Not Namaste Trump but Phir Milengey: H-1B visas suspended, what now?
It looked like things were getting as close as could be between US President Donald Trump and Narendra Modi but a worldwide pandemic and...
Krishna in the land of Islam – a story of two devotees and their unfaltering faith in him
Turkey is a secular country, but 99% of the population are Muslims. According to some spiritual groups, this poses a challenge for other religions...
LIFF 2021: Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition
This year sees the London Indian Film Festival adopt a hybrid format, fuelled by having to go online under last year's COVID lockdown. What...
Surviving the Nepal earthquake in 2015: a memoir of a calamity
This is a topic I have written on countless times in my life. And over time, although the topic has remained the same, the...
Swarnavel Eswaran’s first feature film Kattumaram (Catamaran) gets a standing ovation at BFI during LIFF 2019
Kattumaram (Catamaran), the coming-of-age tale of Tsunami-survivors in a small village where a conservative maternal uncle supports his orphaned niece and nephew while they...
Ratha Yatra in Edinburgh draws huge crowds
In an incredible Ratha Yatra festival organised by the Edinburgh Hindu Mandir and Odhisha Society of Scotland (OSS), nearly a thousand people gathered in...
Remembering the Mahatma
Some figures from history fade with time, but others not only endure, they thrive and become something greater. Gandhi is one of those who...
The master publisher CB Patel
CB Patel, Editor of Asian Voice, one of the leading publications of the Asian diasporas in the UK, rarely ever speaks about himself. We...
World Mental Health Day 2020: Trailing Spouse Syndrome
You're faced with an exciting opportunity. Your wife, husband, partner, other half, has the chance to get a new role in another country. Odds...
Founder of Cloud Apartments wins Emerging Entrepreneur Award
Rising to the challenge of Covid has seen an emerging entrepreneur launch, and successfully grow, Cloud Apartments from just a single one-bedroom apartment in...
