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10 Top Desi Weight Loss tips

By Gulshinder Chattha | August 16, 2010

Weight Loss can be a minefield. With so many gimmicks, promises and novelty diet solutions on the market we are often covered by a cloud of uncertainty. One of the most common traps people fall into is aiming for ‘quick weight loss.’ Admittedly there are commercial diets out there that can produce quick results but [...]

Categories: Health & Beauty
Tagged: aid, asian, Brit-Asian, british asian, cooking, Desi, diet, eating, exercise, Food, help, indian, loss, pakistani, punjabi, slimming, South Asian, support, sweets, tips, UK, weight
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Dangers of Skin Lightening Creams

By Nazhat | August 8, 2010

Many Asians who are dark want to be fair skinned and conversely, people of a natural white skin want to get a tan. Beauty products today have soared in both these markets due to the growing demand. Creams, lotions, treatments are all available to ‘enhance’ your skin colour. However, what is not promoted is the [...]

Categories: Health & Beauty
Tagged: asian, bad, banned, bleach, bleaching, cream, dangerous, dark, fair, gel, Hydroquinone, illegal, India, lightener, lightening, lotion, Mercury, Pakistan, pigment, products, skin, skin cancer, soap, UK, US, use, white
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Sony/RCA signs Sonna Rele

By Jas Sembhi | August 1, 2010

British Asian artists are now making their way into the mainstream at a noticeable rate. Sonna Rele from Kingsbury in North West London is a 25-year-old singer/songwriter who has been signed for a five-year deal with Sony/RCA records. Music producer Livingstone Brown who has worked with the likes of Wyclef Jean, Maxi Priest and John [...]

Categories: Music & Dance
Tagged: Alicia Keys, asian, british asian, deal, female, indian, kingsbury, London, mainstream, music, RCA, record deal, records, rele, singer, songwriter, sonna, Sonna Rele, Sony, Sugababes, UK, Wyclef
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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 [...]

Categories: Debate
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 [...]

Categories: Debate
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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Asian Sexual Health still a Taboo?

By Amit | May 9, 2010

Sexual health and Asians is something that may not always be a subject of comfort. But in today’s more open and sexually active society, it is a very important issue and cannot be ignored. Many from past generations see this area as taboo and not something talked about or discussed but this is changing or [...]

Categories: Health & Beauty
Tagged: asian, British, condoms, contraception, GUM, health, HIV, indian, NHS, pakistani, safe sex, sex, sexual health, South Asian, STI, tests, UK
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Six Asian Women MPs elected in UK

By Nazhat | May 7, 2010

The 2010 UK general election has produced historical results for Asian women living in the UK. Despite the outcome being a hung parliament, six Asian women MPs were voted for and elected by their constituents. The election has produced the highest number of Asians to be elected into government. A record 22 Asian women are [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian
Tagged: 2010, asian, asian women, Conservative, elected, election, Labour, Lisa Nandy, mp, parliament, polls, Priti Patel, Rushanara Ali, Shabana Mahmood, six, UK, Valerie Vaz, vote, women, Yasmin Quershi
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Jaz Dhami Wallpapers

By DESIblitzer | May 1, 2010

A DESIblitz wallpaper special presents a set of uniquely created fit and buff Jaz Dhami wallpapers for your desktop. Select the size (suitable for your screen resolution) and wallpaper design of your choice from the selection below. Click on the wallpaper image thumbnail. This will open up the wallpaper image in our photo viewer. Right [...]

Categories: Downloads, Wallpapers
Tagged: artist, asian, bhangra, British, buff, fit, jaz, jaz dhami, punjabi, sexy, singer, UK, wallpaper, wallpapers
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The UK Election and the Asian vote

By Sripurna Basu | April 27, 2010

The Asian vote. Do Politicians care? It appears that they do. Both Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown have been interviewed by Nihal of the BBC Asian Network in the weeks leading up to the election. David Cameron’s Conservative party have even released software that will detect and target Asian voters. However, a poll commissioned by [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian
Tagged: 2010, 6th May, asian, bnp, british asian, Conservative, david cameron, economy, education, election, gordon brown, health, immigration, Labour, Liberal, nick clegg, poll, survey, tories, tory, UK, vote
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Keep BBC Asian Network National

By Indi | April 10, 2010

On 2nd March 2010, the BBC Director General, Mark Thompson, announced that BBC Asian Network radio will be closed as a national service. This was part of the BBC Strategic Review put forward to the BBC Trust for consideration and consultation. The plans are to close the station as a national station by 2011. An [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian
Tagged: amar, Amir Khan, asian, awards, BBC, bbc asian network, BBC Trust, bobby friction, close, closure, consultation, Desi, digital, hari dhillon, jay sean, Jaya, jimmy mistry, keep it national, Mumzy, music, nihal, radio, RDB, regional, save, Sonia Deol, station, stretegy review
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