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Kishwar Desai

Eighteen-year-old Emma Raducanu had migrated with her parents from Canada when she was just two years old and she is the first British woman to have reached a major singles final in 44 years. (AP/PTI)

Kishwar Desai | A multicultural star is born; will Priti turn back migrant boats?

Refugees and migrants have been a huge challenge for this island country

13 Sep 2021 2:42 AM

The 'XR' activists were joined by 'Animal Rebellion' activists who went on to pour red colour in the iconic fountain outside the Buckingham Palace gates. (Twitter)

10K-plus Brits wish to host Afghans; climate rebels dye Palace fountain red

As chaos prevails and the region gets further destabilised, undoubtedly borders will get erased

30 Aug 2021 4:28 AM

The post-Covid world isn’t here yet, but with each wave we understand how different that world will be. Representational Image. (PTI)

Kishwar Desai | 3 plus 2 vs WFH, shops-to-homes: Getting ready for a post-Covid UK

Not everyone is prepared to come back to work in offices, but prefer to be somewhere in the country and logging in when required

16 Aug 2021 3:03 AM

Since only UK residents are allowed into the country as of now, all of us would have been much safer and better off at our own homes as we could at least get some fresh air and fresh food, and be not forced to meet total strangers every time we stepped into a corridor. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Kishwar Desai | In UK quarantine, Indians pariahs even though they give hotels boost

These hotel rooms cost as much as a room in the Taj in India, with meals thrown in

02 Aug 2021 2:25 AM

The biggest frustration for the British, who are incorrigible travellers, is that they are having to scrap their summer holiday plans. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Kishwar Desai | Climate leveller; Javid infection puts a dampener on Freedom Day

some of the “Freedom Day” plans which were to be announced by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on this weekend, are likely to be shelved

18 Jul 2021 11:51 PM

Britain's Prince William, left and Prince Harry unveil a statue they commissioned of their mother Princess Diana, on what woud have been her 60th birthday, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, London, Thursday July 1, 2021. (AP/PTI)

Kishwar Desai | Nostalgia week: England settle score; but Di not looking herself

Sculptor Ian Rank Broadley said he had worked through anecdotes, photographs and documents, and had tried to capture her warmth

05 Jul 2021 7:26 AM

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1987 file photo, Britain's Diana, the Princess of Wales, is pictured during an evening reception. (Photo: AP)

Kishwar Desai | Question, not cancel, Kipling; murky twist to Diana plot claim

As Freedom Day recedes from the immediate future — old stories of Princess Diana’s death have resurfaced

21 Jun 2021 12:00 AM

The ceremony on the Bank Holiday weekend had only a few family members attending — amid claims that even the Prime Minister’s children from his previous marriages/relationships were not invited. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Canny Carrie’s thrifty choice; a princess by any other name

Already there is talk that the Freedom Day may be shifted to July 5, so it is getting more and more difficult to plan too far in advance

07 Jun 2021 1:32 AM

Diana, the Princess of Wales who died in 1997, continues to rule the front pages.

Kishwar Desai | BBC on the mat for Di interview... Is Shakespeare getting cancelled?

Undoubtedly, these kinds of seminars create a fresh understanding

24 May 2021 12:00 AM

Kishwar Desai | Indian summer on UK’s red list; royal duchesses in duel of creativity

Some people are deeply unhappy that these restrictions are still in place, despite the vaccine

10 May 2021 12:00 AM

A fitting farewell for Prince Philip; Cameron, Carrie graft entertains

The big event of the past fortnight has, of course, been the Royal funeral

26 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

Now the news that our vaccine supply may be interrupted because the new wave in India will impact vaccine exports to the UK has spread gloom. (Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | India wave hits UK's vax drive, amid adulation for Poonawala

India was headlined on the front page — fortunately, in a way, it was a compliment, not a criticism

29 Mar 2021 4:01 AM

Kishwar Desai | Women’s Week: Meghan vs Kate, let-down nurses, Sarah Everard

Boris Johnson announced unapologetically that nurses on the NHS will only get one per cent increase in their pay

15 Mar 2021 12:00 AM

Twenty million have already been vaccinated (36 per cent of population), more than in France, Germany, Italy and Spain put together. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Britain’s spot of schadenfreude; pregnancy triggers definition row

The only problem with the hot weather is that all chances of social distancing are gone!

01 Mar 2021 4:33 AM

Kishwar Desai | Darcy zest adds zing to V-week; Suella’s baby may lead to reforms

Darcy, in the novel, turned out to be a perfect lover — and so perhaps we can hope for warmer days as the sun now is beginning to shine

15 Feb 2021 4:52 AM

Kishwar Desai | King of Spices to be dearly missed; Boris really hated the ‘L’ milestone

Those of us who arrived here and craved Indian food know how much the Patak brand meant for our tastebuds

01 Feb 2021 7:39 AM

Pedestrians walk on a near-deserted Westminster Bridge in central London on January 16, 2021, during the third nationwide novel coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Long lockdown defeats Britons; Spurs’ shot in the arm for soccer fans

We have vaccinations slowly covering the population but as of now it will be Easter before the over 50s will be covered

18 Jan 2021 12:50 AM

It was a long complicated Bill but after four-and-a-half years of bickering and three Prime Ministers, Parliament approved the Bill by 11 pm. Then the Queen, as Head of State, signed it near midnight and the UK had legally approved of Brexit (Representational Image: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | UK’s ‘freedom’ at midnight; Queen’s NY honours go to 89 Brit Indians

2020 had one last blow to deliver. Partly responsible was the super-super spreader mutation of Covid-19

04 Jan 2021 4:32 AM

An NHS pharmacy technician simulates the preparation of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, during a staff training session ahead of the vaccine's rollout next week, at the Royal Free Hospital in London on December 4. (Yui Mok / POOL / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | After vax first, will ‘lucky Boris’ swing Brexit deal?

The triumph of UK being first in the world among the ‘vaxxers’ did not go down well with everyone

07 Dec 2020 8:59 AM

Kishwar Desai | Anti-Semitism is why Meghnad quit; all hope for Christmas shots

On the personal front, it was quite a tumultuous week for us, as my husband, Meghnad Desai, left the Labour Party after 49 years!

22 Nov 2020 9:07 PM

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