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...

Amber Rudd has resigned or if she was forced to do so, is not the question. Who will be the next on the crucifix? This is a serious problem for those who enter the public service with high ideals and noble intentions. Time has come to look at...

Your first reaction could be, “Of course! You are a Gujju!”. However, I assure you, it is much more than just that. I intend to use this precious space to unite people from all spaces. I will start with my motherland Gujarat and in doing so,...

At 2.30 pm on April 20, 1968, exactly 50 years ago this week, Enoch Powell, member of Parliament for Wolverhampton, shadow cabinet member, spoke to an audience of few hundreds at a hotel in Birmingham. A Cambridge scholar of classics, he used...

The Zimbabwian family stuck in a Thai airport for seven months is a tragic story in itself. Four adults and four children are there with all the suspense and hardships. The journey began in May when they reached Thailand on tourist visa. They...

A vibrant democracy needs a constructive, responsible and strong opposition. Both in the centre and almost all of the states' deficiency of an alternative political party capable to offer electorate a viable alternative is the serious problem...



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