‘These questions need to be resolved’
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi on why Britain is investigating torture allegationsTHE Government is to hold an unprecedented inquiry into allegations that its military was complicit in the torture and abuse of terror suspects in the wake of the 9/11 disaster....
Salma Speaks Out
Respect MP on growing up as a British MuslimMS Yaqoob, a former psychiatrist, is the MP for the Sparkbrook constituency in Birmingham with the Respect Party - an anti-war movement that was set up soon after war was declared...
My Big Fat Indian Non Wedding
Last week, BBC news reported that the charity Shelter predicted that by the year 2020, first-time buyers in London will need an average salary of £106,000! But it’s not just property prices that are rapidly on the increase; last...
All Aboard the Taj Express
By Diane Parkes
Audiences will be dancing out of Birmingham Hippodrome after they’ve watched the Bollywood musical Taj Express - promises its director and producer Shruti Merchant.
The musical, which features the songs of A R Rahman, composer of the Oscar-winning...
No Smoke without Fire
It’s time to defog the facts about shisha.
With the ever rising popularity of shisha amongst the Asian youth, it seems one can’t turn a corner without running into a new Hookah haunt. With swanky shisha bars and lounges...
Down Memory Lane
Indian ‘first’ returns to educationA woman who attended the University of Leicester nearly 50 years ago - becoming the first Indian woman to attend the University- has retraced her steps.
A highlight of Usha Bowry’s time at the University...
Celebs back sight campaign
Sightsavers launch £1m to restore sight to people in IndiaA HOST of celebrities are backing a new campaign highlighting how less that £20 can restore the sight of someone in the developing world.
British Asian actress Sunetra Sarker and film...
The Legacy of Halimah Ahmed
Murdered student’s charity brings hope to orphans LESS than a year after the tragic murder of a Derbyshire teenager, her ambitions are on the way to being realised.
Nineteen year-old Halimah Ahmed was studying International Relations and Global Politics at...
The Asian Today Achievement Awards Winners Announced
Each year we look at individuals and organisations that have made a significant impact during the year in the categories that we have chosen.
This year it was so much harder to select the winners as there was so many...
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...
