I write in response to Mr Jubel D’Cruz’s letter (AV 29 April 2017) titled ‘Government’s priorities’, in which he asks why Hindus, who in his opinion worship cows, do not give the same value to other creatures such as rats and fish, giving their...

Long before the outstanding play, “Yugpurush” hit our shores, I have been addressing Shrimad Rajchandraji as Gandhiji’s spiritual mentor on these very pages – that Mahatma Gandhi learned his lessons on ‘satya’ and ‘ahinsa’ from this Jain philosopher.

After World War II, "there have long been two faces of U.S. foreign policy" according to Jeffrey D. Sachs, author of "Common Wealth - Economics for A Crowded Planet". Great acts of U.S. cooperative leadership include the establishment of UN,...

Referring to Mr Jubel’s letter dated 29th April 2017 not some, but all the Hindu people worship the cow; and not simply it because it is Lord Krishna’s favourite animal, but due to its nature it is considered as good as a mother since Vedic...

I was extremely surprised reading in national newspapers about MPs’ fiddlesticks report on early closing culture in GP surgeries during core opening hours of 8am to 7pm. My experiences with my own GP as well as talking to many friends who are...

Usually I read Asian Voice but I picked up Gujarat Samachar of the 8th April by chance. Besides India, UK, USA and the World news what I read left me surprised, like a cherry on the Cake! The issue contained:

Jubel D’Cruz should note that cow worship predates Lord Krishna by centuries. Cows were regarded as status symbols and measure of affluence under the name “Gotra”. During a 2005 case in the Gujarat High Court, it was mentioned that while a slaughtered...

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has stated that he will slap VATon private school fees. He says that the amount thus raised will pay for free school meals to all primary school children. However, this will add another 25% or so on the already...

The death of Bollywood film actor Vinod Khanna on April 27 is a loss to the entire Hindi film industry. Even though he was not my favourite actor, I liked his acting in many of his films. Like Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor, he too was an...

There is no doubt that twitting President Donald Trump has not only kept the Americans but rest of the world on their toes since taking office. No one knew what was coming next. It all depended on his whims and spontaneous responses to the fast...