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In reference to the debate held recently in UK parliament, I would like to remind you of the Kashmir debate that took place in 2014. You will recall that there were an equal number of contributors on both sides of arguments, making it a fairer debate. This time it was 27 MPs for the motion and 2 opposing it.

Brexit and the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the USA on Friday 20th January both have something in common. Then so called liberals lose a democratic vote, they often resort to litigation, look at the way in which petulant, resentful remainers have taken legal action, in a cynical attempt to derail the ‘Brexit’ vote.

People spend a lot of money celebrating birthdays, weddings and anniversaries. But what they do not realise is that the same money they spend can be spent in feeding the underprivileged children of our country. India is a poor country and we all know that eighty per cent of the people living there do not even get one square meal. They have to rely on charity or handouts for food and to fill their stomach. The same money spent on extravagance can be donated to charitable institutions, where the money can be used for a good cause. Such acts of goodness and kindness will at least put a smile on their faces.

We have all heard the ongoing saga of Jallikattu in Bharat. On 21 January Shri Modi lifted the ban by an executive order. The ban was imposed by the Supreme Court in 2014 as a result of pressure from Animal Rights and other groups under the pretext of elimination of cruelty to animals. Jallikattu is not only a sport but a cultural event practiced for millennia in South Bharat.

By the time this edition of Asian Voice drops on our doormats, the supreme court judges will have delivered their ruling (24 January) whether the prime minister could trigger article 50 and start the ball rolling towards the process of leaving the European Union (EU) without the parliament’s assent.

Referring to Mr Daniel D’Cruz’ letter dated 14/1/17 and the following facts about demonetisation of Indian Rupee, it appears that he is used to giving garbled reports on Mr Modi’s statements and actions to spread false ideas.

When one looks back at immigration in the last 500 years, one finds that the British indigenous race today is a mixed race. The history of just East End area of London is interesting. In the 16th century Dutch traders began to settle: leather workers and locksmiths, Dutch and French Huguenots (13,000), and Irish, Jews and Chinese also came. In 1880's 100,000 Russian and Polish Jews and about 20,000 German, Austrian, Dutch and Romanian Jews came to East End. In the 20th century immigrants from West Indies, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh came.

Although Trump won easily, it was Hillary who bagged two million more votes than his Republican rival Trump. But most neutral may wonder how she failed to defeat one of the most divisive candidates who insulted women and antagonized most people, especially from ethnic minorities who united and voted Hillary.

યુકેની સુપ્રીમ કોર્ટના ન્યાયમુર્તિઓએ મંગળવારે ૮ વિરુદ્ધ ૩ મતે ઐતિહાસિક ચુકાદો આપતા કહ્યું છે કે વડા પ્રધાન પાર્લામેન્ટમાં કાયદો પસાર કર્યા વિના આર્ટિકલ-૫૦ હેઠળ બ્રેક્ઝિટ કાર્યવાહી આરંભી શકે નહિ. વડા પ્રધાન થેરેસા મે માટે આ મોટો પરાજય હોવાં છતાં એક બાબતે આશ્વાસન લઈ શકે છે કે સુપ્રીમ કોર્ટે બ્રેક્ઝિટ સમજૂતી પર વીટો લગાવવા સ્કોટિશ સરકારની માગણી ફગાવી દીધી હતી. હાઈ કોર્ટના ચુકાદાને સમર્થન આપતા સુપ્રીમ કોર્ટના જસ્ટિસોએ સ્પષ્ટ કર્યું હતું કે ઈયુ છોડવાની સત્તાવાર પ્રક્રિયા આરંભવા વડા પ્રધાન એક્ઝિક્યુટિવ પાવર્સનો ઉપયોગ કરી શકે નહિ. થેરેસા સરકાર માર્ચના અંત સુધીમાં બ્રેક્ઝિટ પ્રક્રિયા આરંભવા મક્કમ છે. રીમેઈન છાવણીને ટેકો આપતા સાંસદો અને લોર્ડ્સને સુધારાઓ મૂકવા પૂરતો સમય ન મળે તે માટે સરકાર ટુંકુ બિલ લાવશે. લેબર નેતા જેરેમી કોર્બીને કહ્યું છે કે તેમનો પક્ષ આર્ટિકલ-૫૦ની કાર્યવાહીને અવરોધશે નહિ. 

Followed by an enactment of legislation by the Tamil Nadu government to facilitate conduct of jallikattu, the Centre told the Supreme Court that it would withdraw its 2016 notification allowing the bull taming sport in the state, in view of the fresh legislation, passed by the state assembly.