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by A year-and-half ago when I came to India as Canada's High Commissioner, I knew I was going to a country which shares many of Canada's values such as democracy, rule of law, and a commitment to inclusive development.
After spending 19 months in this country and meeting hundreds of people, I see India as a land on the threshold of thousands of mini-social and economic revolutions - from education to entrepreneurship; from infrastructure to innovation, from research to reforms. Its billion plus people are waiting to tap the opportunities presented by its rapidly expanding economic growth and its increasing geo-political importance.
There are immense opportunities for countries like my own to partner with this young and dynamic country. Canada and India share a solid and broad trade relationship. From agriculture to infrastructure,...Read more...
More about Stewart Beck
Stewart Beck is Canada's High Commissioner to India.
Recent Posts by Stewart Beck
- Canada: a natural partner for India
A year-and-half ago when I came to India as Canada's High Commissioner, I knew I was going to a country which shares many of Canada's values such as democracy,
Karan Thakur
Addressing suppressed sexualityThe ghastly and brutal gang-rape and murderous assault on a 23 year old by six men in New Delhi last month has shaken the national consciousness and hit our
Somesh Goyal
The gangrape and thereafterThe brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old girl by six criminals in a moving bus on Dec 16 has shocked the nation like never before. One positive aspect has been
Trina Nileena Banerjee
After the gangrape and death: the road aheadI do not wish to reiterate the emotional responses that most women I have spoken to have felt about the rape and the subsequent death of the 23-year-old girl.
Monojit Lahiri
No woman is complete unless she's a mother: true or false?"Hello?" the voice was vaguely familiar, muted, hesitant, unsure. It was from a young acquaintance. He sure didn't sound too bright. The reason, as explained haltingly in the next
Oindrila Mukherjee
One weekend and a tale of two tragediesNow is the winter of our discontent - Richard III, William Shakespeare.
Newtown. New Delhi.
In the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook,
Pragya Majumder
Raped: Speak up and suffer!Yes, that is exactly what my country the so called largest democracy dishes out to its citizens. My friend who was horrifically raped and then pushed out of a
Chandrabhan Prasad
Why UP's forwards and backwards oppose the Quota Bill on promotionsTake a tour of the newspaper archives of the month of May every year and when it comes to National Capital Region (NCR) news, there is a clear pattern.
Tanvi Mehta
What's with Indian men?A new show that hit TV screens this week asks the question, 'What's with Indian Women?'. But given the sheer volume of crimes against women in this country this
Vandana Anand
Towards an active citizenryA person coming out of a crowd could become a whistleblower, standing against what are disabling forces to raise his/her voice, setting a hard-hitting example for many others to
