Mitzvah day falls this year on 22nd November. It was first started here by Laura Marks in 2008 to spread friendship and brotherhood among neighbours, bring people of all faiths together, helped by army of volunteers, has now become an international...
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29th Sep 2026 | Updated at 04:19am 29th Sep 2026
Beyond university: Why apprenticeships deserve a place on every student’s radar
- 27 Aug 2026
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.”
I refer to the article in Asian Voice, page 24, 10th October 2015, about the unfortunate act by P. Tirumala Rao, who beheaded an innocent 4 year old child in Andhra Pradesh, in order to offer his blood to Goddess Kali to seek divine powers.
In Late August, Mrs Merkel (Chancellor of Germany) pledged to accommodate almost any number of migrants was undemocratic and irresponsible. One can only guess her hasty impulse for such a carte blanche invitation to eagerly awaiting migrants.
UK being rich, liberal, fair, tolerant country with an ideal welfare system attracts people from world over to make it their permanent home.
Your anguish at murder of a Muslim rumored to have eaten beef is noteworthy. Kamal Rao has given better details about the incident in Gujarat Samachar. I fully appreciate his stance that, if stripped of religion, beef eating and community ethos,...
Reading in AV/GS about Cllr Jogia’s maiden speech at Conservative Conference in Manchester, youngest British Indian to be granted such privilege, I listened on internet and to my surprise and delight, I found his story similar to those of most...
Most would appreciate, even support government crackdown on bogus colleges that robe students of their hard earned money but provide questionable, even worthless qualifications and stringent but fair test in English language, essential ingredient...
The other day I was talking to a friend in England and told him that on October 12 we have Thanksgiving bank holiday and than he asked me what Thanksgiving Day is?
Christian missionaries came into India soon after the British East India Company was given permission by Emperor Jahangir to trade in what was known as Mughal Empire.
I would like to share with my fellow readers and contributors of this column something which I have recently discovered.
