2011: Year In Review ‘I Fight On’

For the last few days, I have been drafting 2011 Year in Review post in my head.  It’s the first time I’m writing such a post, since my blog is less than 7 months old.  If I am to really explain year 2011 it will indeed be a very long post – but I’m going …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies

Well well well, this is a shocker.  Kim Jong-il dies aged 69.  I wonder what is in store for North Korea, further more, I'm interested to see how South Korea reacts (if they do react that is) to this news. North and South Korea have had a love hate relationship for a long time, the …

Last US Troops leave Iraq – Yeah Right..

Today, the US stated the last of US troops have left Iraq, but who are they trying to fool this time around.  The second World War ended in 1945, and guess what, the US (and its allies) still remain in both Japan and Germany. I'm not fooled by this news.  Especially considering that on Iraqi …

Jhootha Hi Sahi Bollywood Movie Review

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of watching Abbas Tyrewala’s Bollywood movie ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’.  Released October 2010. I couldn’t help thinking, much of this movie is aimed towards University students, graduates or early adulthood and getting to know society and relationships. What attracted me to watch this movie over other options was that it’s rare …

Force Bollywood Movie Review

Back in September I wrote about an upcoming Bollywood movie called FORCE.  That post was written prior to the movie being released.  Unfortunately I never got around to watching the movie in Cinema – due to a busy lifestyle, but as I mentioned then that once I had watched the movie – I’d share my …

British Asian Bloggers List: Your Help Needed…

Back in August - I decided to put together a directory or a list containing details of bloggers who are either British Asian or Asian living around the world - the idea was simple and you can read more about it here and here and here. To keep the momentum going, I need your help …

I Own Something Special: Steve Jobs Biography

I finally own Steve Jobs Biography by Walter Isaacson.  There was no particular reason why I waited this long.  Maybe because I wanted to absorb the news that Steve Jobs was actually dead, so the more I waited to get hold of his biography the more I'd appreciate it as time goes on. So, on …

Smoking Ban Poll Results

Smoking ban Poll Results : by The British Asian Blog I asked my readers a question “Should smoking in cars be banned?” in a post exactly 3 weeks ago, with a follow up post few days later. As part of the discussion, I created a poll – enabling people to have their say with measurable …

Please help protect the Open University, sign the e-petition

Ahead of government proposed cuts to Universities, supporters of Open University need to obtain a parliamentary debate to discourage the government from actioning their proposed cuts to funding. 100,000 signatures are required to achieve this. In the current economic crisis, Universities have been hit hard.  For UK nationals its become a uphill struggle to go …