Gurudwaras offer chairs to elderly people 29/09/2014 10:06 am K.K. Joseph Over the last few years, chairs, cushioned stools and benches have started appearing in gurudwara halls where the Guru Granth Sahib is placed as well as at langars.
Asbos-style orders to apprehend Muslim radicals 30/09/2014 10:56 am Sunetra Senior Theresa May announced a government manifesto to prevent extremist preaching on the 30th of September.
Golden Temple inspires US students to organise langar 29/09/2014 10:06 am K.K. Joseph Inspired by the "langar" of the Golden Temple, where they visited early this year, a group of US students are organising a free meal day at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
‘લોટ આજા મેરે મીત’ એક ગુજરાતી નવલકથા 30/09/2014 10:58 am Kamal Rao બર્મિંગહામના મોઝલી ખાતે રહેતા શ્રી ચીમનલાલ પાંવે લખેલી નવલકથા ‘લોટ કે આજા મેરે મીત’નું ગયા વર્ષે ઓકટોબર માસમાં બર્મિંગહામ ગુજરાતી લીટરરી સોસાયટી દ્વારા યોજાયેલા એક કવિ સંમેલનમાં યુ.કે.ના વિખ્યાત કવિઓ સર્વશ્રી આદમભાઈ ટંકારવી, પ્રફુલભાઈ અમીન, પંકજભાઇ વોરા, ભારતીબેન વોરા તથા અન્ય કવિઓ, શ્રોતાજનોની હાજરીમાં વિમોચન કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું. નવલકથાનો આસ્વાદ પ્રફુલભાઈએ ઘણા સુંદર શબ્દોમાં આપ્યો હતો.
London Sharad Utsav to promote Durga Puja in Kolkata as a major attraction for NRIs 29/09/2014 10:25 am Rupanjana Dutta While Kolkata has already started the Durga puja festivities from Sunday 28 September, London is going to celebrate it from Thursday 2nd October, with Mahashtami on Friday 3rd October.Amongst the usual Durga Pujas by different organisations in and around, London Sharad Utsav (LSU) has caught my eyes, specially as they are doing something very different this year.
MP Rushanara Ali quits as Shadow Minister 30/09/2014 11:01 am Rupanjana Dutta Rushanara Ali, the British Bangladeshi Labour Party MP for Bethnal Green and Bow has quit as a Shadow Minister because she was unwilling to vote for British air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq.
