The word ‘election’ comes from the Latin word ‘eligere’. ‘Eligere’ means ‘to choose, select or pick’. To elect, or vote, means to select or to make a choice.
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.”
The word ‘election’ comes from the Latin word ‘eligere’. ‘Eligere’ means ‘to choose, select or pick’. To elect, or vote, means to select or to make a choice.
Media, both print and TV, exercise enormous power over British people, as well as can sway government one way or another, especially when it comes to social and environment issues close to people’s hearts. It was the press who forced government...
I would like to tell you about my recent experience of the Bank of Baroda in India when I went there this February. I have visited the bank previously in 2009 and 2013 and both times I have had similar experiences.
According to widely published reports in national newspapers, 75% of the patients who turned up at A & E do so without even trying to see their GPs or ringing 111 that should be the first contact before visiting A & E. Their reasons for neglecting...
Reference to Mr Jubel D' Cruz's letters dated 10/3/18 and 17/3/18 letters, the pulling down of Lenin's statue in Tripura (N.E. India) is not a new news. It had already happened in Russia while the communist country changed to a progressive democratic...
One may wonder why US President Donald Trump, who was shrewd, intelligent and successful billionaire businessman before becoming President, wants to drag his country into trade war with China. In reality he has no choice but to balance books,...
As the saying goes, in spring, young men’s thoughts turn to love. I would say that the contributors of this column think of a get-to-gether of like minded people by AV and GS.
My advice to everybody in this freezing weather is to get indoors as quickly as possible and make yourself a cup of masala tea.
'Good Friday' is a great festival of Christians. It usually falls between March 20th and April 23rd. This festival is observed to mark the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Since the beginning of the year, there has been some 16 fatal stabbings. This is alarming for all parents having young children in their teens.