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10 Top Desi Weight Loss tips

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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2010 UK Asian Music Awards

2010 UK Asian Music Awards

By Indi | April 6, 2010

The 2010 UK Asian Music Awards is one of the key events in the annual diary of Asian Music in the UK. Artists from different genres come together to celebrate winners of the variety of nominations established by the awards body. DESIblitz had the pleasure to attend the ceremony and talk to many celebrity names [...]

Categories: Music & Dance
Tagged: 2010, amar, amas, Amir Khan, asian, awards, bbc asian network, bhangra, bobby friction, Brit-Asian, British, dhanjan, hari dhillon, interviews, jay sean, Jaya, jimmy mistry, JK, mc psg, music, nihal, RDB, shizzio, UK, uk asian music awards, urban

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The \”home\” Exhibition

The \”home\” Exhibition

By Indi | March 19, 2010

The \”home\” is a group exhibition looking into how, when set in a comparable context with artists from South Asia, British artists of South Asian descent view their own origin and literal physical sense of location, alongside more figurative investigations and manifestations of the self and identity, locality and vicinity, foreign and foreignness, home and [...]

Categories: Arts & Culture
Tagged: airspace gallery, artists, arts, Brit-Asian, british asian, Chinmoyi Patel, culture, exhibtion, Harminder Singh Judge, Hetain Patel, home, India, Kashif Nadim Chaudry, Pakistan, Rachel Marsden, Samit Das, UK

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Changes in the Brit-Asian Woman

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 [...]

Categories: Debate
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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Brit-Asian men and Alcohol abuse

Brit-Asian men and Alcohol abuse

By Sripurna Basu | December 18, 2009

Alcohol use and alcoholism is on the rise in South Asian populations. Alcohol related harm in Asians is costing the NHS and Social Services too much. For every 100 white men dying from alcohol related causes there are 160 Asian men dying. These are some of the facts published in a report in the British [...]

Categories: Health & Beauty
Tagged: abuse, alcohol, Alcohol abuse, asian, BMJ, Brit-Asian, Dr, drink, drinking alcohol, Gurpreet, India, indian, men, NHS, Pannu, report, UK

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RDB and Jay Sean win Urban Awards

RDB and Jay Sean win Urban Awards

By Jas Sembhi | November 4, 2009

RDB and Jay Sean won awards at the UK Urban Music Awards. The awards were held on 1st November 2009 in London, UK. The event was star studded affair with phenomenal performances by Sway, Brick and Lace and Candy Girl. RDB being out of the UK most of the time were not at the awards [...]

Categories: Music & Dance
Tagged: asian, award, Brit-Asian, jay sean, Lil Wayne, London, music, pop, RDB, UK, Urban Music Awards, winner

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Sex and the British Asian Woman

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 [...]

Categories: Debate
Tagged: boy, Brit-Asian, British, dating, girl, liberalism, man, marriage, relationship, safe sex, sex, sex before marriage, UK, woman, women

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Chef shortage hits Curry Restaurants

Chef shortage hits Curry Restaurants

By Amit | April 2, 2009

Following Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s announcement that rules on foreign workers entering the UK will be tightened and the ‘shortage occupation list’ to remove chefs from the list, the UK curry restaurant trade is beginning to feel the impact of these changes. Ministers have suggested that they plan to force restaurants and takeaways to recruit [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, Food
Tagged: asian, bangladeshi, Brit-Asian, chef, clutural, cooking, cuisine, dining, ethnic restaurants, Food, government, home secretary, indian, Jabbar Khan, lasan, Lasan Restaurant, law, ministers, professional chef, restaurant kitchen, rules, shortage, South Asian, takeaways, UK, women

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GOP Virk

GOP Virk

By Indi | December 19, 2008

DESIblitz zooms its SpotLight on Punjabi rapper, GOP Virk, from Queens in New York, USA. This guy is living proof that Rap and Bhangra music can be intertwined, to create a sound that is both original and inspiring. Whilst on his UK tour, GOP Virk met up for an exclusive DESIblitz interview and openly talked to us [...]

Categories: SpotLight
Tagged: american, better life, bhangra, Bollywood, Brit-Asian, dance, Desi, desiblitz, GOP, gop virk, interview, new york, punjabi, queens, rap, rapper, SpotLight, star, street, UK, USA, virk

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Brit-Asian women don't drink?

Brit-Asian women don’t drink?

By Nazhat | November 6, 2008

Drinking alcohol and a high consumption of it, has been associated with Brit-Asian men for many generations but today the trend is veering towards young Brit-Asian women. Changes in lifestyle, more personal freedom, professional careers, increased socialising and financial independence has led the new generations of Brit-Asian women in the UK, using alcohol as a [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, Debate
Tagged: alcohol, asian girls, asian men, asian women, asian youth, asians, bangladeshi, beer, binge drinking, booze, Brit-Asian, British, cultures, drink, drinking alcohol, drunk, indian, pakistani, UK, vomit, wine

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