The Family Planning Association of the UK has earned the ire of British Indian parents with its latest information booklet Let’s Grow with Nisha and Joe. The Daily News and Analysis reports that the sexual health charity, in a bid to represent Britain’s growing multicultural population, decided to replace the usually white female character in […]
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Here’s wishing all our Keralite friends a very happy Onam! May this, the harvest festival, herald a harvest of fortune and felicity in your lives.
Desi friends and relatives who have lived abroad for many years tell me that Indian festivals used to be rather difficult to celebrate outside India. Barring a few major north Indian festivals (Navrathri, […]
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One of the most popular desi tracks on the UK charts features none of the scantily-clad dancers, exotic locales or quaint videos that have become de rigueur in music these days. Instead, this unlikely hit features two firemen, some ‘uncles’ and ‘aunties’, an important social message and a wicked hip-hop-meets-bhangra sound. This is […]
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Tags: Apache Indian, bhangra, fire brigade, fireman, Harvey Sahota, London, Music, musician, promo, Punjabi MC, rapper, Stephen-Remell Coleman, Taz