London chooses its Assembly Members across the city 10/05/2016 12:09 pm Rupanjana Dutta The 2016 London Assembly election was held on the same day as the UK council and Mayoral election.
Media Watch 10/05/2016 7:51 pm Urja Patel Prior to the West Bengal Assembly elections, India’s Election Commission (which monitors these events) insisted that Kolkata Police Commissioner Kumar be removed and replaced by Soumen Mitra. It was a magic wand. The rampant hooliganism - mostly the work of ruling Trinamool Congress activists – came to a stop. The polls in Kolkata and its suburbs were conducted in exemplary conditions, good order and civic behavior not seen the city within living memory. This was not how it was supposed to be, according to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who, in a rampaging performance at a TMC election rally in east Midnappur threatened the present police dispensation with dire consequences when she and her party returned to power.
The Queen, Allegiance and Europe 10/05/2016 8:08 pm Urja Patel I write to you just before leaving for the Queen’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. And with the noise around British Sovereignty, Immigration, Europe and the new Mayor - it’s timely. As Baroness Warsi congratulated, in her words, the Pakistani Mayor, this is what an amended recent Obama speech may have sounded like if delivered by a British Indian Mayor of London…
Witness the magic of JLF at South Bank 2016 10/05/2016 8:06 pm Urja Patel For the third year running the idiosyncratic and wonderfully diverse Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) touches down at London's South Bank Centre this May for what looks set to be a veritable smorgasbord of culture. Scheduled for May 21st at The Royal Festival Hall as part of its festival of explosive South Asian Culture - 'Alchemy ', the world famous book festival is guaranteed to turn people on to some of the greatest and most diverse writing around.
