Vaidehi Patel – an inspiration to Asian swimmers 24/01/2017 9:08 am Anand Pillai She is only fourteen; but Vaidehi Patel has made a name for herself in the UK swimming circles through her performances at various championships in the inter-school and national levels.
Britions hold protests in support of Jallikattu 24/01/2017 9:45 am Rupanjana Dutta The Tamil community in Britain held peaceful protests outside the Indian High Commission (Aldwych), outside Wembley Stadium and East Ham high street to support the tradition of Jallikattu. More than 3000 people gathered in this cold weather at Wembley on Saturday 21st January to support the initiative. Protests were also held at Oxford, Leeds and Ireland. East Ham saw many people gathered on the high street on Sunday 22nd January to voice their opinion supporting the sport.
Think carefully, dear Kashmiris 24/01/2017 7:53 am Rupanjana Dutta A backbench business debate was proposed by my colleague in the Parliament to discuss human rights violations by India of the people of Kashmir. Twenty seven of my colleagues of the total twenty nine, supported the motion proposed by David Nutall – most of who represented the constituencies with a dense population of people of Pakistani and illegally Pakistan Occupied Jammu Kashmir origin. Having been a long standing friend of India and the Vice Chair of Indo-British All Party Parliamentary Group, I spoke in defence of India and highlighted the plight of minorities in the Kashmir valley.
