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Diabetes Risk in British Asians
There are 70,000 South Asians and black people in the UK with undetected diabetes. Diabetes occurs when the body cannot balance blood sugar levels due to insufficient insulin production. It can remain undiagnosed for 10 years, stealthily causing heart disease, strokes, eye and kidney damage.
Diabetes is one of the biggest health challenges in the UK. [...]
The \”home\” Exhibition
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 [...]
Flying High with the RAF
Rakesh Patel, 31, Deputy Senior Medical Officer at RAF Odiham, has been serving with the RAF for over six years. With his job, he has travelled the world, been invited to the Queen’s Garden Party for tea and has worked his way up to the rank of Squadron Leader.
RAF Medical Services provide care for [...]
Living the RAF Dream
Not many people can proudly say they are working for an organisation they have wanted to be part of since they were a kid. Well, Wing Commander Pravin Patel is one of the lucky few, and 33 years into the job with the Royal Air Force, he still loves it!
Here is an in-depth interview with [...]
2010 UK Asian Music Awards Winners
The Royal Festival Hall hosted the British Asian Awards on 11th March 2010. A night filled with the glitz, glam and buzz featuring popular Brit-Asian performers, winners of awards and an air of a proud industry still going strong despite the tough times.
DESIblitz met up with many of the artists from the Brit-Asian music scene [...]
Changes in the Brit-Asian Woman
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 equal [...]
Asian MPs must Repay Expenses
British MPs have been ordered to repay £1.1m of inappropriate expenses claims back to the taxpayer. Sir Thomas Legg’s commission has now ruled that MPs must repay amounts from their second home expenses claims.
Sir Thomas Legg’s report into MPs’ spending over five years, concluded that there was a “culture of deference” which resulted in MPs’ [...]
Hepatitis C Awareness Campaign
A special scroll launched to raise the awareness of Hepatitis C amongst ethnic communities is part of the national NHS campaign to encourage the public to be more aware of the threat of the infection.
The scroll was launched in 2009 with support from many ethnic celebrities, media people and public to raise awareness of [...]
Aktar Islam & Jabbar Khan of Lasan
The DESIblitz SpotLight zooms on Aktar Islam and Jabbar Khan of Lasan Restaurant from Birmingham in the UK, the winners of the Gordon Ramsay’s F Word final on Channel 4 television. Lasan is the first Indian restaurant in the UK to be selected as the ‘Best Local Restaurant’ by Ramsay.
Head Chef Aktar Islam together with [...]
‘My Name is Khan’ in the UK
Shahrukh Khan visited the UK on a major promotion for his film ‘My Name is Khan,’ joined by Bollywood co-actress Kajol Devgan and the film’s director Karan Johar.
The film supported by Hollywood’s Fox Searchlight distribution deal is getting publicity at a very high level with unprecedented campaigns on television and radio.
Prior to the UK visit, [...]