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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.
    Pedestrians walk on a near-deserted Westminster Bridge in central London on January 16, 2021, during the third nationwide novel coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Long lockdown defeats Britons; Spurs' shot in the arm...

    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 IST

    It was a long complicated Bill but after four-and-a-half years of bickering and three Prime Ministers, Parliament approved the Bill by 11 pm. Then the Queen, as Head of State, signed it near midnight and the UK had legally approved of Brexit (Representational Image: AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | UK's freedom' at midnight; Queen's NY honours go to 89...

    2020 had one last blow to deliver. Partly responsible was the super-super spreader mutation of Covid-19

    4 Jan 2021 4:32 AM IST

    An NHS pharmacy technician simulates the preparation of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, during a staff training session ahead of the vaccines rollout next week, at the Royal Free Hospital in London on December 4. (Yui Mok / POOL / AFP)Opinion
    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

    7 Dec 2020 8:59 AM IST

    Meghnad DesaiOpinion
    Kishwar Desai | Anti-Semitism is why Meghnad quit; all hope for...

    On the personal front, it was quite a tumultuous week for us, as my husband, Meghnad Desai, left the Labour Party after...

    22 Nov 2020 9:07 PM IST

    People exercise in Green Park in central London on November 8, 2020 during a second national lockdown designed to contain soaring infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | London Diary

    Locked down yet again, UK knows the rules but likes them less and less

    9 Nov 2020 11:04 AM IST

    A woman wearing a face covering to curb the spread of coronavirus walks past the window of a GAP clothing store just off Oxford Street, in London, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new month-long lockdown for England that will start on Thursday, after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks. (AP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Why Covid stress affects the young; UK gets ready for...

    Even on the Covid front, situation in UK is getting worse rather than better

    2 Nov 2020 8:43 PM IST

    A pedestrian walks past a poster of a person wearing a face covering, in the high street in west London. AFP photoOpinion
    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 IST

    A woman rides a scooter past an advertising board outside a closed down branch of STA Travel near Victoria Station in central London. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Kishwar Desai | The latest ruse to meet people; e-cycles are the new...

    How London traffic will cope with bicycles as well as e-cycles remains to be seen

    31 Aug 2020 5:35 PM IST

    A waiter wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, passes a customer drinking outside a restaurant in London. AFP PhotoOpinion
    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

    4 Aug 2020 5:08 PM IST

    A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Prime Ministers Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London . AFP PhotoOpinion
    Kishwar Desai | Westminster revamp sooner, will the British cabinet...

    However, there will be problems as Westminster has not only parliamentarians but also large numbers of workers, at all...

    20 July 2020 4:54 PM IST

    Representational image (AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Boris toils for a slimmer nation; will Ghislaine sing...

    July 4 was our freedom day though the previous weekend, too, people broke free and thronged every beach or park they...

    6 July 2020 6:51 PM IST

    Commuters wearing a face mask travel on TfL Victoria Line underground train carriages, heading towards central London, on June 15, 2020 (AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | UK cautiously looks ahead, to local travel and...

    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 IST

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