I refer to the letter from Mr Ramesh Jhalla in your issue of 22 November 2014 concerning Jawaharlal Nehru. I have never come across a more inaccurate and scurrilous letter arising, I believe, from his own ignorance and also prejudice against...
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30th Sep 2026 | Updated at 04:11pm 30th 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.”
When the British came to realise that sooner or later their rule of India had to end and there had to be a decision on what they should do to retain some influence over their former colony. The obvious answer was partition of India and creation...
Watching BBC series on dirty Britain, I was shocked, even ashamed as to how unbelievably filthy, dirty this country is. While Germany, Switzerland along with Scandinavian countries top the “Cleanliness Chart” we are languishing at the bottom,...
Your excitement and praise for Shri Narendra Modi's speech in Australia (AV 29th Nov 2014) needs to be tempered with historical facts.
Congratulations on your article on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
I live in Queensbury Ward in Brent bordering Harrow. I regularly use Mollison Way Shopping centre, with Post Office, GP Surgery, Café and many shops serving both neighbourhoods.
The NHS Trust in Dorset, desperate to free beds with winter onslaught on the horizon, threatened to take legal actions against families who refuse to take home their elderly relatives, who are ready to be discharged; with flimsy excuses of going...
The barbaric beheading of Peter Kassig has been reported all over the world. He is the fifth western victim to be murdered in this way. Before the advent of the modern world beheading was practised by many countries as an instrument of capital...
Some 20,000 students demonstrated in London last week because they said they did not want to live in a society where access to higher education was based on wealth. The students were demonstrating against an increase in top up fees.
Every penny raised for the Gandhi statue in Parliament Square, London, (AV 22 November), is a nail in the coffin of honour and dignity of women. It is unbelievable that a man with self-confessed use of women, and not just any women but his ...
