“After this book nobody will give me a film role”
Rahul Bajaj: An inside view of BollywoodFrom a student at London School of Economics to an investment banker on Wall Street, and a Bollywood actor in Mumbai; Rahul Bajaj is a man of many talents. After achieving success as...
What is happening with the PCB?
The Cricketer with Mansoor AhmedOver the years we have seen army generals, diplomats and now a doctor trying to run one of the most important organizations in Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board.
For a short while, we saw Ramiz...
Combatting Forced Marriages
The Asian View with Bushra IrfanForced marriages is a subject which has been a topic of discussion for communities and government alike for many years now without much progress on any part.
A few years ago the government engaged...
Dhamaal
Bollywood Film Review with Manish GajjarDirector: Indra Kumar
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aashish Chaudhary, Asrani, Tiku Talsania, Aftab Shivdasani, Sohail Khan
This comic caper revolving around four friends includes Roy (Riteish Deshmukh), who believes he was...
Man arrested in widow’s death
A MAN has been arrested in connection with the murder of elderly widow Mohinder Kaur.
The frail 81-year-old was found gagged in her Kings Heath home on 25 August. A post mortem revealed she had suffocated.
Detectives leading the investigation...
‘I couldn’t say no to David’ – Harish Patel
Getting the fitness bug in 'Run Fat Boy Run'Larger than life actor Harish Patel was always first choice for the role of Landlord - come- fitness guru 'Mr Ghoshdashtidar' in David 'Friends' Schwimmer's directorial debut 'Run Fat Boy Run'....
Escaping Culture
How one woman refused to be caged by her cultureEverybody looks back on their childhood with great fondness. Everybody that is except Ferzanna Riley.
In her debut autobiographical book, ‘Unbroken Spirit’ the Pakistani-born author and journalist describes a harrowing story...
Family torn apart by detention
THE DAUGHTER of a Wolverhampton grandfather on trial for terrorism offences in India has described the torment her family are going through as they try to secure his release.
53-year-old Paramjit Singh has spent nearly eight months in an...
Son’s of murdered gran: ‘Find Shanti’s killers’
THE DEVASTATED family of a frail 81-year-old woman found dead in her home have appealed for information leading to her killers.
Mother-of-five Mohinder Kaur, who was known to family and friends as Shanti, was found dead in her Kings...
CCTV released in Birmingham bus assault
POLICE in Birmingham have appealed for witnesses to come forward after a 19-year-old woman was indecently assaulted on a Birmingham bus.
The woman was travelling on a bus on the Alcester Road in Moseley on Tuesday July 17 when...
Grandmother was suffocated, police reveal
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a grandmother in her home have revealed she was suffocated.
The mother-of-five was discovered in her top floor flat in Nutgrove Close, Kings Heath on Saturday.
Police forced entry to the premises after worried...
Action hero to doting dad
Akshay Kumar on the highs of Heyy BabyyAkshay Kumar spends little time away from the big screen. So it’s unsurprising that he returned to the UK box office on Friday in the comedy ‘Heyy Babyy’. If you’re familiar with...
