.WHEN INDIA got self-reliance from Britain in 1947, few outside the nation felt that a union of such diverse conditions can keep all together. India has endured-- but certainly not without threats to its own oneness. Among one of the most long-lasting has actually been the Khalistan movement, which finds to create a private birthplace for Sikhs. On September 18th Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, affirmed that Indian authorities brokers were behind the killing, in June, of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh forerunner who handled independence for Khalistan. India's authorities, which denies any kind of involvement, has charged Canada of harbouring "revolutionaries and separatists". How serious is the Khalistan action?