In fond remembrance of a Vaishnav Khodidasbhai Dhamecha

Dear Readers,My absence in the previous three editions of Asian Voice did not go unnoticed... I am glad. My family and I went for three pilgrimages to India but more on it later. I landed in the UK last week. I still find myself processing the...

Book Review: A British Subject

At any point over the last twenty years my friend Dolar Popat could have released a book worthy of our collective attention. With a moving foreword by David Cameron, Dolar uses this book to outline his love and affection for the country he is...

Conservatives especially Mr Osborne had killer's instinct. It's a fact that Britain is growing faster that any of the G7 nations. Employment is at the lowest level, wages in the private sector are rising but the 1% limit on the public sector...

What happened last Friday in over three continents, and what happened in our own London ten years ago next Tuesday (7th July), as well as all such atrocities world wide was and are shocking and painful for all irrespective of his or her religion,...

David Cameron, more than his party, has won the election. He talks about One nation, Toryism, but he has been ruthless in his campaign, has mercilessly killed the coalition, and the victory has its own serious problems. European Union, Union...

Democracy can not exist without free and fare elections. The General Election on Thursday 7th May are going to bring historic results and perhaps unprecedented realignment of political parties and their philosophies. It is natural that there...

In a highly problematic tight race election campaign, the main players, Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, SNP, UKIP as well as two others are hyper active. Naturally only four weeks remain before D-day and not only will the future of...

Last Saturday was unusually busy. In a coffee shop in the South Bank I had some exchange of views with some British journalists. The attack from the Sunni dominated countries on the Shia supported Huthi rebels in Yemen was the main concern.

Any Chancellor uses his budget to gain more popularity for his party. George Osborne has done exactly that and one can not but accept it. When he has to present a budget just seven weeks prior to a very historic election, though it is “a popular...



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