Posted on 10 September 2009 by Shamik Das
The question of how best to deal with the British National Party raised its head again earlier this week with the news BNP leader Nick Griffin will be asked to appear on Question Time in October. The arguments for and against the BBC’s decision range from giving the BNP enough rope to hang themselves and starving [...][...more]
Posted on 22 June 2009 by Pras Geng
Sri Lanka Over 250,000 displaced Tamils are being held in camps, waiting to be resettled. The majority of these involuntary ‘inmates’ have homes or at the very least, places to stay, should they be allowed to leave by the government. The official government line regarding this prolonged incarceration is that Tamil Tiger rebels may have infiltrated [...][...more]
Posted on 03 June 2009 by Shamik Das
On the eve of the European and Local Elections, and set against the backdrop of a months’ worth of expenses revelations, we face the very real danger of the British National Party winning seats to the European Parliament. A Government in meltdown, a deeply unpopular Prime Minister, unprecedented public anger at the expenses scandal and allegations [...][...more]
Posted on 30 May 2009 by Shamik Das
Following the raft of allegations about MPs and their expenses this month, it would be understandable for you to have thought Britain’s lawmakers amongst the most corrupt on the planet. If you were to glance across at events on the sub-Continent this week, however, you may have drawn a slightly different conclusion; set against the suspected [...][...more]
Posted on 28 May 2009 by Pras Geng
The 26 year old ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka ended when president, Mahinda Rajapakse, announced victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels earlier last week. The leader of the LTTE, Prabhakaran, was found dead and a majority of his senior commanders were killed in an epic battle between the rebels and the Sri Lankan Army. The [...][...more]
Posted on 23 May 2009 by Sital Ladva
The Evening Standard newspaper ran a story recently about British couples buying babies from so called ‘baby making factories’ in India. When I first saw the headline, I expected that these poor childless couples were adopting homeless orphans and giving them a loving home. I couldn’t have been more wrong. These couples are actually choosing [...][...more]
Posted on 02 May 2009 by Shamik Das
As the conflict in Sri Lanka continues unabated, with the government pressing ahead with its surge against the rebels, so too do the protests in Parliament Square. The protesters, who have been camped outside the Houses of Parliament for more than three weeks now, vow to remain until their demands – for a complete and unconditional [...][...more]
Posted on 17 April 2009 by Shamik Das
The past fortnight hasn’t exactly been the greatest in the police’s history, with the resignation of Britain’s top anti-terror cop and the suspension of several police officers following accusations of brutality during the G20 protests at the start of April. Bob Quick stepped down as Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner (Specialist Operations) last Thursday after a catastrophic [...][...more]
Posted on 04 April 2009 by Naushad Reza
Nations are born with a pledge of certain objectives for their betterment and prosperity. Since its independence in 1947, Pakistan as a nation has been putting enormous effort to exercise the red-pen-highlighted objective of its list of ambitions: infuriating and keeping India in a constant state of paranoia. In order to maintain this objective, a [...][...more]
Posted on 30 March 2009 by Halima Khatun
She’s sharp tongued, feisty and commands the presence of David Dimbleby and any other unwitting panellist on Question Time. Of course, I’m talking about battleaxe Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who was crowned the Most Powerful Muslim woman in Britain in a lavish ceremony held at the Lowry hotel in Manchester. Other prominent Muslim women named in the [...][...more]
Posted on 20 March 2009 by Pras Geng
She has won international praise as a campaigner for women’s rights, first by speaking out against the assault on herself and then later for highlighting an on-going problem with the treatment of women in some parts of the sub-continent. She has built two schools in her village with the compensation money she was awarded, founded [...][...more]
Posted on 07 March 2009 by Seleena Lloyd
As the predominantly Sinhalese government continue their attack on the tiny strip of northern Sri Lanka where Tamil rebels and civilians are situated; people around the world wonder whether this will be the end of the Tamil Tigers. They are however pondering for far too long on the wrong question… what they should be asking [...][...more]
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