.WHEN INDIA got self-reliance coming from Britain in 1947, few outside the country believed that a union of such diverse states might secure together. India has endured-- yet certainly not without hazards to its own unity. Some of the absolute most long-lasting has been actually the Khalistan motion, which looks for towards set up an independent homeland for Sikhs. On September 18th Canada's head of state, Justin Trudeau, declared that Indian federal government agents lagged the killing, in June, of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh leader who handled independence for Khalistan. India's government, which rejects any sort of engagement, has actually indicted Canada of harbouring "terrorists as well as separationists". Exactly how significant is the Khalistan movement?