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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 woman wearing PPE crosses an empty road at Oxford Circus, London. (AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | In UK quarantine, Indians pariahs even though they...

    These hotel rooms cost as much as a room in the Taj in India, with meals thrown in

    2 Aug 2021 2:56 AM IST

    The biggest frustration for the British, who are incorrigible travellers, is that they are having to scrap their summer holiday plans. Representational Image. (Twitter)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Climate leveller; Javid infection puts a dampener on...

    Some of the “Freedom Day” plans which were to be announced by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on this weekend,...

    18 July 2021 11:48 PM IST

    Britains Prince William, left and Prince Harry unveil a statue they commissioned of their mother Princess Diana, on what woud have been her 60th birthday, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, London, Thursday July 1, 2021. (AP/PTI)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Nostalgia week: England settle score; but Di not...

    Sculptor Ian Rank Broadley said he had worked through anecdotes, photographs and documents, and had tried to capture her...

    5 July 2021 7:23 AM IST

    FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1987 file photo, Britains Diana, the Princess of Wales, is pictured during an evening reception. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Question, not cancel, Kipling; murky twist to Diana...

    As Freedom Day recedes from the immediate future old stories of Princess Diana's death have resurfaced

    21 Jun 2021 12:00 AM IST

    The ceremony on the Bank Holiday weekend had only a few family members attending amid claims that even the Prime Ministers children from his previous marriages/relationships were not invited. (AP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Canny Carrie's thrifty choice; a princess by any other...

    Already there is talk that the Freedom Day may be shifted to July 5, so it is getting more and more difficult to plan...

    7 Jun 2021 1:32 AM IST

    Diana, the Princess of Wales who died in 1997, continues to rule the front pages.Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | BBC on the mat for Di interview... Is Shakespeare...

    Undoubtedly, these kinds of seminars create a fresh understanding

    24 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

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    Kishwar Desai | Indian summer on UK's red list; royal duchesses in...

    Some people are deeply unhappy that these restrictions are still in place, despite the vaccine

    10 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

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    A fitting farewell for Prince Philip; Cameron, Carrie graft entertains

    The big event of the past fortnight has, of course, been the Royal funeral

    26 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | India wave hits UK's vax drive, amid adulation for...

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

    29 March 2021 4:01 AM IST

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

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

    15 March 2021 12:00 AM IST

    Twenty million have already been vaccinated (36 per cent of population), more than in France, Germany, Italy and Spain put together. (Representational Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Kishwar Desai | Britain's spot of schadenfreude; pregnancy triggers...

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

    1 March 2021 4:32 AM IST

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

    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...

    15 Feb 2021 4:51 AM IST

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