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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.

$J.K. Rowling poses for the media at the world premiere of the film \Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald\ in Paris. (AP File)$ Opinion

Kishwar Desai | Nigel Farage gets uncancelled'; no such hope for J.K....

If the cancel culture becomes a global movement then one wonders if, one day soon, her books can be even be published...

7 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

Margot Robbie in the new Barbie movie (Twitter)

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Kishwar Desai | Staycations in UK are suddenly the rage

But the big story for everyone is Barbie versus Oppenheimer!

24 July 2023 12:19 AM IST

The politics is more noisy than Bazball and Wimbledon put together. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

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Kishwar Desai | Costly makeover at 75th b'day for NHS?

This week happens to be the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service

10 July 2023 1:14 AM IST

UK MP Barry Gardiner was conferred the Padma Shri award. (Photo: https://www.barrygardiner.com/)

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Kishwar Desai | Padma Shris for 2 British friends; poor' Boris can't...

The Indian high commission had an impressive ceremony to bestow Padma Shri awards on two British friends of India.

26 Jun 2023 12:25 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 17, 2022. (Photo: AP)

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Kishwar Desai | Tories may lose critical bypoll; dithers beset by a...

Now begins a massive inquiry on whether the Covid pandemic was properly handled by the Boris Johnson government.

12 Jun 2023 12:13 AM IST

Crowds are on the way to Buckingham Palace after the coronation ceremony for Britains King Charles III in London, Saturday, May 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Kishwar Desai | Young stay aloof from monarchy; Liverpool hit by...

It seems the elderly British are super-loyal and believe the monarchy is a strength. But those under 30 are indifferent...

15 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Kishwar Desai | Sinn Finn to grace coronation party! Boris still...

Even the Republican Catholic Sinn Fein Party is participating with their leader Michelle O'Neill in the Northern Ireland...

1 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

The coronation of King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla takes places on May 6. (Photo: Twitter)

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Chariot ride to be shorter for King... Did Modi rap Rishi over...

Even the response on the streets may not be as expansive as it was for the queen.

17 April 2023 12:28 AM IST

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Kishwar Desai | King's German trip apt; as Covid tally climbing,...

We are just a month and bit away from the coronation of King Charles the Third.

3 April 2023 12:35 AM IST

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Kishwar Desai | More royal family drama looming as coronation nears;...

Jemima Khan has never been out of the public eye.

6 March 2023 12:55 AM IST

An entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded BBC in London. (Photo: AP)

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Kishwar Desai | BBC trouble may take Sharp turn; how Sajid plans to...

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp appointed by Boris Johnson, when he was PM, has now fallen foul of the rules of appropriate...

20 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, on June 27, 2022. (AFP)

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Kishwar Desai | Whiff of duplicity! Why did BBC sit on Gujarat leak'...

Mr Sunak dismissed the BBC story but could he have done anything more?

23 Jan 2023 12:31 AM IST