Archive | September, 2008

Aspiring to be a fake beauty…

by Fatema Yasmine

I will never be anorexic as I love the taste of food far greater than I enjoy fashion, and I will never be bulimic because vomiting makes me cry. Are my dreams of becoming a beautiful person over? Ok, that is a bit of an extreme statement, but if we girls admit the truth, we have [...][...more]

Fashion & Beauty Comments (41)

Kashif Choudhry: Catch-up with a Winner

by Halima Khatun

Earlier this year, I reported on the Muslim Writer Awards, a prestigious award ceremony which celebrated the cream of unsung talent within the UK Muslim community. The event attracted big media names such as Jermaine Jackson and James Caan, but without question, the show belonged to the winners - they showed wit, creativity, and passion in their [...][...more]

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A touch of colour

by Halimah Abubacker

Mac! So many colours to choose from. Too many products to try! Which do I use, which do I buy?? Right now the trend is to be bold with colours, but blending is the key. For those of us slightly shy of attracting too much attention or using too many colours - there are ways around it [...][...more]

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Why don’t you get a life?

by Pras Geng

Arvind Devalia is a performance coach, speaker and author of Get the Life You Love and Live It, a life coaching bible to those who want to improve their lives. Before he got into the world of self growth and personal development, he worked for many years in IT and Marketing. After a visit to [...][...more]

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British TV gets long overdue Desi Hottie

by Rina Kaur

Ayesha Dharker is the new Asian sensation the people at ITV and Coronation Street are hoping will save the day. Only last month, Trevor Phillips, the chairman of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights blasted the soap for its lack of diversity amongst its Black and Asian characters. The report the commission released concluded [...][...more]

TV Comments (36)

Too close to call as fear stalks America

by Shamik Das

With just seven weeks to go until the US Presidential elections, the two candidates are neck and neck with polls predicting the contest will go to the wire. The latest opinion polls, published this morning, give Barack Obama the slenderest of leads - four per cent (49-45) in Quinnipiac University’s nationwide survey and five per [...][...more]

Current Affairs Comments (6)

The Imperfect Perfection

by Kaynath Parvez

In the society we live in today, how much are we willing to overlook when it comes to finding the “One”? Do we ask for too much? Or are we justified when we refuse to settle for any less than perfect? It all kicked-off last Friday when I attended an old friend’s wedding reception. Months before the [...][...more]

Lifestyle Comments (41)

Jay Sean nominated for Mobo Awards.

by Pras Geng

Jay Sean’s success story continues as he receives two nominations at this year’s Mobo Awards (Music of Black Origin). The R&B crooner is up for ‘Best UK Male’, alongside Wiley, Dizzee Rascal, Taio Cruz and Sway. He is also up for the ‘Best R’n'B/Soul’ award, where his competition consists of an international line-up of R&B [...][...more]

Music Comments (4)

The Pursuit of Homeliness

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]

Lifestyle Comments (54)

CERN, baby, CERN, neutrino inferno!

by Shamik Das

Five… four… three… two… one… the Hadron Collider is go! At 8:30 this morning the world didn’t come to an end, as many had predicted, when scientists from around the world fired up the particle accelerator in CERN.In recreating the big bang, physicists took a leap into the unknown to rival the moon landings, the [...][...more]

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Everybody Loves a Girl in a Skirt

by Pras Geng

To a guy there is something quite undeniable about a woman who shows flesh, whether you like to admit it or not. While most men would prefer to date or marry a woman who dresses somewhat modestly, us single blokes could possibly not get enough of looking at a girl who dresses like she is [...][...more]

Lifestyle Comments (28)


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