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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.
    Taituhas ancestors were among the 40 Mori leaders who signed the Treaty of Waitangi with representatives of Prince Charless great-great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, at the site in 1840. (Photo: Instagram)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | After a Christmas of misery, looking to New Year with...

    A King has not been on the throne in 70 years and a Charles in four centuries. So we look forward to the coronation!

    26 Dec 2022 12:58 AM IST

    Diana and Meghan did the democratic world a favour in boldly exposing the underbelly of the royal family, which by itself is an anachronism in the modern age. (SAEED KHAN / AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Furore erupts as Harry & Meghan reveal the truth' on...

    For many of us who have seen the initial romcom unfold and implode in front of us there is very little in Harry and...

    12 Dec 2022 1:41 AM IST

    Visitors stop to take a photograph with a giant Christmas tree outside Battersea Power Station in south London on November 27, 2022. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Christmas lights across London as UK heads for winter...

    It is all balle-balle for one community, purely because Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has taken over

    28 Nov 2022 1:53 AM IST

    Britains newly appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks to pose outside the to 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 25, 2022, after delivering his first speech as prime minister. - Rishi Sunak was Tuesday appointed as Britains third prime minister this year, after outgoing leader Liz Truss submitted her resignation to King Charles III. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | A more desi Diwali in Sunak's Britain; storm over...

    There are deep misgivings as to how closely (or not) the serial seems to be following real lives

    14 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

    Rishi Sunak, front-runner to the British PM post (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Excitement over Rishi at No. 10 as UK waits for his...

    It has been a complete reversal of fortune for Rishi who had so recently lost the race to Ms Truss

    30 Oct 2022 10:56 PM IST

    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)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Can Tories run Britain, or should Liz start a drive by...

    Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister, is proving that sometimes it is best to be pragmatic and ditch election promises

    16 Oct 2022 11:06 PM IST

    Britains Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, leaves from Balmoral Castle in Ballater, Scotland, on September 6, 2022, after meeting with Britains Queen Elizabeth II and being invited to form a Government. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Truss-Kwarteng face opprobrium; will rail strike mar...

    In the midst of this doom and gloom everyone is hunting for even a faint silver lining in every dark cloud.

    3 Oct 2022 1:29 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | London queues up for a cause as media watches for...

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

    19 Sept 2022 7:22 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Liz Truss gets set for No. 10? Life is smaller' for...

    Kensington may now be used more and more as an office

    5 Sept 2022 1:59 AM IST

    Rishi Sunak & Liz TrussOpinion
    Kishwar Desai | Only William-Kate smelling like roses; The Rishi and...

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

    15 Aug 2022 12:14 AM IST

    Rebekah Vardy (L) and Coleen Rooney. (AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | When libel WAGs a friendship; will Harry's memoir pack...

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

    1 Aug 2022 12:12 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | In race to elect next UK PM, are women meant to steal...

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

    17 July 2022 11:55 PM IST

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