I started reading about M K Gandhi in late 60’s and continued reading more and more about him in various volumes of collected works of Gandhi. One can then appreciate the amount of good work done by this individual that earned him the title...
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24th Sep 2026 | Updated at 07:00am 24th 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.”
The enduring popularity of tobacco, and the rise in the number of children taking to it, is alarming. Young people start on these habits in the pressure of popular culture, failing to foresee the consequences of their actions.
Kusoom Vadgama’s vehement opposition to Gandhiji’s statue in Parliament Square is irrelevant as it dwells too much in the historical and Gandhiji’s personal past, which cannot be undone by slandering. Problems of the present cannot/will not...
The 70% turnout at recent Assembly elections in J & K, is fitting reply to our meddling British MPs who interfere in India’s internal affairs to cultivate their vote banks among ill-informed Pakistani Kashmiris.
The shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, has been reported to say that a Labour government will strip private schools of valuable tax breaks worth hundreds of millions of pounds.According to his proposals, private schools in England will...
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...
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.
