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

So many Indian cricket fans in India and around the world were dishearten by semi final cricket World Cup 2019 loss and their dreams of winning World Cup shattered.  What lesson we can learn by this loss which also applies in our life. 

The Labour Party stated last week that they would abolish private schools when they come to power. They also intimated that they will slap VAT on private school fees until then. They say that the amount thus raised will pay for free school meals...

I wholeheartedly endorse the views expressed by Mr Jayant Tanna ( AV 20-26 July 19)  in reply to comments by Lord Popat regarding supporting India (AV 15-19 July 19). I feel that we all should enjoy sports without involving any politics.

The causes of violent crime are multi-faceted and complex, and we know that these have been compounded by the Government’s £1 billion cut to the Met Police’s budget by 2023. But it has no place in London, and we must do everything in our capacity...

There is an underground movement going on by the government in secretly privatising the NHS. Outwardly it appears no such thing is happening because the whole move is being done in nefarious way. Recently it has come to light that a new partnership...

Plastic pollution has been grabbing limelight for more than two decades. Although several countries have taken steps to ebb plastic tide, it is not having much effect. While Scandinavian countries and Germany, along with few more nations are...

As a young boy growing up in India, I would sometimes sit on the steps of our sweltering verandah and look up at the wide blue Maharashtrian sky. I would let my mind wander around the cloud clusters in a day-dreaming trance, casually wishing...

Tension between Britain and Iran is self-inflicted wounds, Britain playing role of policing the world as if we have Empire to run, playing dangerous game when Royal Marines boarded Iranian super tanker Grace One, off Gibraltar, on the pretext...



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