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British or Asian? The Identity Crisis

By Sripurna Basu | August 1, 2010

Almost all British Asians have heard that question – “Where are you from?” Most of us reply, “I’m from here – the UK” Some of us add, if from India, “But my parents/grandparents are from India.” Not a lot of us will add, “My ethnicity is Indian.” How many of us feel compelled to add [...]

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Tagged: asian, bangladeshi, britain, British, british asian, England, ethnic, ethnicity, identity, immigrant, indian, integration, life, NRI, origin, pakistani, Race, roots, South Asian, term, UK
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Is South Asian culture all bad?

By Sripurna Basu | June 2, 2010

It is likely that whenever you hear the words ‘South Asian’ on the news it will be associated with something negative. If we are on the news it’s either about forced marriages, honour killings, illegal immigrants or someone pulling off a fake passport scam or else it’s the slums back home, child labour, corrupt authorities [...]

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Tagged: Ajay V Bhatt, asian, bad, Baroness Shriti Vadera, british asian, culture, good, Indra Nooyi, Kamel Hothi, Kiran Mazumder Shaw, Narinder Singh Kapany, negative, positive, South Asian, women, youth
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Changes in the Brit-Asian Woman

By Saiqa Saddique | March 9, 2010

Men have wanted the woman to play the role on top – literally speaking. Now that they have, they are not exactly being praised for it. Instead they see this as the Brit- Asian woman becoming too independent and too westernised. Recent news reports, state that women are earning more than men but not necessarily [...]

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Tagged: 21st century, bangladeshi, Brit-Asian, british asian, changes, culture, Desi, drinking, Fashion, financial status, freedom, girls, independance, indian, lady, liberty, lost, pakistani, sex, UK, values, woman, women, working
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Obsession with Boys and not Girls

By Sandy Bains | December 2, 2009

Every woman who has been pregnant and given birth to a child, whether it is a boy or girl can safely say that it is the best feeling in the world. Even though South Asian society has moved on from some of its old ways, one custom which still seems to rear its ugly head [...]

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Tagged: abortion, boy, british asian, child, girl, Haryana, India, indian, Punjab, sex, sex selective births, UK, ultrasound, women
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Sex and the British Asian Woman

By Sripurna Basu | November 3, 2009

The phrases premarital sex, unplanned pregnancies, one night stands and single mums, are still controversial in our communities. Sexual health and behaviour is not meant to be discussed. But sexual liberation amongst young Asians, particularly in women, is on the rise. Our most high profile example is Shobna Gulati. The actress, who played Sunita Parekh [...]

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Tagged: boy, Brit-Asian, British, dating, girl, liberalism, man, marriage, relationship, safe sex, sex, sex before marriage, UK, woman, women
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Gay Rights in India

By Sandy Bains | September 2, 2009

In our Desi Marriages of Convenience article it was highlighted that one of the main reasons these type of marriages were taking place was due to gay people in the South Asian communities finding a way to sustain their sexual orientation whilst being ‘married’ in society. Particularly, in India, where there is a large gay [...]

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Tagged: anti-gay, gay, homosexuality, India, legislation, lesbian, religous groups, rights, same sex, section 377
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Loss of Traditions

By Sandy Bains | August 2, 2009

From the early 1960′s to the early 1990′s, South-Asians developed a close-knit community in the UK. Further to leaving their homeland to seek a new life in a white dominated country, holding onto their traditions, values and culture gave them a way to retain their links back to their homeland and origin. It can be [...]

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Tagged: asian, british asians, child, culture, custom, family, Food, immigrants, indian, loss of traditions, marriage, names, pakistani, punjabi, South Asian, traditions, UK, values, vichola, wedding
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Desi Marriages of Convenience

By Sandy Bains | June 15, 2009

Marriage for some people is a commitment, which they make to the person they love and want to spend the rest of the life with them. However, some people get married, not for love, family or a relationship but for other reasons. One of these reasons is that those in the South Asian community attracted [...]

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Tagged: canada, child, civil, daughter, Desi, family, features, fraud, gay, gay marriage, green card, homosexual, illegal, India, lesbian, marriage, marriages of convenience, moc, orientation, pressure, sexuality, sham, sham marriages, son, UK, USA
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Congress wins in 2009 Indian Elections

By Baldev Sahota | May 16, 2009

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by the Indian National Congress party won the 2009 Indian Elections. The results announced of the largest democratic election in the world on 16th May 2009, showed that Congress won majority of the overall seats won by the UPA, in the Lok Sabha elections, which is the directly elected [...]

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Tagged: 2009, bjp, Desi, election, electronic voting machines, India, indian, indian congress party, indian elections, lok sabha elections, manmohan singh, parliament of india, prime minister, prime minister of india, rahul gandhi, result, sonia ghandi, united progessive alliance
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‘Living In’ a growing Indian trend

By Ivneet Kaur | February 10, 2009

Living together was never really an option seen in the past amongst people from India, Asians in the UK and other desi people abroad. However, this has dramatically changed over the last decade or so, where this kind of cohabitation seems have become an option, especially in India, due to the many advances in the [...]

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Tagged: acrimony, Desi, divorce, features, government, India, indian, intimacy, live-in, living-in, Maharashtra, marriage, partners, relationship, taboo, UK, West, wife
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British or Asian? The Identity Crisis
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