On the panel as Dealmaker in the Department for Business and Trade, in the Indian High Commission and FICCI event, I am looking for in the Global Entrepreneur Programme scale up companies whose founders would be suitable for the UK Innovator...
Independent minded and giving strength to the rest of the nation is what the Spartans were known for.
Mentioning Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR) in my article unleashed a storm of vitriol on X. The irony is striking: referencing an organization—whether or not one agrees with it (and I don’t) —is not a defence of that group. Instead, it opens...
The Chinese spy saga this week in the news reminded me of another headline “’Pakistani Spies’ in the Houses of Parliament” in the Telegraph not so long ago.
In recent years, the global Hindu community has found itself at a crossroads, with two powerful narratives vying for the soul of a religion that dates back millennia. On one side is the Hindutva ideology, championed by groups and individuals...
We cannot care for things only because we have something in common with the people suffering. But that is the way of the world and if we do not, then who will, for too few care for those not like them. So with the persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh,...
A few months ago I visited Mathura. The mandir is overshadowed by a monumental mosque.
It seems some British and Canadian Indians have lost their passion for farmer protests. Remember the fervor surrounding the Indian farmer protests? The same individuals who declared themselves warriors for agricultural justice, waving flags...
The re-election of Donald Trump as President of the United States heralds a pivotal juncture in Indo-American relations, presenting India with a spectrum of strategic opportunities. Trump's foreign policy, characterised by a transactional approach...
The recent changes to pension taxation under the UK budget proposed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves have sparked vigorous debate across the political spectrum.
Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen of Yemeni descent, was a radical Islamic cleric and a senior operative of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
When I was appointed by the UK Prime Minister to the UK India Roundtable 25 years ago to advise both UK and Indian PM’s on building closer ties, one thing that struck me was how Indian foreign policy lacked ‘boldness’ on the world stage.
