During the last few months of 2023, a Hindu temple in the Toronto suburb of Brampton, Ontario, erected a statue of the Hindu demigod Hanuman. The 55-foot statue, which looms over its neighborhood, was built on grounds owned by the temple, paid for with private funds, and violated no building codes.
I’m a Hindu myself—an immigrant from India who came to Canada in 1998 to attend college. I became a journalist and later a Canadian citizen, eventually gaining a reputation as a reporter and conservative-leaning commenter. Like many of my fellow conservatives, I decried government overreach on Covid-19 policy responses, criticized the government of Justin Trudeau, and covered the excesses of the progressive left. I believe passionately in property rights, the rule of law, and the importance of free expression.
Quite a range of responses to her tweet
In the three decades I’ve spent in Canada, I’ve never been as aware of the color of my skin as I am now. As in many places in the West, there seems very little room for classical liberals like me, and I find myself squeezed between the woke left and the nativist right. A personal… https://t.co/6ru6Vcq9Bh
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) June 20, 2024
h/t SweetPea
