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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.
    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...

    20 July 2020 4:54 PM IST

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    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 6:48 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 5:50 PM IST

    Kishwar Desai | Boris Johnson loses clout in ParliamentOpinion
    Kishwar Desai | Boris Johnson loses clout in Parliament

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

    8 Jun 2020 6:18 PM IST

    People wear protective face masks as they walk down Whitehall in the Spring sunshine in central London. (AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Everybody needs a Whitsun holiday while UK ponders...

    As the weeks have gone by, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks less and less in charge

    27 May 2020 7:00 PM IST

    Ambulance and air ambulance crews wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) work to stabilise a patient with possible COVID-19 symptoms who was found unconscious having suffered a cardiac arrest while cycling in Botley, near Southampton, southern England. AFP PhotoOpinion
    Kishwar Desai: So many Indians found calling in NHS, so many devoted...

    Many of those who died Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis were usually working beyond retirement age

    11 May 2020 5:08 PM IST

    A key worker hands back a swab to a medical worker at a drive-in testing facility for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, in east London. AFP PhotoOpinion
    UK paid heavily for being late off the mark on coronavirus

    While parts of India are now being opened up, very tentatively, in the UK there is confusion and debate on how long the...

    26 April 2020 7:36 PM IST

    Handout image released by 10 Downing Street shows Britains prime minister Boris Johnson as he delivers a television address after returning to 10 Downing Street after being discharged from St Thomas Hospital, in central London on April 12, 2020. Johnson was discharged from hospital on Sunday, a week after being admitted for treatment for coronavirus and spending three days in intensive care. \The PM has been discharged from hospital to continue his recovery, at Chequers,\ the spokesman said, referring to the prime ministers country estate outside London. (Photo by Pippa FOWLES / 10 Downing Street / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT \AFP PHOTO / 10 DOWNING STREET / PIPPA FOWLES\ - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSOpinion
    London Diary: Boastful Boris and the not-so-flat sombrero

    During his fortnight away, the PM left behind a real vacuum: who''ll do the press conference!

    13 April 2020 9:18 PM IST

    The closed-down Prince of Wales pub in southwest London displays a sign thanking the National Health Service. (AFP)Opinion
    Atlas shrugged: All it takes is a zombie virus to stop our world

    Just the other day we were watching the lockdown in Wuhan and were appalled that people could be quarantined in their...

    31 March 2020 2:46 PM IST

    Shoppers wearing masks are faced with partially empty shelves at a supermarket in London on March 14, 2020, as consumers worry about product shortages, leading to the stockpiling of household products due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Faced with supermarkets being emptied and online shopping overrun due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UK retailers are appealing to consumers to come to their senses and ensure that the country will not run out of food. (AFP)Opinion
    London Diary: We can-'t have a herd immunity approach to coronavirus...

    For herd immunity to work, experts say around 60 per cent of the population, some 40 million people, need to catch the...

    16 March 2020 6:37 PM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)Opinion
    British PM to get married, in office

    Meanwhile, this will be the first wedding in over 200 years of a sitting Prime Minister. Bring out the buntings!

    2 March 2020 2:30 AM IST

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)Opinion
    Boris’ induction of Rishi Sunak draws cheers in both Britain and...

    As Britain grapples with Brexit, this is a challenging time for the Prime Minister.

    17 Feb 2020 4:47 AM IST

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