.com/video/Indian...

What Does India's Independence Day Celebrate? Timeline of the Independence Movement | Britannica

In August 1947, British rule ended on the Indian subcontinent.

www.britannica.com

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Jun 17

Jugaad > Everything. Always. 🔧🧠 #LifeHackDesiStyle

Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Jun 6

Every day, on average, 35 children are killed in Gaza, amounting to a total of at least 18,000 children killed in this conflict.

Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Jun 6

No-go military zones now covering 70% of Gaza and the displacement of around 90% of the population to overcrowded living spaces with little access to clean water and sanitation, infectious diseases are rife.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Jun 6

The Israeli Govt has also targeted civilian infrastructure required for survival.

89% of the water and sanitation systems, and
92% of housing destroyed or damaged.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Jun 6

Starvation is only one aspect of this grim reality. Nearly half a million people are at risk of starvation, a predicament precipitated by the Israeli Govt's refusal to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip for over 11 weeks, despite destruction of most agricultural, fishery, & food systems.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Jun 6

Gaza has been failed by silence and impunity.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Gaza has been failed by silence and impunity

Gaza is on the brink of famine. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a multistakeholder global initiative aimed at enhancing food security and nutrition analysis, reports that the entire...

www.thelancet.com

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · May 21

Do it.
Do it now.

You can find contact info for you MP here: www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/s...

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Charlie Smith @charliesmithvcr.bsky.social · May 16

My friend @navdeepsingh.bsky.social sums up how many racialized Canadians feel about Victoria Day. He does it with eloquence and insight. Read it in @pancouver.bsky.social. pancouver.ca/victoria-day...

Victoria Day is a time to reflect on displacement, language suppression, and systemic inequalities - Pancouver

Victoria ruled an empire that has receded, but the consequences of its policies remain painfully present in many parts of the world.

pancouver.ca

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Mar 15

+ racialized people can be fascist and racist too.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Mar 15

You may be thinking: This is very sad, but why is it the US job to keep kids alive in poor countries?

Most Americans welcome reforms& are proud to save the lives of hungry children/sick orphans worldwide by allocating just 24c of every $100 of national income to aid

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

www.nytimes.com

Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Mar 15

An estimated 310,000 people could die within a year without U.S. funding for tuberculosis prevention.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Mar 15

An estimated 290,000 people could die within a year without American funding for malaria prevention.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Mar 15

An estimated 550,000 people could die within a year without American funding for food aid.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Mar 15

An estimated 500,000 people could die within a year without American funding for vaccines.

In a village northeast of Renk, South Sudan, people used to get U.S.-supported assistance, but that aid has ended and now some children are severely malnourished.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Mar 15

An estimated 1,650,000 people could die within a year without American foreign aid for H.I.V. prevention and treatment.

Refugees on the Sudan-South Sudan border are at particular risk.

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Navdeep Singh Chhina (he/him) @navdeepsingh.bsky.social · Mar 7

In 1908, about 50 Sikh mill workers decided to build a gurdwara in Abbotsford.

The owners, the Trethewey family with links to KKK, donated whatever lumber they could carry on their backs.

So the Sikh men lugged the lumber from Mill Lake to the property site, an uphill trek of about 2 km.

The Case of the Gurdwara, the Lumber Barons and the KKK | The Tyee

In Abbotsford, the first Sikh place of worship holds a complicated history.

thetyee.ca

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