Asian Lite News Archive

Category: NRI News

  • Belgium’s best export – Tintin

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    Vikas Datta looks into Belgium’s most enduring export: Tintin’s adventures and politics. Asian Lite, the best newspaper for NRIs and Indian diaspora will carry regular features Comic books, like many products we know, are an American invention. The US and Japan (manga) account for most since the form appeared in the 1930s, but neither can…

  • India and good governance

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    Delhi-based journalist Vishnu Makhijani looks into the changes in governance in India in his column Soliloquy – Of democracy and democratic governance for Asian Lite, the best newspaper for NRIs and Indian diaspora  In the 1970s, Vasant Sathe, the information and broadcasting minister, stirred a political storm by suggesting that India needed a presidential form of government.…

  • Can probe cleanse cricket?

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    Delhi-based Veturi Srivatsa looks into the recent scams and controversies erupted in Indian cricket for Asian Lite, top Asian newspaper for the Indian diaspora Probing betting, match and spot-fixing in cricket is turning out to be a mirage like bringing back black money stashed abroad. The Supreme Court has asked the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee to…

  • Spiritual Library in Bangalore

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    The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) centre in the city opened a spiritual library  

  • Guru Amar Das Jayanthi

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     Children participate in a religious procession organised on the birth anniversary of Guru Amar Das  in Amritsar

  • Remains of the day – Afghanistan

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    Smoke is seen coming from the building occupied by attackers in Herat, Afghanistan. At least four gunmen were killed while two policemen were wounded in an attack against Indian consulate in western Afghan city of Herat on Friday  

  • Odissi in Germany

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    The Odissi dancer Kaberi Sen performs at the International Theater in Frankfurt, Germany. 

  • Labour wave in Manchester

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    The Labour Party juggernaut crushed and wiped out the remains of Liberal Democrat party in the city. All nine of Nick Clegg’s councillors were lost lost against the Labour nominees. The overall result is 95 out of 96 seats now held by Labour, with just one – Independent Labour councillor Henry Cooper, a defector from…

  • GET SET FOR THE POST IPL DEPRESSION

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    DAILY DOSE By Bikram Vohra is asking the IPL fans to get ready for the post IPL depression If you are a cricket fan you could be one of the 35% doctors say could suffer from a very real ailment called PTD. Post Tournament Depression. It happens in many sports and it is now happening…

  • UAE Exchange To Buy Travelex

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    Dubai-based UAE Exchanges to buy Travelex for an undisclosed sum. But industry pundits said it will be around one billion pounds.   Apax is to sell its majority stake in foreign exchange operator Travelex to Dr B R Shetty, the owner of UAE Exchange; and Abu Dhabi firm Centurion Investments, newspapers reported. Apax had previously been…

  • Rohan bags Cincinnati title

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    Indian-orgin Rohan D’Souza won the 1st Singles Flight  A Champion in tennis at Cincinnati.  This tennis tournament  is organised by Greater Cincinnati Tennis Coaches Association.   The prestigious  Junior Varsity Coaches Classic tennis tournament finals was played on May 19th, 2014. Sycamore High School voted and nominated Rohan D’Souza Team Captain for Junior Varsity (JV) Tennis…

  • Cleanliness Next to Godliness

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    Robinder Sachdev, president of Imagindia Institute, and chairman of the Come, Clean India campaign , says  Modi’s vision bodes well for a clean India. Asian Lite, the best NRI newspaper, will carry more from Clean India campaign regularly. Keep reading..   I run a think tank where we focus on the image and imagination of India and,…

  • US to cement ties with India

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    Asian Lite, the best newspaper for NRI news, looks into Indo-US relations.  Did US put all its eggs in one basket by denying visa to Modi during his tenure as Chief Minister over the Gujarat riots? Denying that it had failed to reach out to the Bharatiya Janata Party before the elections, the US has…

  • New Era in India – By Amulya Ganguli

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    Amulya Ganguli looks on Modi’s gestures. His willingness to make a new beginning. Asian Lite, top Asian newspaper for NRIs, will publish comments from Amulya regularly. Please keep watch If the expectations about Narendra Modi are tinged by a sense of mystery and excitement, the reason is not only that he is an outsider to the…

  • DU’s CIC admission on June 24

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    Asian Lite, top Asian newspaper in theUK, reports on DU Cluster Innovation Centre admission begins June 24  The admission procedure to four-year under-graduate programme of Delhi University’s Cluster Innovation Centre (CIC) begins June 24, an official said. “The admission process will begin June 24 and end July 24,” Shobha Bagai, professor at CIC, told IANS.…

  • Indians shine at Forbes’ ME list

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    Asian Lite, the Global Voice of the South Asian Diaspora, looks in to the rise of Indian-origin CEOs on Forbes Middle-East list A poor cotton farmer’s son from Maharasthra’s Vidarbha region and a young doctor from Kerala have been named in the Forbes list of top 40 CEOs in Middle-East countries. Krishnakumar Taori, the group…

  • Cameron to focus on economy

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    Prime Minister David Cameron will face the 2015 elections on his economic credentials, Asian Lite can reveal. As the party lost about 180 seats in the local councils to Ukip and Labour, the Tory leader in a message to its members and supporters said the future of Britain is safe in his hands. The prime…

  • Hinduja unveils MetroDecker in London

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    Optare, a subsidiary of Hinduja Group’s Ashok Leyland, the fourth largest bus manufacturer in the world, has launched a new bus called the MetroDecker. The bus was unveiled at the London Transport Museum on 21 May in the presence of several dignitaries. A brief background of Optare which was bought out by Leyland Trucks and…

  • GOTTAGO GOTTAGO

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    Bikram Vohra’s DAILY DOSE for Asian Lite, top Asian newspaper in the UK My flight into Delhi did not disappear. It whispered onto the runway and did a three point touchdown. As the aircraft slowed and trundled to its gate there was a sudden of shouting that seemed to increase in intensity and became confrontational.…

  • Manju is next Mayor of Croydon

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    A proud moment for  all Malayalees in the UK that Manju Shahul-Hameed will be the new Mayor of Croydon after her Labour Party winning the Croydon Council elections. With it the malayalees are making their presence felt in British politics. Broad Green councillor Manju Shahul Hameed was nominated as the next Mayor of Croydon by…

  • Nominations for Victoria Prize invited

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    Applications for two prestigious science and innovation programs in Australia, the 2014 Victoria Prize for  Science & Innovation and the 2014 Victoria Fellowships are now open. The Minister for Innovation, Louise Asher said two $50,000 Victoria Prizes, one for physical  science and one for life sciences, will be available this year, to recognise the work…

  • Special Report from Cannes

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    Aishwarya Rai may be the star attraction at the red carpet, but it was three top notch Bollywood Khans — Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman – who dominated the film market at the ongoing 67th Cannes International Film Festival with buyers queueing up for their forthcoming films. SRK’s “Happy New Year”, directed by Farah Khan and…

  • WHAT’S UP, DOC?

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    DAILY DOSE By Bikram Vohra Sat on a flight next to a pretty decent looking person. Like dignified and all that. Mutually decided not to speak to each other, which is fine by me, I HATE making airplane friendships. Anyway, some how we established eye contact half way through and stuttered into a conversation. He…

  • Modi – Victory celebrations

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    S Californians celebrate Modi triumph   Southern Californians gathered at the corner of Pioneer Blvd & 186th Street in Artesia Little India Village,  to celebrate BJP’s victory and Modi’s triumph at the parliamentary polls. Seen in the picture L to R are Neil Kothari, Lalit Patni, Suresh Balsara, Chandan Karmokar and  Chandrakant Shah. Organisers of…

  • Britain goes to poll today

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    Millions of people are voting in the European election and local council polls in England and Northern Ireland on Thursday, BBC reported. There are elections across the UK to the European Parliament on Thursday and elections to 161 councils in England and 11 in Northern Ireland. Campaigners appealing against the right-wing British Nationalist party and anti-EU Ukip. It…

  • EU to review mango ban from India

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    The European Union is planning to send an an audit to India in September this year to review the controversy over the quality of Alphonso mango exports from India. Keith Vaz MP, who is campaigning on the issue, spoke to Lord De Mauley, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Science, on Wednesday to…

  • WHO concern over child obesity

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    The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the worldwide increase in childhood obesity. At the 67th World Health Assembly held in Geneva, the concern was highlighted by WHO’s Director-General Margaret Chan, Xinhua reported. The WHO annual assembly grouped more than 3,000 delegates from 194 member states at the UN headquarters here, to…

  • Khan Campaign gathers momentum

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    Asian Lite’s Anjana Parikh looks in to the campaign of North-West’s most popular Asian politician   Afzal Khan, the first Asian Lord Mayor of Manchester, is creating ripples in the North West EU elections, as the campaign enters the final phase. Mr Khan, a professional solicitor turned politician, has visited several community centres and Asian…

  • UK gears up for EU polls

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    Kaliph Anaz reports on the EU campaign Scenario in the UK. British-Asian voters are still confused about the policies of the major political parties – but they are aware about the racist stance of Ukip and its leader Nigel Farage and the right-wing British Nationalist Party of Nick Griffin. Campaigners are urging the British-Asians to…

  • Sorry Dad..Sorry Dad…But too late

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    Sorry Dad, Sorry Dad…..But it was futile. He was kicked and hit by his dad. Prateek Verma’s  sense of humour took a real beating when he fooled his father into thinking that he had got his girlfriend pregnant. But this made him very popular. He secretly made a video of the episode, which has been viewed more…

  • London Goes to poll

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     Kaliph Anaz looks into the electoral scenario in London. British Asian voters constitute about 20 per cent of the electorate. Their votes are crucial for any party’s victory London, the commercial capital of the world, is going to poll tomorrow. British-Asians constitute about 18.4 per cent of the population in London and their votes are…

  • ‘Kathak dance is my soul’

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    Kajal Sharma performing at the 75 birthday celebration of her guru, Padma Vibhushan Pt.Birju Maharaj, at Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi. Photo credit: Ashwini Chopra I was introduced to Kathak at a very tender age.  At the tender age of 7 I met Pt.Birju Maharaj in New Delhi where he was teaching his class at…

  • Sam Cam Hails Sangam

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    Samantha Cameron praised the “remarkable” and “amazing” charity the Sangam Association of Asian Women at a Downing Street reception. The Prime Minister’s wife welcomed over 100 guests on behalf of the pioneering Barnet-based charity and praised the way the charity has evolved over the past four decades. Speaking at the event, Mrs Cameron said “I…

  • THE PERILS OF PAGE 3 PEOPLE 

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    DAILY DOSE By Bikram Vohra Many years ago I wrote about this couple who were not A list. More like a B or B plus. Not rich enough, not famous enough, not pow­erful enough. So, while they were pretty active on the city circuit they were never at the best places. Just second best. Sort…

  • Lubna signs deal for Students Centre

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    Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of Development and International Co-operation and President of Zayed University (ZU), has signed an agreement on the establishment of the Sheikha Latifa bint Hamdan Al Maktoum Centre for Student Activities at Zayed University (ZU).Inked at the ZU’s campus in Dubai, Mirza Al Sayegh, Director the office of H.H…

  • Glasnost at India House in London

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    Kaliph Anas reports on the new initiatives at Indian High Commission in London to reach out to the community The Indian High Commission in London is reaching out to the community to ameliorate their concerns. The initiative was launched by High Commissioner Mr Ranjan Mathai. The whole exercise is aimed to deliver better public services…

  • Zee to unveil Zindagi on June 23

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    TV network Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) on Monday announced that it will launch a new Hindi general entertainment channel Zindagi nationally June 23. The latest offering will focus on catering to viewers with stories with universal emotions.Zindagi will have fiction shows – mainly those that dwell on romance, love and family drama – produced…

  • IN THE BAG

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    DAILY DOSE By Bikram VohraSome things fascinate me. Like people who buy watches for $100,000. I am sure it must be a lovely feeling to have that kind of money on your wrist but does it improve the quality of time. I don’t suggest you wear a Mickey Mouse plastic watch but such an exorbitant…

  • What went wrong with Rahul?

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    Prashant Sood says Congress failure to link with the grass root workers cost them dearly Raising the morale of party workers, ideological consolidation, policy revamp and a sustained grassroots campaign are among the measures being suggested by Congress leaders to revive the party’s fortunes after its crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. In the…

  • To hell with subtlety

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    By Vishnu Makhijani  There’s this story told about a US presidential election in the early days of the republic. Planks had been laid across the main street of a town in Texas that had turned into slush after a sharp shower. As it happened, two candidates approached each other on the same plank. “I’ll have…

  • So Sorrryyyy – Post-Poll videos

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    India Today’s So Sorry videos are going viral. Sonia Consoles Rahul; Modi’s Victory Dance are favourites HERE IS THE LINK – http://bit.ly/1lBdLy6

  • Indian Summer in London

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    The four-month’s Brtish summer begins with a big bang as tempertaures crosses 25 degree C in Britain. Experts says this summer is expected to follow the pattern of “extreme weather” seen over the past two years. Jonathan Powell, forecaster for Vantage Weather Services, told the Daily Express that the weather is likely to follow the…

  • Hindujas top the Rich List

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    Indian-born Hindujas again top on the list of Britain’s wealthiest people. The Sunday Times Rich List are richer than they have ever been with a combined fortune of £519bn — equivalent to a third of the nation’s annual gross domestic product. As people have seen their wages fall in real terms, The Sunday Times Rich…

  • ‘Immigrants must learn English’

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    Britain’s most powerful British politician said the immigrants must learn English and “respect our way of life.” Sajid Javid MP, the Culture Secretary in David Cameron’s cabinet, says as he criticises migrants who have lived here for years but still cannot speak the language. Mr Javid to the Telegraph newspaper that the voters have legitimate…

  • UK Housing Market at risk

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    The governor of the Bank of England has given his strongest warning yet about the dangers to Britain’s economy posed by the booming housing market, BBC reported. Mark Carney said the market represented the “biggest risk” to financial stability and the long-term recovery. He added there were deep structural problems which needed to be addressed.…

  • Russi Mody – Man of Steel

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    Sirshendu Panth pays tribue to Mody, India,s Man of Steel  Russi Modi was a flamboyant, visionary corporate leader who laid the foundation for the growth of one of India’s pioneering private sector company into a global steel behemoth by combining excellence in business with an enduring commitment to society. Having steered the erstwhile TISCO – now…

  • Gulf workers hail Modi win

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    There have been mixed reactions among expatriate Indians living in the Gulf countries following the landslide victory of the BJP, led by Narendra Modi, in the Indian general elections. While some expressed hope and enthusiasm, for others, there was disappointment.The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Kerala Muslim Cultural Committee (KMCC), which had anticipated a Congress-led United…

  • Amit Shah- The King Maker

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    Mohit Dubey profiles Amit Shah; the brain behind Modi’s victory in Uttar Pradesh Less than a year ago, when Amit Shah, BJP general secretary and possibly the closest political associate of Narendra Modi, came to Lucknow, the first thing he did was to head for a doctor. An upset stomach and high fever meant the…

  • Modi Era Begins in Delhi

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    Thousands of BJP supporters gave a rousing welcome to Narendra Modi on Saturday, set to be India’s prime minister, as he flew into Delhi and set out in a motorcade to the party headquarters. A sea of supporters waved BJP flags, blew conches, beat drums, danced and shouted slogans as soon as Modi stepped out…

  • THE MODI MOMENT

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    Go for it, Mr Modi, be the man they say you are and lead from the front. Don’t do a Kejriwal and betray the public trust for an agenda……Bikram Vohra’s comment on India Elections and Modi victory Anything critical said today goes against the moment of celebration. The BJP has swept the nation and deserves…