Conflict of choice is a situation we face frequently in life. While sitting in a restaurant, looking at the menu, there are a number of conflicting choices in mind, hustling with each other to get priority. When deciding on a career, getting...
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27th Jan 2023 | Updated at 12:51pm 27th Jan 2023
In Defence of the Faith - My Hate Speech
- 04 Mar 2015
The irresponsibility in this day and age, to exploit religious differences where none exist is both negligent and dangerous. ITV have done this by putting young Hindu adolescents in harm’s way. The idea that a TV channel would inflame any part of the world, particularly Britain, for selling TV viewers should be criminal offence – wait, it is – incitement to hatred.
Not Just Former Former Foreign Secretary - British interests compromised by former government officials based on documents supplied by ex-British intelligence
- 24 Feb 2015
Former Ministers, and especially Prime Ministers should never ever be allowed to work for foreign agents. Pure and simple. Otherwise they damage British interests.
One to One: Trusha Dawada
- 12 Jan 2023
Trusha Dawada’s family fled Uganda during the civil unrest in the 1970s under the reign of Idi Amin. They went to Leicester and lived there for six years.
One to One: Prashansa Shah
- 04 Jan 2023
Prashansa Shah, is a Lawyer, Editor and a Consultant. She graduates with a Bachelor’s in Law and Business Administration from Bangalore, India. She interned and worked briefly in the cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Dehradun with International...
Indian-origin lady helms important UK Screen Body
- 19 Aug 2019
Seetha Kumar is the CEO of ScreenSkills, based in central London but operating UK-wide.
How Meera Lee Patel’s Book “Made Out of Stars” Can Heal US
- 21 Nov 2018
It is often hard for we Asians to articulate it when we suffer from depression or low self-esteem. Who would think that a book could help us heal?
In fond remembrance of a Vaishnav Khodidasbhai Dhamecha
- 04 Mar 2020
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...
Power is the ability to make change
- 01 Sep 2022
Life is precious
- 29 Apr 2020
Let’s be positive
- 07 Apr 2020
As I See It
- 01 Apr 2020
Finding light in the dark
- 25 Mar 2020
The Housing Crisis this Christmas: 300,000 People Need a Home
- 28 Nov 2018
At a time when family, community and a roaring fire are the comforts of the season, many urgently need shelter and the basic necessities that can be taken for granted by those of us preparing for the festive period. The housing crisis remains...
Executor made personally liable for £340,000 tax bill
- 26 Oct 2018
In the recent case of Glyne T Harris as Personal Representative of Helena Norma McDonald (deceased) v HRMC (2018), Mr Harris, was found liable for a tax bill of £341,279.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministers’ Conflict with Judiciary
- 16 Dec 2020
Decades before Jagan Mohan Reddy, the present Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (AP) wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India making wild allegations against the High Court judges, Damodaram Sanjivayya, the second Chief Minister of Andhra...
Emperor Krishnadevaraya and World Heritage Hampi
- 08 Dec 2020
Recently the news flashed in The Hindu of Chennai attracted global attention since it is of international as well as historical importance: “Tourists can no longer get too close to the iconic stone chariot in front of the Vijaya Vittala Temple...
Heritage and History
- 04 Nov 2020
Are you proud to be busy?
- 12 Jan 2023
In today's time, it is a fashion to be busy or at least appear to be occupied. Even those who are unemployed are saying that they are hard-pressed. No one has time. People are permanently in a hurry and have no time for simple things in life. It's surprising that none of them is actually doing anything that is so important. Even the bosses tend to give the impression that the given task is the most important and utmost urgent. While knowing fully well that the same could easily be done during the...
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2023
- 04 Jan 2023
When one works selflessly, without any expectation of reward, the fruits are much sweeter. Although the message of Bhagawat Geeta is very clear that one has right over his work but not over its result, a few individuals can follow it in letter and spirit. But those who do, end up getting much more success in the end.
I am a 3rd generation international student; both my grandfathers studied in the UK graduating in the early 1930s, my mother graduated in the 1950s and I graduated in the 1980s. For the past few years, I have been President of UKCISA (UK Council...
Last week, on 26 November, India remembered the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks on their 14th anniversary. On this day in 2008, 10 terrorists entered the city of Mumbai through sea route from Pakistan, ravaging it for 4 days, killing...
Deborah is the Creative Director of Deborah Mckenzie Creative Industries (DMCI) and has been in the fashion industry for decades working as a fashion designer/tailor/artist....
How do we learn things in life? What are the best ways to acquire knowledge? What kind of learner are you? Do you like studying with the help of a teacher or through books or only with experience?
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement was prepared with an intention to bring stability, protect growth in the economy and continue to fund public services. Taxes have increased mainly by freezing thresholds rather than increasing rates....
- 22 Nov 2022
The decision to mark 9th January, the day Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in 1915, as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Overseas Indian Day) by then Indian Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee is so appropriate. Overseas Indians...
26th November 2008, a date we should not forget. This was the day when state sponsored Pakistani terrorists attacked the innocent people of Mumbai. Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamist terrorist organisation from Pakistan carried out coordinated shooting...
- 21 Nov 2022
Bali Brahmbhatt is a Radio Show Presenter with Lyca Gold, currently residing in the UK. Born in Kenya, Bali is a Gujarati music director and playback singer...
I have advocated a definition of anti-Hinduism for a while now. I am pleased to note that others have worked on this issue as well. Namely, Sarah L Gates, the Global Hindu Federation, Dr Indu Viswanathan, Hindu American Foundation, Hindu Matters...
