All posts by Mansoor Ladha
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Time for the Queen to pass scepter to Charles
Seventy-five-year -old Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands recently hung up her scepter and handed over power to her middle-aged son. Her subjects cheered, a few...
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The perils of modern travel
Some time ago, a friend told me that you need a holiday after a holiday. How true. We have just returned from a five-week marvelous...
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Golden Years not so bright for retirees
Everyone anxiously awaits retirement. We have visions of spending our Golden Years golfing every day and spending time at some exotic island with margarita in...
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Speak English, you are in Canada!
A reader wrote a letter to one of the local daily newspapers recently complaining about “Italian or Spanish-speaking men speaking their native language loudly” at...
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New Pope to usher in new era for church
EVEN as a non-Catholic I was excited about the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires as Pope Francis. It was the biggest...
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Chavez’s demise changes political scenario in Latin America
Venezuela is mad at Canada. Stephen Harper’s condolence message to the Venezuelan people on the death of their president, Hugo Chavez, didn’t strike the right...
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Argo misses the Canadian connection
As expected, the film Argo won Oscar for the best picture. The movie was made by Hollywood to depict the role played by Canada in...
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Penny will remain in penny-less era
If you went shopping recently, you will notice that the familiar copper coins – pennies – are missing in the change that you received from...
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Kenya elections test of democracy
Kenya, one the three east African countries, is facing its greatest challenge when goes to the polls on March 4. The country has had a...
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There’s no perfect recipe for Valentine’s Day
Don’t forget, hey you lovers; mark it down in your calendar. Next Thursday, February 14 is Valentine’s Day. You only know what happens if you...
Mansoor Ladha - My Views
Mansoor Ladha is a Calgary-based journalist and author of A Portrait in Pluralism: Aga Khan’s Shia Ismaili Muslims.
