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Kishwar Desai
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
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
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
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
Kishwar Desai | London Diary
Locked down yet again, UK knows the rules but likes them less and less
09 Nov 2020 11:04 AM
Kishwar Desai | Why Covid stress affects the young; UK gets ready for digital Diwali
Even on the Covid front, situation in UK is getting worse rather than better
02 Nov 2020 8:43 PM
Ill, Boris had a harder time; virus blow to James Bond
The only constant is that like the scientists, the government is also at a loss
12 Oct 2020 3:58 PM
Kishwar Desai | The latest ruse to meet people; e-cycles are the new rage in UK
How London traffic will cope with bicycles as well as e-cycles remains to be seen
31 Aug 2020 5:35 PM
Kishwar Desai | As COVID-19 returns to UK, holidayers bear the brunt
Boris Johnson is now worried, scared of a second wave. So rules changed again, catching holiday makers unawares
04 Aug 2020 5:08 PM
Kishwar Desai | Westminster revamp sooner, will the British cabinet move to York?
However, there will be problems as Westminster has not only parliamentarians — but also large numbers of workers, at all levels
20 Jul 2020 4:54 PM
Kishwar Desai | Boris toils for a slimmer nation; will Ghislaine sing on Andrew?
July 4 was our freedom day though the previous weekend, too, people broke free and thronged every beach or park they could find
06 Jul 2020 6:51 PM
Kishwar Desai | UK cautiously looks ahead, to local travel and ‘staycations’
There are reports that the government might relax the social distancing rule as the economy needs to pick up
22 Jun 2020 5:53 PM
Kishwar Desai | Boris Johnson loses clout in Parliament
Having survived Covid, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going through an annihilation by politics
08 Jun 2020 6:18 PM
Kishwar Desai | Everybody needs a Whitsun holiday while UK ponders visa rule changes
As the weeks have gone by, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks less and less in charge
27 May 2020 7:04 PM
UK paid a heavy price for being late on coronavirus response
While parts of India are now being opened up, very tentatively, in the UK there is confusion and debate on how long the lockdown would last
26 Apr 2020 7:52 PM
London Diary: Boastful Boris and the not-so-flat sombrero
During his fortnight away, the PM left behind a real vacuum: who''ll do the press conference!
13 Apr 2020 10:11 PM
Atlas shrugged: All it takes is a zombie virus to stop our world
Just the other day we were watching the lockdown in Wuhan and were appalled that people could be quarantined in their own country
31 Mar 2020 2:42 PM
Columns
It is a known fact that India’s foreign service is woefully understaffed, with most Indian missions abroad having too few diplomats
So, like Shakespeare’s tragic heroes, she may well ask if the price she paid for achieving her ambition was worth it?
Surely the world’s only superpower claims a higher moral role than just organising the distribution of weapons and pocketing the profits
India’s pursuit of iron-clad national security and global status ambitions makes it annually import as much as $20 billion of weapons