Asian Lite News Archive

Category: Lifestyle

  • Singapore hotel group to enter Gulf

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    Singapore-based Banyan Tree Group, which operates luxury hotels and resorts in Southeast Asia, the Seychelles and Maldives, has plans to enter the GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council) market with its recently revealed special serviced apartment brand Cassia. Cassia lies in a niche sector between hotels and serviced apartments, Ho Kwon Ping, executive chairman of Banyan Tree…

  • Dubai house prices to spike

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    However, the 18 per cent surge in rents on two-bedroom apartments in the first quarter reported by Asteco on the back of lower than expected new property completions is a reason to think again. Asteco said that 14,000 new units were delivered compared with a forecast 40,000, and thought the situation might improve later in…

  • An ardent social worker

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    He’s either Mr Sinha or Uncle Sinha to those who know him. A true social worker, Mr Ashit Sinha doesn’t get tired working for the community at large. “Being a member of the society, you should cultivate the habit to serve it in whatever capacity you can. No differences should crop-up between the various communities…

  • Ancient olive trees find place in Dubai

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    Two Mediterranean olive trees, each more than a millennium old, have been brought to Dubai to be planted on a man-made island off the coast.The trees, dating between 1,300 and 1,400 years old, are being planted on the “Heart of Europe”, a group of six islands in The World development. They are part of a…

  • Hussain’s rare paintings in London

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    For the first time, the final nine paintings by the celebrated Indian artist, M.F. Husain (1915- 2011) will go on public display at the V&A this summer. The Indian Civilization series comprises eight monumental triptych paintings, each measuring 12 feet wide by six feet high, which represent Husain’s vision of the richness of Indian culture…

  • The Lancet triggers obesity alert

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    The Lancet, the leading medical journal, says a third of world’s population obese or overweight. Asian Lite, newspaper for NRIs and Indian diaspora regularly publishes health related articles.  Revealing how the obesity epidemic has spread globally, an alarming study has said that 2.1 billion – nearly 30 percent of the world’s population – people are either…

  • Busy life hits family quality time

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    Asian Lite, top newspaper for NRIs and Asian diaspora looks in to the struggle to maintain work-life balance Parents from the ‘Globetrotting Generation’ struggling to balance time with kids with time together ,  study reveals. The pressures of modern life are meaning families are getting on average just 169 minutes of quality time together in a…

  • Dishoom – an Iranian café in London

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    Joyeeta Basu of Asian Lite, UK’s No 1 newspaper for the Brtish Asians, looks in to Dishoom – one of the most favourite restaurants in London   Walking into Dishoom in Shoreditch feels a bit like stepping in to the 1970s of Mumbai. The restaurant is as if inherited from an eccentric Iranian uncle. Exposed…