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FILM WATCH: iLL MANNORS

A film by Ben Drew, AKA Plan B starring Riz Ahmed ‘A film for our times’ SIMONE BAIRD – TIME OUT   iLL MANORS is the highly anticipated directorial debut by British music artist Ben Drew (aka Plan B), taking viewers on a thrilling ride through action and music.  The film stars highly acclaimed British [...]

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

Muslim Women’s Sport Foundation Ambassador Awards 2012. The shortlist for the inaugural MWSF Ambassador Awards 2012, supported by the FA, has been announced. Fifty eight entries over six categories were received from the UK and abroad with nominees ranging from royalty and elite athletes to grassroots community organisations and volunteers. The judging panel consisted of [...]

STUDENTS CAMPAIGN TO SAVE LIVES

A group of students from Birmingham City University’s School of Media, are hoping to save lives with the launch of a health campaign to increase awareness about giving blood. The campaign – named Gifted Blood – has been organised by students Rabia Raza, Ivy Ching, and Janice Wong, third year students on the BA (hons) [...]

NHS spending on diabetes ‘to reach £16.9 billion by 2035’

A new report published in the journal Diabetic Medicine has projected that the NHS’s annual spending on diabetes in the UK will increase from £9.8 billion to £16.9 billion over the next 25 years, a rise that means the NHS would be spending 17% of its entire budget on the condition. The Impact Diabetes report1 [...]

MEERA SYAL

By Hemisha Morarji. Asian mums are often painted as “here’s your chai, here’s your samosa, hi hi hi.”   The author and actress is dressed smartly yet casually in a black blazer and skinnies combo, with matching gold conserves and top when we sit for a chat in the Cineworld bar. Having made audiences laugh [...]

Kailash Kher and Kailasa make history at BBC Maida Vale Studios, London

Kailash Kher and his band Kailasa have made history by being one of a select handful of Indian artists to be invited to perform at the prestigious BBC Maida Vale Studios in London. The exclusive recording took place on April 3rd, 2012, one day prior to the start of their first ever UK tour organised [...]

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  • AMARA KARAN

    AMARA KARAN

    By Hemisha Morarji. “Had ‘Bhaji on the Beach’ been rubbish, I wouldn’t have had the
  • REECE RITCHIE

    REECE RITCHIE

    By Hemisha Morarji. “Those big studio pictures they were great fun. But I enjoyed the
  • MEERA SYAL

    MEERA SYAL

    By Hemisha Morarji. Asian mums are often painted as “here’s your chai, here’s your samosa,
  • CYRUS TODIWALA OBE

    CYRUS TODIWALA OBE

    By Hemisha Morarji. “I feel we have an obligation to the land that has given
  • TAZ BRINGS STEREO CANDY TO THE NATION

    TAZ BRINGS STEREO CANDY TO THE NATION

    Interview by Farhana Nazir and introduction by Hemisha Morarji. Having enjoyed over two decades of
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  • PAY, OR GO TO JAIL

    PAY, OR GO TO JAIL

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    LET DOWN BY JUSTICE SYSTEM

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  • KING OF LOCAL FILM TALENT

    KING OF LOCAL FILM TALENT

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  • FINED FOR FILTHY CONDITIONS

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  • INNOCENT 5-YEAR-OLD IN JAIL

    INNOCENT 5-YEAR-OLD IN JAIL

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  • PEES AND Q’n’As

    PEES AND Q’n’As

    Activists demand that women use public toilets for free. A campaign has been launched in Mumbai to demand better toilet facilities for women. Activists are angered that women have to pay to use public toilets, whereas men can use them for free. 35 non-government organisations (NGOs) are leading the campaign and they urge women in [...]

  • LEAVE MOSQUE ALONE!

    LEAVE MOSQUE ALONE!

    Sri Lankan Muslims urge hardline Buddhists not to demolish mosque. Sri Lankan Muslims have accused Buddhists in the country of trying to destroy the peace between the main ethnic communities. The group made the statement three days after some Buddhists attempted to storm and fire-bomb a mosque, following the government’s announcement that the building would [...]

  • FOSTER CHILDREN RETURN TO INDIA

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  • SINGH-ING TO THE TUNE OF SUCCESS

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    Malkit Singh will grace Birmingham’s ‘Walk of Stars’ Birmingham singer Malkit Singh is to become to first Asian music act to be given a place on the city’s Walk of Stars. The King of Bhangra will be awarded the honour on 10 May at Gatecrasher, Broad Street, for his global contribution to bhangra music. Punjab-born [...]

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