US Ambassador Boycotted Due to Conflict In Gaza
Waheed Saleem Lunar Society's Chairman Boycotts US Ambassador's Eid Reception
The current chairman of the Birmingham Lunar Society, Waheed Saleem, is boycotting his invitation to dine with the elite at an Eid reception held by the US ambassador, a move...
‘Shame raises stigma against people with a mental illness’
Nisha Chhabra gives a personal account of her fathers battle with Bipolar
I remember how I sat at the kitchen table in December 1993 with knots in my stomach, my mother cooking dinner for my ninth birthday party. "Do...
Gaurav’s New Lease of Life
Sunny Bains Sits Down with The Asian Today To Talk Family Life
It was a day to forget for parents Sunny and Gurprit Bains, a day which forever changed the course of their lives. On a lukewarm spring day,...
Fighting For Palestine
Salma Yaqoob talks exclusively about the Boycott Israeli Apartheid CampaignRESPECT MP Salma Yaqoob is leading the way in voicing disapproval over Israel’s treatment of Palestine by launching a campaign urging Birmingham citizens to boycott Israeli products.
In an exclusive...
Memories Revisited
Why British Sikh’s will never forget the horrors of 1984BRITISH Sikhs have vowed never to forget, never to forget those who were killed, and never forget the moment the Indian government turned on its own people.
Twenty-five years ago...
Lest We Forget
Exploring the South Asian Contribution to the Great War
Asian contributions to both world wars are not widely known about, despite the fact that India raised the world’s largest volunteer armies: 1.5 million in WWI and 2.5 million in WWII....
Benefits Street
“Proud to call it Home”
Misrepresentation, misleading and misguided are some of the words used to describe the anger that has been directed at the Channel 4 documentary ‘Benefits Street.’
More than five million viewers tuned in to see six...
City Mosque looks to the sun
Solar cash could help Britain’s churches and other religious buildingsA BIRMINGHAM mosque is one of the first in the country to benefit from the installation of solar panels.
The Masjid-e-Hamza Mosque in Moseley has already submitted plans to the...
The Lost Boys
Calls for the release Pakistan's missing prisonersAMINA Janjua hasn’t seen her husband for three years.
In July 2005 Masood Janjua, 45, a businessman from Rawalpindi, and his friend Faisal Faraz, 25, an engineer from Lahore were travelling on bus...
The Changing Terrain of Marriage
The idea of having an arranged marriage is a very familiar to Asians
For centuries and in many different cultures there has been a very distinctive fascination and interest with the concept of love. However, individuals from certain cultures find...
