Beyond university: Why apprenticeships deserve a place on every student’s radar

For generations, the path after A-levels seemed almost predetermined: achieve good grades, secure a university place and spend three years working towards a degree before entering the world of work.

A lighter look at racism in Britain

An astute observer of British life once said: “If you see a white man dashing down the street, he is running to catch a bus. If it’s a black man sprinting, he must be running away from the police.”

Rameshbhai Jhalla's article in AV of the 30th January light up my memories of Bombay. It was mid-50's, I was staying at Modh Vanik Hostel near Dadar GIP and I did my Commerce degree through Podar college. We were 50 boys studying for different...

While private ambulances and hospitals play important part in keeping over stretched health service functioning, recent case of an old patient who catapulted to death in private ambulance transferring her to hospital has raised concerns, as...

Having been recently diagnosed with sciatica, stenosis (narrowing of the space between two discs) and spondolysis (inflammation) in the spinal cord, I find that I am not alone. On making enquiries, many other people are also victim of this painful...

I wonder why blinkered West is keeping silence when perfect solution for refugee crisis is staring in their eyes. Super rich Saudi Arabia (SA) has built ultra-modern deep water “King Abdullah Port Complex” on Red Sea coast, at a cost of $100...

Dinesh Sheth has submitted interesting suggestion that contributors to Readers’ Voice be accorded some sort of honor for writing letters. Editor of GS/AV has to decide whether to give such prize in first place.



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