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Kishwar Desai
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Kishwar Desai, is the chair of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust, which is setting up the Partition Museum at Town Hall, Amritsar.
    Shah Rukh Khan at India-UK Business Summit.Opinion
    Of trendsetters, colourful Boris, Brexit and Shah Rukh Khan

    The big piece of theatre remains Brexit and Boris.

    17 Sept 2018 1:31 AM IST

    Congress president Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Of Notting Hill Carnival & Rahul's visit to the UK

    Bodyguard is a serial about a woman home secretary plotting her rise to the top job with her bodyguard at her beck and...

    3 Sept 2018 12:05 AM IST

    Boris Johnson (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Of Enid Blyton and misguided people

    Though her real life was far removed from the dream world of books she helped so many children to enter.

    20 Aug 2018 5:32 AM IST

    Britain is now gearing up for Prince Harrys wedding to actress Meghan Markle (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    The price of being a princess

    The good thing is that Meghan Markle seems to dismiss much of this criticism with a cheery smile.

    6 Aug 2018 12:26 AM IST

    Rudyard Kipling (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Of Kipling, modern monarchy ruling the UK and women taking over the...

    When the poem If was painting over, we were reminded of what Kipling actually stood for.

    23 July 2018 12:27 AM IST

    In this June 1, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend. Lawyers for President Donald Trump and Summer Zervos, a former Apprentice contestant who sued the president for saying her sexual misconduct claims were lies, are scheduled to be in court Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Opinion
    Of UK's empty streets, Trump Baby balloon & the next big social change

    This is not as yet discussed openly in India, but there is an increasing debate and dialogue about it in the UK. I

    9 July 2018 3:41 AM IST

    Mayor Sadiq Khan called for Londoners to attend a candlelit vigil at Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening in solidarity with the victims and their families. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    An Indian summer in the UK

    The evening also saw many other well-known people from India including friends like Pawan Munjal, Suhel Seth and Rajiv...

    25 Jun 2018 6:16 AM IST

    Jaipur Literature Festival logo.Opinion
    Of UK's 'Jaipur litfest' & 'vintage ball'

    One of the highlights was an interaction between Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi with Saif Mahmood on Jan Nisar Akhtar and...

    11 Jun 2018 5:12 AM IST

    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave after their wedding ceremony at St. Georges Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near London. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    On lingering frenzy over royals, and an Anglophile Khushwant

    Khushwant Singh's affection for the undivided India in which he was born, was well known.

    28 May 2018 5:02 AM IST

    Born to be Hanged Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto by Syeda Hameed, Rupa, Rs 500.Books
    Tracing the rapid rise and speedy fall of Bhutto

    Reading this book one cannot help thinking that Bhutto was probably his own worst enemy.

    20 May 2018 1:45 AM IST

    Britains Prince Harry (R) and his US fiancee Meghan Markle leave after attending a memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square in London, on April 23, 2018, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    All eyes on Windsor

    Fortunately, unlike Kate Middleton prior to marrying Prince William, Markle has been in the public eye for years.

    14 May 2018 5:33 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Of an electric' atmosphere at Indian PM's speech & well-turned-out...

    A very important installation for women in front of the mother of all Parliaments! Mahatma Gandhi, would approve!

    30 April 2018 12:36 AM IST

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