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Say Sorry Mr BREXIT!

Asian Lite The Dominic Cummings saga is essentially a conflict between the universal British belief that, when you are in a hole, it is best to get out of it by saying sorry and Boris Johnson’s government which believes it must never admit a mistake, let alone say sorry. The British believe that they are […]

Brexit Britain at Crossroads

Asian Lite The United Kingdom breaking up has long been a subject of intense debate starting with the Scottish independence referendum of 2014 and reaching an intensity after this country voted for Brexit. The general view has been that given that Northern Ireland did not vote for Brexit there is now a very real chance […]

India and the Labour Party

Asian Lite The fact that it was under Clement Atlee India finally won freedom was a factor, but Indians in this country also saw Labour as a party that represented their economic interests. These were mainly working-class Indians from Punjab and for them, Labour was a natural home. All that began to change some years […]

Coronavirus takes me back to India of my youth

Asian Lite While no London park could even remotely resemble an Indian Maidan, my nearest park reminds me of the Oval because of its very curious nature. It is not one large park so you cannot walk from one end to the other on the grass…. writes Mihir Bose Coronavirus has changed lives. But of […]

Cricket in a time of crisis — Wisden cricketers’ almanack 2020

Financial Times Wisden 2020 reviewed by Mihir Bose Football may have long overtaken cricket as England’s national sport but cricket lovers remain convinced their game still speaks for the nation in the way 11 men chasing a ball around a pitch cannot. As the cricket writer Neville Cardus claimed, if everything was lost apart from […]

AC ERA: what India needs to do to seize the moment?

Asian Lite As China withers over the alleged cover-up on Corona pandemic, the crown falls on India to lead the global economy. But, are they ready to grab the opportunity? What India needs to do to seize its moment….. Special comment by Mihir Bose India mocked Fielding, E.M Forster’s fictional English hero in A Passage […]

The remarkable history of yoga, by Alistair Shearer reviewed by Mihir Bose

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Why our Eurocentric world view has led to this present emergency

Asian Lite Listen to my recent podcast about life in lockdown and our Eurocentric world view.

Why Priti is not quite premier league

Asian Lite Last Saturday Priti Patel suddenly appeared at No 10. Standing on a platform behind the lectern, so that she appeared taller than she is to take us through our daily briefing on the fight against this deadly enemy. And this is where she exposed herself as a politician who is not quite in […]

Why Priti Is Not Quite Premier League

Asian Lite Last Saturday Priti Patel suddenly appeared at No 10. Standing on a platform behind the lectern, so that she appeared taller than she is to take us through our daily briefing on the fight against this deadly enemy. And this is where she exposed herself as a politician who is not quite in […]