A Guide To Raksha Bandhan
Raksha Bandhan is a Hindu festival that celebrates the bond of sisters and brothers and remind one another how important they are too eachother.
It's a time of giving gifts, prayers & showing affection & love to siblings.
Here’s everything you...
I choose how I protect my modesty
Birmingham mother speaks out in Burqa debateWHEN French President Nicolas Sarkozy proclaimed the Burqa was ‘not welcome in France’ the age-old debate of the Islamic veil reared its ugly head yet again.
Whether it be the Burqa, Hijab, Niqab...
Dear Bollywood, Please Stay out of Politics
A feature by Huffington Post Blogger Khadija Ahmed
Emotions run seventy years deep in the hearts of Indians and Pakistanis, so much so that the anguish has now spilt into the film industry. The killing in Kashmir of 17 Indian soldiers...
Cruel Summer
Why the school summer break is a crucial period for the Forced Marriage UnitIT is a warm, sticky but lovely summer’s day when I meet Olaf Henricson-Bell at the Foreign Office in Central London.
He is the Joint Head...
The Aftermath – Nick Griffin & Question Time
Muhammad Abdul Bari of the Muslim Council of Britain gives us his viewsDESPITE the best efforts of thousands of anti-fascist campaigners BNP leader Nick Griffin made it onto BBC’s Question Time last night.
Millions tuned in to see Griffin...
Eid-ul-Adha
1. What is Eid-ul-Adha?
The Muslim calendar holds two Eid festivals. The first, Eid al-Fitr, lasts several days and marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. The second, known as the Greater Eid or Eid al-Adha, commemorates...
YOUNG PEOPLE SET TO TAKE OVER EASTSIDE AS GALLERY 37 RETURNS TO BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM LARGEST TALENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS BACK!!!
GALLERY 37 hits the streets with a bold programme of pop-up events and liveworkshops this AUG, reaching hundreds of 16-25 year-olds
IT BRINGS MODERN, PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES TO HUNDREDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY...
Girl Rising: Pakistan’s Push for Girls’ Education
The Asian Today spoke to writer and activist Bina Shah
The issue of girls’ education is a meticulously sensitive one. With traditional speculation combined with misguided misconceptions, statistics for girls’ education have started to decline in the Indian subcontinent. Statistically...
RDF’s Shop Well For Less? To return to BBC One
RDF West has been commissioned to make a third 4x60’ series of Shop Well For Less? for BBC One following the success of the last series.
The new series will be made out of RDF’s Bristol offices and will be Exec Produced by...
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...
