In Hyderabad, the political air grew tense this week as a wave of reports swept through social media and newspaper columns claiming that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao had his passport seized. The story seemed to fit a familiar arc: a powerful politician, now under corruption investigation, suddenly stripped of the basic freedom to move freely across the world. Within hours, the allegations were being repeated as fact—shared, retweeted, and printed with an authority that made them feel final. Then came the correction. Jakkula Laxman, the advocate representing KTR, made it clear that the passport…

In communities across southern Alberta, there is a quiet kind of healing that happens when people sit together and truly listen to one another. It happens over tea in living rooms, around boardroom tables, in circles where every voice is given room to breathe, and in classrooms where younger generations learn to carry the stories of their elders. It is that spirit of listening, respect, and shared responsibility that lies at the heart of a new Indigenous-led research project called Ihtsitomaniista’po’tako’p, which translates as “Working Together.” The project brings together community members, Elders, knowledge keepers, educators, students, and researchers to…