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.”

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

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. 

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...



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