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English test for UK Immigrant marriages

English test for UK Immigrant marriages

By Amit | June 10, 2010

Non-Europeans planning to come to the UK for marriage or to live with their partner will have to take an English language test before their receive a visa. The requirement originally to be introduced in 2011 by the previous Labour government has been brought forward by the current Conservative led government. From Autumn 2010, anyone [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian
Tagged: arranged, Brtiain, english, EU, government, immigration, indian, language, law, marriage, marriages, new, NRI, oxford, partner, polish, rule, scam, sham, spouse, test, UK, UK Border Agency, visa

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Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik marry

Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik marry

By Sripurna Basu | April 15, 2010

Sania Mirza was once India’s darling. As the first Indian tennis player to make the Top 50 WTA ranking she is a youth icon in India. Now she’s attracted controversy by  marrying Pakistani cricket captain, Shoaib Malik, who was suspended for misconduct recently from the national team after their Australian tour. The high-profile wedding took [...]

Categories: Sport
Tagged: cricket, Hydrabad, India, indian, marriage, muslim, nikah, Pakistan, pakistani, photos, reception, Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik, sialkot, tennis, wedding

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Allesley Hotel Asian Wedding Fayre

Allesley Hotel Asian Wedding Fayre

By Nazhat | December 16, 2009

Asian weddings are a perfect blend of traditions, values and celebrations and planning Brit-Asian weddings is now a far more involved, exciting and in many cases, a stressful experience. The advent of events to promote services and suppliers for Asian weddings is now emerging to be one great way of reducing the stress and worry. [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian
Tagged: allesley hotel, asian, asian wedding fayre, biti, Blush, blush team, Bridal, bride, coventry, cuisine, des-c, Desi, desi girl, designer, dress, exhibition, fair, Fashion, fashion show, groom, indian, lehnga, marriage, nashaa, riitih, sabrina, sherwani, UK, wedding, ziggi

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Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra Marry

Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra Marry

By Nazhat | November 29, 2009

Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra finally tied the knot on 22nd November 2009 at a delightful but simple marriage ceremony held in Khandala, India. A farmhouse location owned by Shilpa Shetty’s business partner Kiran Bawa. One of the most talked about weddings between Bollywood star and Celebrity Big Brother winner, Shilpa Shetty, and British Asian [...]

Categories: Bollywood
Tagged: Amibtabh Bachchan, Bollywood, H Dhami, marriage, marry, photos, raj kundra, RDB, rishi rich, Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, UK, Veronica, video, wedding

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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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Desi Bridal Dresses

Desi Bridal Dresses

By Nazhat | August 20, 2009

Changes in fashion and preference have developed the demand for Desi bridal dresses.  Western wedding dress designs are being enhanced with colour, style or accessories to add a Desi touch. These are being chosen by some brides instead of the more traditional attire such as wedding lenghas. South Asian Christian brides usually wore wedding gowns [...]

Categories: Fashion
Tagged: asian, bridal dress, bride, Desi, dress, embroided, ethnic, Fashion, gallery, marriage, photos, pink dress, raisha, red dress, wedding, wedding dress, western, white dress

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Loss of Traditions

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 [...]

Categories: Debate
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

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 [...]

Categories: Debate
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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All about the Lengha

All about the Lengha

By Sandy Bains | February 16, 2009

The Lengha (also known as Ghagra Choli) is one of the most popular South-Asian outfits on the market and also proven to be very popular with South-Asian brides. This “skirt and top” outfit made a mark in early BC for the Royal Mughal women and Indian queens at the time. There are four main fittings, [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, Fashion
Tagged: Bollywood, bridal lengha, choli, clothes, designer, designer lenghas, Fashion, features, ghagra, ghagra choli, indian, indian bride, lehenga, lehnga, marriage, midriff, mughal, pakistani, straight cut, style, umbrella cut, wedding, wedding parties

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'Living In' a growing Indian trend

‘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 [...]

Categories: Debate
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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