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Kishwar Desai

Members of the public walk past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, inside Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, in London on early September 17, 2022, where it lies in state on a catafalque (Image: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | London queues up for a cause as media watches for King’s quirks

Perhaps, never again in the history of mankind will so many gather to bid farewell to just one person. At least not in the UK

19 Sep 2022 7:22 AM

Elizabeth Truss, the Secretary of State for Foreign, is set to become the country's next Prime Minister (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Liz Truss gets set for No. 10? Life is ‘smaller’ for Will-Kate...

Kensington may now be used more and more as an office

05 Sep 2022 1:59 AM

Kishwar Desai | Only William-Kate smelling like roses; The Rishi and Liz Show continues...

Rishi Sunak finds himself in an unfamiliar rank of being second, while Liz Truss is slowly moving up

15 Aug 2022 12:14 AM

Rebekah Vardy (L) and Coleen Rooney. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | When libel WAGs a friendship; will Harry’s memoir pack a bombshell?

Packaged for Christmas, Prince Harry will, along with his ghost-writer J.R. Moehringer, tell all in a new book

01 Aug 2022 12:12 AM

Conservative party leadership contender Liz Truss looks on before the live television debate for the candidates for leadership of the Conservative party, hosted by Channel 4 in London, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | In race to elect next UK PM, are women meant to steal Liz’s votes?

Some rumours are floating around that a few of these candidates were selected in order to ensure that Liz Truss does not make it

17 Jul 2022 11:55 PM

Netherlands' forward Vivianne Miedema celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 football tournament final match between Netherlands and Denmark at Fc Twente Stadium in Enschede. (AFP FIle Image)

Kishwar Desai | Pubs, Wimbledon site of reunions; women’s footie is flavour of season

Sports are great for bonding and especially cricket where India is also in the fray

03 Jul 2022 11:55 PM

Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel. (Photo:AP file)

Kishwar Desai | Big hats are all the rage after Jubilee; Charles in shock at Priti’s asylum plan

Home secretary Priti Patel has shocked everyone by executing a bold scheme to transport all illegal immigrants to Rwanda

19 Jun 2022 11:13 PM

There was the Platinum Party at Buckingham Palace with singers like Diana Ross, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Duran Duran and composers such as Andrew Llyod Weber which drew at least 22,000 people and provided a foot tapping history of pop music past and present. (Reuters)

Kishwar Desai | Queen’s Platinum Jubilee takes on a Bollywood touch before it winds up

Indians were in full flow at the 6,000 street parties all over the country

06 Jun 2022 12:03 AM

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Kishwar Desai | Sinn Fein win puts spotlight on treaty; balcony ‘half-full’ on Queen’s jubilee?

This will be a test for the Treaty of Northern Ireland as Sinn Fein would like to reunite both parts which the Unionists don’t like

23 May 2022 12:40 AM

Kishwar Desai | Clubbing is back, so is beachwear; women’s soccer draws all the fans

But even so, we are still in some ways under the influence of the pandemic

25 Apr 2022 12:59 AM

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | XR, traffic jams back on streets; BoJo in Kiev is butt of laughter

Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists are back on the streets, reminding us that the world is not a safe haven in any way

11 Apr 2022 12:11 AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

‘Fake history’, but ‘slip’ in Bridgerton may land on cancel culture blindspot

And in other bad news: there is severe inflation. Households face energy bills four times what they were last year

27 Mar 2022 11:37 PM

Kishwar Desai | Her Majesty still not well enough; Ukraine, oil bills trouble one & all

She is 95 and has just completed 70 years on the throne which is a record for Great Britain

14 Mar 2022 2:01 AM

For many who are familiar with scrabble, or have done crosswords, this was a strange fixation — but the charm of it was that it is online and so many can play and compete with each other. (DC)

Kishwar Desai | War of Wordles has UK in grip; 20m flowers to float for Queen

In a bid to make Wordle popular in their backyard they have made the word puzzle much more puzzling

28 Feb 2022 2:45 AM

If the black cab driver had found it, said Meghnad confidently, he will definitely return it. (Representational Image/ AP)

Kishwar Desai | Cabbie returns Meghnad ‘ideas’; sexism finally claims Cressida

Because people leave things so frequently in London black cabs, the methodology is very smoothly implemented

14 Feb 2022 1:17 AM

Kishwar Desai | Partygate to be watered down; dating fraud the newest menace

Johnson has always managed to survive crisis upon crisis through machinations no one can predict

31 Jan 2022 2:15 AM

Kishwar Desai | BoJo may survive Partygate just yet; murder mysteries make a comeback

Boris Johnson first denied that there ever was a party at Number 10 during lockdown and then he apologised for them

17 Jan 2022 1:01 AM

Finally, the last of the Covid memories were kicked away as Londoners with boosters began dreaming of a better year! (Representational Image/ AP)

Kishwar Desai | Market defeats ‘mild’ Omicron on ‘warmest’ New Year’s Day

Though the figures keep climbing, and over one lakh people have been infected daily — the only plus point is that the infection remains mild

03 Jan 2022 2:09 AM

A Covid-19 vaccine is administered inside the newly-set up Wembley Stadium vaccination centre at a mass vaccination event in London on December 19, 2021, as the booster rollout accelerates in England. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | No. 10 ‘parties’ raise a ruckus; gender-neutral Brits inspire all

For those of us who grew up in a simpler world, possibly too black and white — it is an opportunity to re-learn

20 Dec 2021 2:29 AM

Omicron has taken over our Christmas in a way no one expected. (Representational Image. AFP)

Kishwar Desai | No kisses under the mistletoe; but shouldn’t libraries stay open 24/7?

Students from Kings College are in the middle of a protest saying that they would like to remain in the library for 24 hours as they used to

06 Dec 2021 1:25 AM

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