by Gurpreet Singh on April 25th, 2021 at 9:09 AM 1 of 2 2 of 2 First it was the University of British Columbia and then it was Simon Fraser University—the two tallest academic institutions in Greater Vancouver. One after the other backed off from an event featuring Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of the New Delhi-based Caravan magazine. After that event was cancelled, SFU stepped in and organized another event for Bal on Monday (April 26). Shortly after going public with this, SFU too developed cold feet and decided to cancel. Bal had been invited to talk about the ongoing farmers’ struggle in India. Thousands of farmers have been camping outside New Delhi for months asking the right-wing Hindu nationalist government to revoke controversial farm laws that threaten their livelihood.