by Aliya Razaaq
A daughter caught between a mix of Eastern and Western values; a mother on the prowl, preoccupied with reputation; a bunch of stiff upper lipped relatives; tales of forced marriage and torture. This is the Masood family, the latest Asian experiment to be performed on hit BBC soap Eastenders. Eastenders has long had a reputation of [...][...more]
by Amna Ahmed
We’ve all heard about good girls going bad. We’ve also seen their halos being modelled, quite deliberately into a set of horns. In the Indian entertainment industry, maintaining a squeaky clean image only comes to those that want to stay out of the public eye. To ensure this happens, a celebrity needs to remain a [...][...more]
It seems like everyone is a Perez Hilton these days. Hollywood celebrities and your average Jo Schmoe have been revealing their nasty inner secrets ever since celebrity stalking became a full time sport. Now, our very own Bollywood celebrities are taking some time out of their busy lives to communicate with their fans, not to [...][...more]
Tehran born M.I.L.A.D talks to InsideDesi’s Halima Khatun about his trials and tribulations in attempting to break into the mainstream.[...more]
by Lady Jalebi
“Lady Jalebi is a young, vibrant Londoner quite happily living the single life and playing the field. Her anxious parents however, think it’s high time she settled down and are on a quest to find the perfect Desi guy for her to marry. From set ups to speed dating, join her each month as she [...][...more]
Eastenders has finally come up trumps by depicting a British Asian family we can believe in. It only took two decades, and a lot of poor storylines in-between, but Enders’ latest family offering, the Masood’s, are probably the nearest representation of a British Muslim family that we are going to get. Despite having relatively low-key roles, [...][...more]
by Pras Geng
Three years of abstinence from the music scene and two singles into the new album - which this week dropped in at #6 in the UK Album charts - and it feels like he has never really been away. The video for the third single ‘Stay’ is already up on YouTube. Boy is this a [...][...more]
by Ikram Ali
How many famous British South Asians (Desi’s) can you name? That’s right, not many. Other than a few Big Brother rejects, those people from the Kumars at 42 and the token Asian family in Eastenders – who else is out there? Yes a few are blazing a trail, like Jay Sean, Tre Azam, Konnie Huq, [...][...more]
Adrian Chiles, the presenter of The Apprentice - You’re Fired once said, ‘It happens every year… another brummie comes on, and I think they’ll make it to the end, but they never do.’ The same could be said for the Desi representatives on the high brow reality show. Series one introduced the unstoppable (and unsilence-able) Saira [...][...more]
by Amna Ahmed
It’s the last match of the Twenty 20 world cup, the Pakistani crowd inked in green and white are jubilant, Mahendra Singh Dhoni looks up to the heavens and Yuvraj Singh kick the dust as Umar Gul takes the final wicket. India wraps it up with a depressing 157/5 in 20 overs. The Indian crowd [...][...more]
by Ikram Ali
Beauty is a rare commodity, sought after by those with the most power within the most influential industries, in this case the Indian Film industry… It’s no secret that some of the most beautiful women in the world hail from India, Aishwarya Rai (Miss World 1994), Sushmita Sen (Miss Universe 1994), Diana Hayden (Miss World 1997), [...][...more]
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