Recent events around the world have brought into sharp focus our shared heritage and how it shapes our present, as individuals and as a community or society. Monuments and statues whose place in history was in the past without a question have...
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3rd Apr 2025 | Updated at 12:51pm 3rd Apr 2025
Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visits UK, speaks at Oxford University
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s 6-day visit to the UK from 23 March included three major engagements.
The complexities of dating for South Asians
Dating can be challenging for anyone, but for many second-third generation South Asian immigrants, it comes with an added layer of cultural expectations, family pressures, and societal taboos.
Tributes honour Citibond Travel's Alpa Shahq
- 18 Dec 2024
Tributes have poured in for Alpa Ashishbhai Shah, a respected tourism industry veteran, who passed away peacefully on Sunday (15) after a valiant battle with cancer.
Remembering Shri Khodidasbhai Dhamecha on his second death anniversary
- 15 Feb 2022
The strong foundation of heritage, philanthropy and service built by Shri Khodidasbhai Dhamecha is an inspiration for future generations and our communities.
Noor Inayat Khan, a Second World War spy has become the first Indian-origin woman commemorated by English Heritage with a blue plaque, unveiled in London...
On 20 August the ‘Neasden Temple’ commemorated the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Mandir, the first traditional Hindu mandir of its kind in Europe. Eminent personalities from Prince Charles to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Mayor...
On 20 August the ‘Neasden Temple’ commemorated the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Mandir, the first traditional Hindu mandir of its kind in Europe. Eminent personalities from Prince Charles to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Mayor...
- 25 Aug 2020
Supported by The High Commission of India in UK IIW All Ladies Ambika Trophy Cricket Championship Inspiring Indian women had a double whammy this year for the celebration of 74th Indian Independence Day for the Indian diaspora with two back...
- 24 Aug 2020
Diverse communities in Bedford celebrated the 74th anniversary of Indian Independence. The event was organised by Bandhan Bedford, a group of diverse women...
- 24 Aug 2020
Friday 28th August is the last day for school children on summer holidays to send their creative and imaginative responses on how Covid-19 has connected their communities.
On Friday 22nd August, a pair of gold-plated glasses worn by Mahatma Gandhi were auctioned for £260,000 after being found hanging in the letterbox of a Bristol auction house.
On Tuesday 18th August, it emerged that a mansion in Kensington which was the former family home of Maharaja Duleep Singh’s son, Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh, has gone on sale at £15.5mn.
The holiest of Jain festivals, the 8-day Paryushana and the 10-day Das Lakshana festivals of forgiveness, falls in August or September in Indian lunar month of Bhadra, and during the four-month monsoon season. This is the time when Jain sadhus...
