This week marks a sad one in India’s history. In June 1984, Operation Blue Star, one of the darkest parts of the Punjab Insurgency, occurred. The wounds of these events are still healing in India, but nefarious forces are politicising them in the UK. It saddens me to see people …
Read More » This week marks a sad one in India’s history. In June 1984, Operation Blue Star, one of the darkest parts of the Punjab Insurgency, occurred. The wounds of these events are still healing in India, but nefarious forces are politicising them in the UK. It saddens me to see people …
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Indian students who are Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) have bemoaned their plight after hundreds were stranded in various parts of the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic and were then refused access on repatriation flights organized by the Indian government. While many OCI holders are settled outside of India, …
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For years it has been one of the (many) dirty secrets of NRI communities around the world. Successful NRI men – in an overwhelmingly majority of cases highly qualified professionals in IT, Banking and Engineering – taking their Indian wives back to India and abandoning them before returning to their …
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Poonam Joshi has never believed in awards and accolades. She was even more cynical about “award ceremonies” – the dime-a-dozen events where the same group of British Asian acquaintances have a bit of a slap up, write some cheques and “honour greatness” in their midst, year in and year out. …
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Despite a successful career, a beautiful family and a reflection in the mirror that was the envy of many, life in the UK for 40-year-old Sapaaa (not her real name. OBVIOUSLY. No one spells Sapna with a brace of a’s) was often tedious and monotonous. And if tedium was getting …
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Veteran actor Irrfan Khan reveals he is suffering from “rare disease”. The legendary actor Irrfan Khan has announced he is suffering from what he describes as a “rare disease”. The 51-year-old star, arguably the most successful international actor from India, made the announcement on his Twitter account and called for …
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A Sikh business executive visiting the United Kingdom has spoken of his shock after his turban was ripped before being told: “Muslim go back”. Ravneeta Singh, a project manager for an environmental firm based in India, was waiting near London’s Portculis House on Wednesday afternoon when he was attacked. He …
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“Grim”, “Thick” and “Naïve”: just three of the words that have been used to describe the former International Development Secretary Priti Patel, who was forced to resign this week after having unauthorized meetings with Israeli government officials during holidays to Israel in August and September. For me, “opportunistic” and “hypocritical” …
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A woman from the Indian state of Telangana has died in London in what her parents say are suspicious circumstances, according to local reports in India. Thirumalagiri Swathi, from the Hanamakonda district of Telangana, was reported by her husband to have died after “falling into the sea”. Swathi’s family however, …
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