(Expressed opinions are personal.)People complain about having no time for - exercise, reading, travel, meditation, learning, and many other things. 'I don't get time to do it,' is a very common sentence we keep hearing from everyone. When you...
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4th Mar 2026 | Updated at 09:22am 4th Mar 2026
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: Anima Gupta Aggarwal
- 04 Oct 2023
Anima Gupta Aggarwal is a philanthropist, entrepreneur and active leader in multiple charities and NGOs. She has twenty-five years of experience working across the corporate and not-for-profit sectors in the UK, Switzerland, the Netherlands...
One to One: Shalini Bhargava
- 27 Sep 2023
Shalini Bhargava was born in India and was raised and educated in Delhi. She completed her BA(Hons) in English Literature from University of Delhi and soon after graduating was married to come to the U.K. In the UK, Shalini as a single parent...
One to One: Vijay Sanas
- 21 Sep 2023
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- 13 Sep 2023
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- 06 Sep 2023
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- 31 Aug 2023
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- 24 Aug 2023
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- 16 Aug 2023
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?
India’s rise as a Republic leader
- 28 Jan 2026
26 January commemorates the formal adoption of the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly, specifically drafted for an independent nation by an eminent polymath scholar Dr B R Ambedkar. The newly established Indian Constitution in...
How strategic vision transformed Lohana community into a global leader
- 21 Jan 2026
Gujarati literature offers numerous timeless metaphors, one of which comes from Umashankar Joshi’s renowned poem "Bhomiya Vina Mare Bhamva ta Dungara…". The protagonist yearns to wander barefoot with an open mind, fully connected to nature....
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
Thoughts come and go like clouds
- 19 Feb 2026
We make the mistake of equating ourselves with our emotions and thoughts. But we are neither our emotions nor our thoughts. They are ours, but we are not them. But if we don’t take ownership, they will take ours. No man should be a slave to his brain or heart.
Introspection: Stability in the world is an illusion
- 05 Feb 2026
The wheel of time moves continuously. Nothing remains constant as the universe transforms every moment. How in such a transitory situation can anything be expected to be stable?
Israel has once again had to defend itself from the terrorism of Hamas. Sometimes it is easy to forget why this conflict between Israel and Palestine continues with no end in sight. Whilst I am no expert on these matters, I am fairly confident...
Eid ul-Fitr came last week in the midst of a deadly second wave of Covid-19 in India. This was the second Eid during this pandemic. When directly translated, Eid translates to “the festival of breaking the fast”, pious Muslims say that the...
One of the sole positives from India's devastating Covid-19 crisis is how it has set the scene for closer UK-India relations. As the Republic reels from a staggering 400,000 cases a day, the UK has promised to help in whatever way it can.
In the run up to 5th May, Election Day, almost every media outlet ran stories of how the Tories weredropping in the polls and Labour were on the verge of a major breakthrough. My experience from the grassroots was rather different. So whilst...
- 28 Apr 2021
The global media world has gone bonkers. Last week we witnessed journalists, news channels, Social Media platforms with the likes of politicians and the...
The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities has published their 258 pages long report on race and ethnic disparities in the UK. Within minutes every Tom, Dick and Harriet jumped out of their closets to denounce the report. The usual fake outrage...
Friendship - what does it mean to you? We have been using this word from childood, introduced by our parents. In childhood, parents connect us to other children in neighbourhood and tell us they are friends. We play with them and decide that...
- 20 Apr 2021
Over the past year, society has once again wrestled with its response to questions of social justice, racism and inequality. It is clear there is still...
Several years ago, in the early nineties, my husband and I were posted at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. The Embassy was located in an old building set in a beautiful campus. Housing for a number of families was located inside the campus....
