Iranian feature “The Another Self” gets two nominations at Wales Film Festival

Passionate filmmaker Amir Tavakoli tackles a social topic in Iran The challenges faced by transgender communities across the world are similar, but can get extreme...

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...

London to host largest Bengali Film Festival in Europe

London Bengali Film Festival 2026

The London Bengali Film Festival (LBFF), Europe’s largest platform dedicated to Bengali cinema, proudly announces its 9th edition, taking place from 22–26 April 2026...

Debut novel depicts the challenges of a young Asian woman expelled from Uganda

Winter was just setting in when I first saw the images of Ugandan Asians disembarking at UK airports. The weather was foul and l’ll...

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...

What’s this Big Deal about English-Vinglish?

“Many cool,” said the guy who comes to mow our lawn in the summer and fall. It took us a while to figure out...

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...

An ode to coronavirus

Hey there! I'm Corona Well, Corona means 'a crown' I'm now crowned king of social media And have become talk of the town. In less than a month...

Kashmir’s Children of a Lesser God

I wonder if Medoff drew his inspiration from Kashmir when he chronicled the fascinating drama capturing the intensity of conflicting ideologies of speech and...

Global Indian Stories – Top 10

Early in May 2019, Global Indian Stories launched. Since then we've had the honour of sharing a wide variety of stories from around the...