India House in Aldwych, the present-day building under the authority of the Indian government, has a very long history.
On Saturday 24 August 2024, I had the privilege of attending the Indian Independence Day celebration at the Navnat Centre in Hayes, a place that holds a special significance for me.
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...
Most of the present day religious hatred and painful bloodshed is occurring in Muslim majority countries. This is sad but true. It is certainly not due to the teachings of the holy Quran. It is happening because some opportunist - a tiny minority...
The eagerly awaited first full Modi Government budget was presented by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to the Indian Parliament last Saturday. It is indeed not as per the expectations of certain circles. At the same time, surely, it appears...
India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will submit the first full budget of the Modi government to the Indian Parliament today (28th February). Both in India and abroad enormous interest is focused on the strategy and measures contained within...
With over 95 percent of the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly won by AAP the results appear to be unbelievable, unexpected, but true. Delhites have made a very historic decision. Perhaps never before such a thumping majority has been given to any...
The General Election in Britain is almost 90 days from today (7th Feb). In the post war era this election is perhaps very important as, it appears now, no party is likely to gain a clear overall majority. As Nick Clegg has admitted, it appears...
Dear readers. Let me clarify at the outset, I am not referring to the House of Commons. The Hons and the Rt Hons of the House of Commons as well as the Lords and Baronesses in the House of Lords are in some cases a law unto themselves. In the...
Recently I was out of the UK for fourteen days and for twelve of them I was in India. Almost one full day was lost travelling from London Heathrow to Ahmedabad Airport. On average four hours are wasted at transit airports - either Mumbai or...
During the Christmas break I rang around A few people to know their likes and dislikes of the contents of Asian Voice and or Gujarat Samachar. Periodically we have organised some type of readership survey by sending a list of questions. If I...
IJA was the important Indian organisation along with the Indian League up and till the mid 1980s. With the advent of independence in 1947 those few far-sighted Indian Journalists based in London formed the IJA. Amongst the founding fathers were...
