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  • Blue is the colour…

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    The Blues lifted the Premier League trophy following the 3-1 win over Sunderland and won the Capital One Cup in March for Mourinho’s first trophies of his second spell at the club. Now the 52-year-old self-proclaimed Special One has told Blues fans to expect another celebration next May. Mourinho said over the public address system: “Thank…

  • Lord Bilimoria lauds Modi

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    Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE, the Indian-origin crossbench life time peer of British parliament, said  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has global vision to make India a super power. Lord Bilimoria was commenting on Modi’s first year in government. “The whole world is looking to India as it emerges as a global economic superpower under the leadership…

  • Sushma chairs meet on overseas Indians

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    Fourth Meeting of the Board of Trustees of India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF-OI) was held in Delhi The Fourth Meeting of the Board of Trustees of India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF-OI) was held in New Delhi. The meeting was chaired by Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Smt. Sushma Swaraj.  IDF-OI is a…

  • Chiltern Council gets first British Asian chief

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    Britain will witness a unique event tomorrow. Cllr. Mrs Mimi Harker OBE will be invested in the office of Chairperson of Chiltern District Council on Wednesday.  She will be the first British Asian councillor to serve as Chairperson on Chiltern District Council.   This is the beginning of Cllr. Harker’s fifth term as councillor .…

  • Modi puts India on right track

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    After a period of policy paralysis, India is again open for foreign business – and it is reaping encouraging results…writes Vijay Goel, chairman of the Asian Business Association of the London Chamber of Commerce Business people generally welcomed the result, the democratically-minded everywhere applauded the process, but what is the reality one year on from…

  • Chariot Festival in Manchester

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    ISKCON Manchester celebrates their Seventh Annual Rathayatra at the beautiful Cathedral Gardens located in the City Centre Devotees and well-wishers from all over the UK joined to receive the unlimited mercy from Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra as they took to the streets of Manchester to give their darshan and enliven the lives of the…

  • Welcome to Harrow Mr Modi

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    There is no question in my mind that Britain and India should be very close partners on the international stage and should enjoy a special relationship. The premiership of Narendra Modi and the Conservatives in Government in the UK have very compatible outlooks with regard to encouraging private competition, cutting red tape for businesses and…

  • Bihar temple could inspire Ram temple

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    The world’s biggest Hindu temple coming up in Bihar, for which Muslims have also donated land, could inspire the building of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik said. Naik however, admitted that building the temple would take time because it is a “complicated issue”. The North Goa MP,…

  • Modi promises to fulfill promises

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    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a letter to the nation to mark his one year in office. The Indian leader said his government had rejuvenated a languishing economy, brought a corruption-free rule and restored trust. Here is the full letter:  My dear fellow citizens! Service, in our Indian ethos is the ultimate duty – Seva Parmo…

  • The Missing Factor is Compassion

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    Whatever your views on immigration, it is as old as the hills in our British Isles. I want to explode a few myths, and stereotypes around the women immigrants I have met…writes Adeeba Malik CBE, the Deputy CEO of Bradford-based QED for Asian Lite, Britain’s Best Newspaper for British Asians My parents, who moved to Britain from…

  • Modi fuels hope in India: Dr Rami Ranger

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    From day one Mr Modi’s victory brought a new sense of optimism and pride amongst Indians. Their confidence touched new heights not seen in decades. Their morale and confidence was felt across the world especially amongst the huge Indian diaspora scattered in over 150 countries of the world…Dr Rami Ranger, Chairman of London-based Sun Mark…

  • Rohit’s love affair with Eden

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    By Debdoot Das  As Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma held the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy aloft on a Sunday night sky filled with fireworks, one could very well fathom from the roar of the crowd the undeniable love that one of the world’s most iconic venues has for this man. Eden Gardens has never…

  • Britain Awaits Queeen’s Speech

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    Prime Minister David Cameron will set the agenda for his second term with a series of policy announcements in the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday. The prime minister, who is enjoying a thin majority and without any hassle from the strings of a coalition, will unveil a timeframe to fulfil most of his promises in the…

  • YOU ARE A KING OF THE KITCHEN

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    BY BIKRAM VOHRA The gas cylinder runs out an hour before guests arrive. Your pot pie, apple strudel or whatever is in the oven either sinks like the Titanic or is overcooked on the outside and half frozen and raw on the inside. Your delicious mouthwatering that looks absolutely awesome with shining green peas, blazing…

  • ‘Modi, a man mesmerised by own persona’

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    By M.R. Narayan Swamy  Man is wise in hindsight. This is certainly true for journalists. Harish Khare, editor and commentator who was also media adviser to former prime minister Manmohan Singh, comes up with his own analysis of what went wrong with the Congress and how Narendra Modi simply crushed the Grand Old Party to…

  • A small ad sparks a big debate

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    When Mumbai-based Harish Iyer’s mother Padma placed a matrimonial advertisement in a Mumbai tabloid for her gay son, she never thought it would generate a debate across and outside the country…reports Preetha Nair for Asian Lite, Britain’s best newspaper for British Asians  When Mumbai-based Harish Iyer’s mother Padma placed a matrimonial advertisement in a Mumbai tabloid for…

  • NEPAL QUAKE: Horror is still alive

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    Pranay Bordoloi, a senior journalist and a veteran mountaineer, was a part of Asom Everest Expedition, shares his experience at Everest Base Camp -A month after quake, horror is still alive It had been snowing heavily from the wee hours. It seemed like it would never end. The whole Everest Base Camp was clad in white. The…

  • Portrait of an engineer as a novelist

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     Vikas Datta profiles Nevil Shute Norway, an aeronautical engineer would be the last person expected to be a successful and long-lasting novelist Immersed in aerodynamics, material science, structural analysis and the like, an aeronautical engineer would be the last person expected to be a successful and long-lasting novelist. But there was one who started writing…

  • Indus Valley script numerical

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    Contrary to the age-old assumption that the Indus script is a language, a veteran science historian has claimed that it is numerical, as evident from numbers and symbols in the seals and artifacts of the Indus Valley Civilisation (3000-1900 BC)…reports Fakir Balaji for Asian Lite, Britain’s best newspaper for British Asians  Contrary to the age-old assumption that…

  • Congress seeks unity against Modi

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      After the NDA’s victory and the complete decimation of the UPA-II in the 2014 polls, the Opposition was stunned into inaction. However, it recovered quickly and set about initiating a process of transformation. Most major Opposition parties, including the Congress and the Janata Parivar, have re-invented themselves and modified their approach to take on…

  • The House of Hidden Mothers

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    Author, actress, comedian and an impressive three decades into her career, Meera Syal CBE, is gearing up for the exciting release of her new book, The House of Hidden Mothers on 4th June Welcome to Little India, situated in East London: Shyama, aged forty-four, has fallen for a younger man. They want a child together.…

  • Alexandra Palace to host UN Intl. Yoga Day

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    London’s prestigious Alexandra Palace will host International Day of Yoga on 21st June…reports Ragasudha Vinjamuri for Asian Lite, Britain’s best newspaper for British Asians 21st June 2015 has been declared as International Day of Yoga by the United Nations, thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who initiated and took it up with the UN. The resolution…

  • Upahaar launches Gift of Life national campaign

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      Upahaar, a charity promoting organ, stem cell donation among South Asians, launched a national campaign to urge more people to join national organ and blood stem cell donor registry. Father Davis Chiramel , the Kidney priest of India, is leading the two week’s campaign titled Gift of Life.     Mr Siddiq Diwan, Imam at…

  • Modi yet to visit a Muslim country

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    By Saeed Naqvi  Measuring a government’s achievements in its first year has to be inherently speculative. But some things can be put down to Narendra Modi’s account with a degree of certainty. He has in his first year as prime minister, never worn a Muslim cap although it is difficult to identify a cap of…

  • NDA repackaging UPA schemes?

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    By Anjali Ojha   The year-old Narendra Modi-led government says its schemes won’t leave any sector untouched as it flicks aside a Congress charge that it was repackaging the UPA dispensation’s programmes. With banking schemes like Jan Dhan Yojana, mass movement programmes like Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, and social movements like Beti Bachao, the government says no…

  • Greens rap Cameron policy

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    Green Party leader Natalie Bennett condemned the British government’s new immigration policy and said this will demonise the migrants. Prime Minister David Cameron said the government will stem the illegal migration by several measures including confiscating the wages of those who work in the UK without a visa. he also said the new policy of…

  • Yvette vows to win Labour battle

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    Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, said she is determined to take her campaign across the country to win the leadership battle Yvette, the third favourite of bookies after Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall, said the party cannot afford to lose one more general election. “We cannot repeat the same mistakes again,” she wrote in…

  • JAYA: The Iron Lady of Tamil Nadu

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    Jayalalithaa is also likely to contest from the Radhakrishnan Nagar assembly constituency and get re-elected to the assembly…writes Venkatachari Jagannathan   J. Jayalalithaa, often described as the ‘Iron Lady of Tamil Nadu’, returned to power on Saturday – after a seven month break that ended when she was acquitted in a corruption case, bringing joy to…

  • People retain hope in Modi

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    People retain hope in Modi, but time’s running out. One year is not a long enough to give a definitive judgment on the performance of a government, especially when it is emerging from the black hole of the failures of its predecessor… says eminent columnist Amulya Ganguli while reviewing the one year of Modi government for Asian Lite, best newspaper…

  • Modi yet to visit a Muslim country!

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    The itinerant prime minister yet to visit a Muslim country…writes Saeed Naqvi for Asian Lite, Britain’s best newspaper for British Asians  Measuring a government’s achievements in its first year has to be inherently speculative. But some things can be put down to Narendra Modi’s account with a degree of certainty. He has in his first…

  • Why moms say coo while dads stay cool

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    Fathers speak to their children more like adults and by doing so they might act as a link to the outside world by helping them deal with unfamiliar speech In a study looking at fathers’ verbal interactions with their children, a team of researchers suggests that by tending to avoid baby talk, men may provide…

  • REVIEW: Poltergeist

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    Poltergeist 2015 is not petrifying enough …writes Troy Ribiero   Film: “Poltergeist”; Cast: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett, Kennedi Clements, Jared Harris, Jane Adams, Nicholas Braun, Susan Heyward and Soma Bhatia; Director: Gil Kenan; Rating: *1/2 A reboot of the iconic 1982 released Tobe Hooper’s “Poltergeist”, this film with the same name is a…

  • India Amends Investment Policy

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    Modi cabinet amends investment policy for overseas Indians   The Indian cabinet approved certain amendments to the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy to make investments by overseas Indians in the country easier and simpler. Overseas Indians comprise Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs). According to a cabinet communique,…

  • REVIEW: Surkhaab – Focus on migrants

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    Surkhaab tells the story of the flight of the reluctant immigrant…says Troy Ribeiro   Film: “Surkhaab”; Cast: Barkha Madan, Nishant Bahl, Vineeta Mallik, Sumeet Suri, Kanza Feris and Naresh Gosain; Director: Sanjay Talreja; Rating: ** Surkhaab, the beautiful migratory bird that’s found in Punjab is used as a metaphor in this film, and the title song “Des…

  • REVIEW: Tanu Weds Manu – Kangana show

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    Watch this movie for Kangana’s dual magic…writes Troy Ribeiro for Asian Lite, Best Newspaper for British Asians  Film: “Tanu Weds Manu Returns”; Cast: Kangana Ranaut, R. Madhavan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Deepak Dobriyal, Eijaz Khan, Swara Bhaskar, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyb, Rajendra Gupta, Navni Parihar, K.K. Raina and Dipti Mishra; Director: Anand L. Rai; Rating: *** Very rarely do sequels…

  • Inspiring British-Asian Women Honoured

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    The Asian Women of Achievement Awards (AWA), in association with RBS, announced the winners of the 2015 Awards at a recently held event in London in the presence of the Duchess of Gloucester, Patron Princess Badiya bint El Hassan, Theresa May MP, Hilary Benn MP, Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh MP, Miriam Gonazlez Durantez, Elif Shafak and Jazmine…

  • Sleeping Beauty Seeks Help

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    South Asian Arts UK launches fundraising campaign to bring Sleeping Beauty to life Yorkshire based arts charity, South Asian Arts UK (SAA-uk), is asking for help to unite East and West and bring a fairy-tale to life with an Indian inspired performance of Sleeping Beauty. SAA-uk is hoping to raise £5,000 in order to create…

  • Modi’s Mongolia visit all about leverage over China

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    By Priyanka Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mongolia was aimed more at gaining some psychological leverage over China than about building trade and economic ties, according to experts. India’s former ambassador Phunchok Stobdan said that the visit was “more of a strategic step”. S. Kalyanaraman, also an expert on the region, said it was about…

  • World Premiere of Shivaji Play in London

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    London will soon see the exuberant stage show displaying Maratha king Shivaji’s greatness and valour in the play ‘Jaanta Raja’ at SSE Wembley Arena on 20 and 21 June…writes Ragasudha Vinjamuri London will soon see the exuberant stage show displaying Indian king Shivaji’s greatness and valour in the play ‘Jaanta Raja’ at SSE Wembley Arena…

  • Forget selfie, now see this ‘elphie’!

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    If you were left stunned by a black macaque’s selfie last year that became a tug of war between Wikipedia and the photographer about who owned the selfie, this awesome “elphie” is going to floor you completely. Now trending on social media, the elephant selfie or “elphie” has taken users by storm. The “elphie” is…

  • Londoners throng to buy Indian fashion

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    Fans of Indian high fashion in London arrive at Aashni + Co to grab their dream outfits by their favourite designers at a fraction of normal retail prices…reports Asian Lite, Britain’s best newspaper for the British Asians  The first ever Blowout Sample Sale hosted by Aashni + Co, the UK’s leading, Indian high fashion, multi-brand…

  • Modi one year on

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    Amit Kapoor assesses Modi’s one year as prime minister of India for Britain’s leading Asian newspaper Asian |Lite. The Narendra Modi government, which completes a year in office on May 26, had won last year’s general elections on the plank of development and its promise to bring in ‘Acche Din’. Here is a performance snapshot of…

  • Bollywood’s latest route

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    By Nivedita  Be it a train journey in “Chennai Express”, the National Highway journeys in “Highway” and “NH10”, a father-daughter journey from Delhi to Kolkata in latest entertainer “Piku” or a cruise trip in the forthcoming “Dil Dhadakne Do” – Bollywood filmmakers are telling fresh tales set around journeys, mode notwithstanding. This has also helped…

  • Kung fu nuns begin rebuilding Nepal

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    By Vishal Gulati   Trained in the ancient Chinese martial arts and second to none, these softhearted Buddhist nuns are fighting against all odds to help Nepal get back on its feet after last month’s devastating quake and a series of aftershocks. They are the 300 kung fu nuns from the Kathmandu-based Druk Amitabha Mountain nunnery,…

  • Indian doctors blog goes viral

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    A Kerala doctors blog that will put some light into the minds of Indian parents have gone viral on the social media. In what many will see as an eye opener among Indian parents. A father, who is a doctor, has said he would rather his child choose any profession -including pole dancer- over following…

  • GALLERY: Chinese Fashion Trends

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    Model presents a creation by graduates of Tsinghua University and Milano Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) during the 2015 China Graduate Fashion Week in Beijing, capital of China

  • GALLERY: Billboard Music Awards, US

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    Stars in the music word descend on earth to attend the Billboard Music Awards 2015 at  MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas. Some images

  • CRICKET BORING CRICKET

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    BY BIKRAM VOHRA Is there such a state as having too much of a good thing? I think so. The IPL’s 45 day stretch is a perfect case in point. It is like metal fatigue. After a while it develops cracks in the attention span and just becomes a blur. Unless you are a diehard…

  • Gentle Keith Kept His Promise

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    London, No 10 Downing Street Time 12.30 noon. There was a knock at the door. Who is that? It’s Keith …Keith Vaz? What’s in the box?  Mangoes….! Keith Vaz MP, Britain’s  longest serving MP of Asian origin, has fulfilled his promise to deliver a shipment of fine quality Indian Alphonso Mangoes to No. 10 Downing…

  • ‘Secret Millionaire’ to row from London to Paris

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    Mo Chaudry, British-Asian “Secret Millionaire,” is preparing to row from London to Paris on May 25 to raise funds for charity. The Tower to Tower Rowing Challenge will see the team tackle the gruelling 450 nautical mile open-water row from Tower Bridge in London to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Branded the “Everest of open-water rowing”,…