On Thursday 22nd April, BIJA hosted their latest “Bagels and Samosas” webinar with journalist and author Ben Judah. Over 60 people registered for the event which saw Judah talk about his family roots in the Jewish community of Kolkata and his...
On Thursday 22nd April, BIJA hosted their latest “Bagels and Samosas” webinar with journalist and author Ben Judah. Over 60 people registered for the event which saw Judah talk about his family roots in the Jewish community of Kolkata and his...
65 year old Rajinder Kalia, a cult leader, who identifies himself as an ‘incarnation of God’ has been accused of raping four female devotees. He allegedly indoctrinated his devotees to believe he was 'divine'.
The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities has published their 258 pages long report on race and ethnic disparities in the UK. Within minutes every Tom, Dick and Harriet jumped out of their closets to denounce the report. The usual fake outrage...
Several years ago, in the early nineties, my husband and I were posted at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. The Embassy was located in an old building set in a beautiful campus. Housing for a number of families was located inside the campus....

Rabina Khan is one of the most influential politicians in the east London borough of Tower Hamlets, where she serves as a Liberal Democrat councillor....

The UK Asian Film Festival, has announced its 23rd edition festival dates, theme and Opening and Closing Films. In the light of Covid-19, the curation...
Rudy Otter, a retired Anglo-Indian freelance reporter and columnist for ABPL Group, is wearing a bigger smile than usual. His book, “The Very Best of Rudy Otter”, has been selling in countries like India, Malaysia, Singapore, the UK, Canada,...

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has today released full details of its Summer 2021 programme which includes an artists’ impression of the newly conceived...
A team from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures at the University of Leeds, has secured £1 million in funding from global charitable foundation Wellcome to develop medical humanities research.
Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre is all set to premiere The Beatles and India next month in a socially distanced setting.