After a lull of a few months, the bombardment has begun again. No, we are not talking about the bombardment on Syria or other such hostile countries. It is the incessant ‘phone calls which have started pouring in again.
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26th Sep 2026 | Updated at 04:58am 26th 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 Ilaben’s aptly titled letter “Charity Begins At Home” With extreme GP shortages; this is common dilemma, affecting elderly patients more than general population. But there are few well managed surgeries where same day appoints are...
In India, several people are still left with the cancelled and demonetised currency notes. In most cases, this is the holder's hard earned money and not the black money. For some bonafide reason, however, they could not exchange their currencies...
A Brexit Britain, free from the shackles of EU bureaucracy, should be able to set up rapid and lucrative trade deals with the rest of the world, particularly major markets like India and China.
Below is a letter from Upendra Kapadia to PM Theresa May and other politicians about the NHS.
Post global financial crisis in September 2018, Gordon Brown decided to bail out U.K. banks by taxpayers' £700 billion. George Osborne when he came in power in May 2010, he introduced a five year rigid plan in an Emergency Budget to reduce the...
Adorable Mahatma Gandhi, and role models mentioned in the letter by Upendra Kapadia last week are our heritage because their efforts benefited whole sub-continent and ultimately world.
On top of the recent four terrorist attacks, there has been an increase in knife, gun and domestic violence in England and Wales. This is a worrying trend and has to be tackled head on in order to provide safety and security to the people. The...
I am glad that veteran writers like Bhupendrabhai and Rameshbhai are on all fours with me and agree that letters in the “Readers’ Voice” column could be more varied and informative.
Looking at the beautiful face of twenty one year old Resham Khan, before and after acid attack, one may wonder at human depravity that has engulfed Britain in last decade. During my nursing career, I had never come across a single such incident...
