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Kishwar Desai

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Now the news that our vaccine supply may be interrupted because the new wave in India will impact vaccine exports to the UK has spread gloom. (Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | India wave hits UK's vax drive, amid adulation for Poonawala

India was headlined on the front page — fortunately, in a way, it was a compliment, not a criticism

29 Mar 2021 4:01 AM

Kishwar Desai | Women’s Week: Meghan vs Kate, let-down nurses, Sarah Everard

Boris Johnson announced unapologetically that nurses on the NHS will only get one per cent increase in their pay

15 Mar 2021 12:00 AM

Twenty million have already been vaccinated (36 per cent of population), more than in France, Germany, Italy and Spain put together. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Britain’s spot of schadenfreude; pregnancy triggers definition row

The only problem with the hot weather is that all chances of social distancing are gone!

01 Mar 2021 4:32 AM

Kishwar Desai | Darcy zest adds zing to V-week; Suella’s baby may lead to reforms

Darcy, in the novel, turned out to be a perfect lover — and so perhaps we can hope for warmer days as the sun now is beginning to shine

15 Feb 2021 4:51 AM

King of Spices to be dearly missed; Boris really hated the ‘L’ milestone

Those of us who arrived here and craved Indian food know how much the Patak brand meant for our tastebuds

01 Feb 2021 7:36 AM

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)

Kishwar Desai | Long lockdown defeats Britons; Spurs’ shot in the arm for soccer fans

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

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)

Kishwar Desai | UK’s ‘freedom’ at midnight; Queen’s NY honours go to 89 Brit Indians

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

04 Jan 2021 4:32 AM

A motorcyclist rides on a deserted street in Paris on December 15, 2020, as a new 8:00 pm-6:00am curfew is implemented in France to avoid a third wave of coronavirus infections. The curfew will be waived for Christmas Eve in order to allow families to travel to celebrate together but it will be kept in place for New Year's Eve. (MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | End in sight to Brexit limbo; Xmas lockdown a big dampener

Between A for anxiety, B for Brexit and C for Coronavirus, we may need a new alphabet and a new language to express our feelings about 2020

21 Dec 2020 9:02 AM

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

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

07 Dec 2020 8:55 AM

Lord Meghnad Desai (Photo : Youtube screengrab)

Kishwar Desai | Anti-Semitism is why Meghnad quit; all hope for Christmas shots

On the personal front, it was quite a tumultuous week for us, as my husband, Meghnad Desai, left the Labour Party after 49 years!

22 Nov 2020 9:07 PM

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)

Kishwar Desai | London Diary

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

09 Nov 2020 11:04 AM

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)

Kishwar Desai | Why Covid stress affects the young; UK gets ready for digital Diwali

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

02 Nov 2020 8:43 PM

Pedestrians and shoppers, some wearing face masks as a precaution against the transmission of the novel coronavirus, walk in the high street in west London. — AFP photo

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 3:53 PM

A woman rides a scooter past an advertising board outside a closed down branch of STA Travel near Victoria Station in central London. AFP Photo

Kishwar Desai | The latest ruse to meet people; e-cycles are the new rage in UK

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

31 Aug 2020 5:35 PM

Passengers wearing facemasks as a precaution against the spread of Covid-19 walk through arrivals at St Pancras International station in London on Friday after travelling on a Eurostar train from Paris (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Of staycations and cheap meals: Will Christmas be merry again?

Just a fortnight ago, people were told to travel abroad to European countries with which the UK had “air bridges”

18 Aug 2020 6:02 PM

A young Muslim wears a face mask to protect against coronavirus as Muslims gather to pray at Minhaj-ul-Quran Mosque, at the start of Eid al-Adha, in London. AP Photo

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

04 Aug 2020 5:08 PM

A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London . AFP Photo

Kishwar Desai | Westminster revamp sooner, will the British cabinet move to York?

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

20 Jul 2020 4:54 PM

Kishwar Desai | Boris toils for a slimmer nation; will Ghislaine sing on Andrew?

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

06 Jul 2020 6:48 PM

Commuters wearing a face mask travel on TfL Victoria Line underground train carriages, heading towards central London, on June 15, 2020 (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | UK cautiously looks ahead, to local travel and ‘staycations’

There are reports that the government might relax the social distancing rule as the economy needs to pick up

22 Jun 2020 5:50 PM

The lockdown is beginning to splinter with the cabinet issuing confusing instructions to citizens. AFP Photo

Kishwar Desai | Boris Johnson loses clout in Parliament

Having survived Covid, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going through an annihilation by politics

08 Jun 2020 6:18 PM

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