BRITISH
ASIAN HEADLINES FEBRUARY 2007
Fashion
twist wowed judges
MANCHESTER clothes designer
Fatz Kassim is cutting a dash in a
tough reality TV competition.
The Asian News - http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/entertainment/
The secret violence that challenges
Britain’s Asians
By amba(amba)
“This is happening to many other
Asian girls — our lives are
being destroyed. Something needs to
be done,” she told the Manchester
Evening News. It is indeed happening
to many other Asians girls around
the country. ...
ambainny - http://ambainny.blogspot.com/index.html
Pupils compete for Bahrain trip
Sheffield Today
- England,UK
MORE than 100 black, Asian
and ethnic minority schoolchildren
are being given the chance to experience
an educational adventure of a lifetime.
...
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Shelina up for new award
The Asian
News - UK
... achievers in the Asian
community. Other people to be
nominated include Manchester
Labour councillor, Maryam Khan
who is up for woman of the year
award. ...
Shere Khan
shock
The Asian
News - UK
A year later she rubbed shoulders
with Cherie Blair and the Duchess
of Cornwall as she collected the
Entrepreneur of the Year title
at the Asian Women of ...
The most amazing thing about the
Mercy of Allah is that it's
...
By Abu Eesa
Remember, there has been an increase
in thieves targetting Asian
households particularly in Cheshire/Stockport/Manchester
for a quick smash and grab for
their gold and "non-taxable"
earnings (of course) so be careful.
...
AE - http://islamiblog.blogspot.com
Britain: A Sikh police inspector
arrested on suspicion of money
...
By Adam Lawson(Adam
Lawson)
A statement issued by GMP said:
"Greater Manchester
Police expects the highest professional
standards from all officers and
staff and any allegation of inappropriate
behaviour is thoroughly investigated.
"A 39-year-old officer has
today ...
Modern Tribalist - http://moderntribalist.blogspot.com/index.html
Allah
made me funny
Asian
Image - UK
Including Cardiff, Glasgow,
Birmingham, Manchester,
Bradford, more cities will
be announced over the coming
months. First of the UK dates
will be 7/8th ...
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Bringing down the barriers
- the Gujarat carnage five
years on
A discussion meeting in Birmingham,
organised by South Asian
Alliance and Cultivasian,
with speakers from India,
to discuss the events in Gujarat
in February 2002, which led
to the death of over 2000
people.
IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk
FEATURE: Multicultural Britain
By Mike
Eastwood(Mike Eastwood)
In the Lozells district of
Birmingham last year,
tensions defined around race
exploded into violence. Asian
gangs and black gangs clashed
in what have been described
as “race riots”. But,
in reality, the disturbances
were about poverty, ...
I Want My Country Back - http://iwantmycountryback.blog.com/
Sure,
Lets Reason With Them
By Spider
Relatives broke the news to the
couple's son, Adam, 17, as
he lay terminally ill with cancer
at the Christie Hospital, Manchester.
He died six weeks later. Michael
Singleton, the coroner, recorded
verdicts that Riaz killed himself
and ...
Kim & Her
Friends Explain It All - http://kimexplainsitall1944.typepad.com/kim_explains_it_all/
Killers
of Pakistani sentenced to life
in Britain
The News - International
- Pakistan
LONDON: Four British youths of a racist
gang stoned and stamped to death a Pakistani
taxi driver, Muhammad Pervaiz, after
luring him into a dead-end on a ...
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India
: Bollywood actress to launch
a perfume soon!
Fibre2fashion.com
- India
Shilpa Shetty, the Bollywood
actress plans to launch a perfume in
her name in the UK soon followed by
writing cookery book. ...
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BOLLYWOOD
TO MCDONALD'S
Glasgow Daily Record
- Glasgow,Scotland,UK
But now she's swapped Bollywood
roles for bread rolls, the only people
likely to know her face are the regular
in the Aberdeen branch of McDonald's
where ...
Free
kits available for community groups
Asian Image - UK
On Friday 23rd February, 12 students
from The University of Manchester
will be kicking off Reach Week, over
a week of fundraising activities to
raise money ...
Racial profiling in UK
Merinews - India
Cars belonging to members of the Asian
community in Edinburgh have been targeted
in what police believe are a series
of racist incidents. ...
UK: Muslim
Burned Family For "Being Western"
By Giraldus Cambrensis
She embraced Asian culture but
worked hard to support those who felt
suppressed by it. She was an excellent
role model to young Asian women
in Accrington, as well as to her own
children and always encouraged them
to live life to the ...
Western Resistance - http://www.westernresistance.com/
United stand
Guardian Unlimited
- UK
Teenager Minesh Tailor plays badminton
alongside his black, white and Asian
team members, some from the most deprived
parts of his home town, Bolton. ...
Muslim husband who killed his wife and
children because of their ...
Independent - London,England,UK
Mrs Riaz, whose father married an English
woman after becoming one of the first
Asian men to emigrate to the
area in the 1960s, was sent back to
Pakistan ...
Asian
bride tells of her life in fear
Manchester Evening
News - Manchester,England,UK
Language barriers and cultural factors
mean Asian domestic abuse victims
are among the hardest to reach and their
stories are rarely heard. ...
Asian Deaf Cricket Tourney in March
Columbo Daily News
- Columbo,Sri Lanka
CRICKET: Cricket, the world's most
popular sport being played by the able
and disabled around the world will turn
a new leaf with the Asian Deaf
Cricket ...
India calls for pan-Asian FTA
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India on Friday called for
a pan-Asian free trade agreement
to build an economic community akin to
the European Union and the North American
Free ...
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BT survey encashes big budget Asian
weddings
Indiantelevision.com
- Andheri,Mumbai,India
MUMBAI: It is the 'Big Fat Asian
wedding' and if the British Telecommunications
(BT) survey is anything to go by the wedding
industry is just about to get ...
MTV Shutters Asian-American Focused
Channels
World Screen News
- New York,NY,USA
NEW YORK, February 16: MTV Networks is
closing down its MTV World division, which
operated three networks for Asian-American
youth—MTV Desi, MTV Chi and MTV ...
Alwan for the Arts Presents 2007 New York
Arab & South Asian Film ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
15 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2007 New York Arab
& South Asian Film Festival
(NYASAFF) presented by Alwan for the Arts
and bringing the best in recent features,
...
South Asian Immigrants At Higher
Risk For Heart Disease ...
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
Science Daily — South Asian immigrants
in America have a higher risk of heart
disease than any other American population.
...
Asian
teachers say they are overworked and underpaid
Gulf News - Dubai,United
Arab Emirates
Dubai: Asian teachers at a private
British curriculum school have protested
against discrepancies between their salaries
and those of their Western ...
2007 New York Arab
& South Asian Film Festival,
23 February - 4 March
Electronic Intifada
- Chicago,IL,USA
The 2007 New York Arab & South Asian
Film Festival (NYASAFF) presents the best
in recent features, docs, & shorts
that increase awareness of the creative
...
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A
shamed and depressed Faria Alam sees a
psychiatrist!
DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
The Asian beauty is said to be
suffering from deep depression and has
seen a psychiatrist, after she was caught
on camera while dealing with a 'decoy
...
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Five in court on terror charges
Metro - London,UK
Iqbal, who repeatedly smiled to an Asian
woman in the public gallery during the
hearing, and 30-year-old Irfan - whose
bail application was withdrawn - were
...
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The
witch is back
Leeds Today - UK
Back in 2005 he starred at the Playhouse
as an Asian teenager in a new
piece of writing, Players. Now he's
back starring in a role which, let's
face it, ...
Identity: Who do you think you are?
BBC News - UK
I am an Asian-African. My great
grandmother was born in Kijabe, on the
lip of the Great African Rift Valley
in Kenya. At the moment I am studying
in London. ...
Brown
girl in the ring
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
For those not familiar with that part
of town (it's definitely not on the
must-see guides of London), it's got
a considerable Asian population. ...
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Shilpa
Shetty gets UK work permit
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
Mumbai: Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty
has been granted a work permit by the
British government that would enable her
to make money from lucrative personal
...
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SHETTY SHUNS BAFTAS FOR SICK DAD
Contactmusic.com -
Burley in Wharfdale,Ilkley,UK
Bollywood star SHILPA SHETTY will
miss out on an appearance at tonight's
(11FEB07) British Academy of Film and
Television Arts (BAFTA) awards after jetting
...
Shilpa
Shetty launches AIDS charity
Bollyvista - Brossard,Quebec,Canada
Shilpa Shetty, who has become a
household name in Britain after enduring
racist bullying on 'Celebrity Big
Brother' reality show, has launched
a charitable ...
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Shilpa outraged by Bobby Khan,
Jazz Barton's fraud
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
By Subhash K. Jha, IANS, [RxPG] Mumbai,
Feb 9 - Actress Shilpa Shetty's
elation at her international triumph vanishes
when she speaks about the two people ...
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Being
In A Crowd Is Good For You'
Life Style Extra -
UK
Prof Reicher said: "The Mela
is an incredible event - like a vast biblical
scene. But it also carries some fundamental
lessons for our understanding of ...
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Bolton
mela showcase
Asian Image - UK
The Mela, organised by the Bolton
Mela Group with support and funding
from Bolton Council is on Sunday (20th
August) at Queens Park, off Chorley New
road ...
A
REAL HERO OF ISLAM IS HE WHO SEPARATES
A SOLDIER'S HEAD FROM ...
Sunday Mirror - UK
POLICE holding the Birmingham terror
suspects have seized secret TV footage
of an Islamic preacher praising the death
of a British Muslim soldier in ...
Neighbors of British Terror Suspects Skeptical
of Charges
New York Times - New
York,NY,USA
Mr. Khan said the arrests put a spotlight
on the lack of government services in
the South Asian neighborhoods.
According to a survey by the Birmingham
...
Preacher calls for death to all Muslim
soldiers
Times Online - UK
Last week's arrests sparked anger in Birmingham,
where Dr Mohammed Naseem, a Muslim leader,
said British Muslims were being treated
like Jews in Nazi ...
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Robbie
goes to Bollywood
India PRwire (Press Release) - India
Robbie Williams is planning to record a duet
with Bollywood star Asha Bhonsle, the UK pop
superstar will apparently feature on a new song
on Bhosle's new ...
Schools
get touch of Bollywood
Leeds Today - UK
A touch of Bollywood spiced up an international
relations project involving four schools in
Leeds yesterday. cultural awareness. Youngsters
aged seven to 11 ...
Killing
a hostage simpler and more sinister than bombs
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
Police moved swiftly to quell growing resentment
of what Asian residents regarded as
heavy-handed policing. They have distributed
5000 leaflets to explain ...
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MANCHESTER
'It was perfect, now there's fear'
- Huma, 17, on life after ...
Halifax Today - UK
As a young Asian woman, Huma said she
was now too afraid to walk into town without
friends or family. She said: "It doesn't
matter whether you wear a scarf ...
YOUNUS KHAN - YORKSHIRE "A DREAM COME
TRUE"
sportnetwork.net - UK
You are being funded in quite a unique way
with the Asian Business Development
Network basically paying for your season.
Are you looking forward to getting ...
ROUNDUP:
Arrests In Britain Spark Fears Of "new
Terrorism"
Playfuls.com - Targu
Mures,Romania
The arrests came a week after police detained
five people in anti-terrorist raids in
the cities of Manchester and Halifax,
in northern Britain. ...
BNP councillor keeps job despite assaults
This Is Lancashire
- Blackburn,England,UK
... when he abused a group of Asian
men in the town centre on a night out.
In September 2005 he was given a three
year football banning order at Manchester
...
BIRMINGHAM
Terror
kidnap plot New targets
Yorkshire Post Today
- Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
A CYBERCAFE, an Islamic bookshop and
a general store were all raided in Birmingham
over a suspected terror plot to kidnap
a Muslim soldier. ...
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Police comb for clues in Birmingham
Euronews.net - Lyon,France
The arrests and police activity have
caused concern among local residents
in Birmingham, a city which is
home to a big Asian and Moslem
population. ...
Spy plane hunts 'terror suspects'
Telegraph.co.uk
- London,England,UK
In the search for the two other men,
a Britten-Norman Islander plane was
flying above Birmingham yesterday.
The aircraft can monitor computer and
mobile ...
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British police try to calm fears in
Birmingham's Muslim community
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
Yaqoob, who attended Wednesday's
meeting with police, said Birmingham's
Asian minority would do all it could
to support the local police.
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Series of properties raided as detectives
hunt for evidence
Leeds Today - UK
Arrests were made at eight houses in
the Sparkhill, Washwood Heath, Kingstanding
and Edgbaston areas of Birmingham.
Four commercial premises including a
...
HATE FOR BRITISH HERO
Glasgow Daily Record
- Glasgow,Scotland,UK
And young Muslims living near his home
in Birmingham attacked the Intelligence
Corps soldier as "an Asian
dude fighting a white man's war".
...
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Internet Spreading Dangerous Idealogy?
CBS News - New York
City,NY,USA
Yesterday’s terror raids in Birmingham
have prompted much anger among the area’s
Asian community. But they have
also made local mosque leaders question
the ...
Residents’ shock at plot claim
Express &
Star - Wolverhampton,West Midlands,UK
I won’t say I’m shocked, because
if they are going to find something,
it will be in an Asian area.
I think the police have to be very
careful if they hear ...
Locals tell of Brum terror raids
The Sun - London,UK
IN the early hours of this morning,
police descended on an address in
Jackson Road, a residential area in
the east of Birmingham. ...
Birmingham's Muslims fear
reprisals after anti-terror raids
Independent -
London,England,UK
It was before dawn when members of
Birmingham's Asian community
awoke to the sound of smashing glass
and splintering wood as anti-terror
police broke into ...
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5:40
pm: Britain uncovers alleged kidnapping
plot that reportedly ...
Santa Fe New Mexican
- Santa Fe,NM,USA
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -
Police unveiled a major kidnapping
plot, the first of its kind in Britain,
arresting nine terror suspects reportedly
planning to ...
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Bring
Bollywood home with The FILMIGAME; Put the buzz
back into Bollywood - 21st February 2005
Do
you know what Rani Mukherji's first Filmfare
Award was? Who is Kajol's famous mother? Can
you name the super hit movie from the 70's with
Amitabh Bachchan and Parveen Babi? If you know
the answers to these questions then you're obviously
a huge Bollywood fan who is in for a special
treat. US based company UNAMEDIA is launching
a new and exciting form of Bollywood based entertainment,
an interactive DVD trivia game entitled The
FILMIGAME.
The
FILMIGAME gives players a chance to test their
knowledge on movies, songs, stars, dances and
dialogues. So whether participants know the
name of Shah Rukh Khan's character in Dilwale
Dulhania Le Jayenge or Madhuri Dixit's famous
dance sequence from Tehzaab, everyone is guaranteed
to have an unforgettable and action packed time!
The
game is simple yet full of masti. The goal is
to be the first player/team to successfully
navigate the world of Bollywood movies and then
complete the Box Office speed round to win.
It allows players/teams to answer various trivia
questions in several different categories, competing
against each other, to gain points in all areas
of Hindi film making. This includes 'Lights,'
'Camera,' 'Action,' 'It's a Wrap' and 'Box Office.'
"
'Lights' concentrates on the stars of the movie
such as the beautiful Aishwarya Rai or the hunky
Salman Khan.
" 'Camera' looks at behind the scenes with
directors and sets, which includes the creative
genius Karan Johar.
" 'Action' covers scripts, dialogues, songs
and dances, such as Kareena Kapoor's popular
number from Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham with Hrithik
Roshan.
" 'It's a Wrap' takes care of everything
else from production to promotion.
" 'Box Office' is the final speed round
to win the game.
The
interactive DVD contains over 1200 trivia questions
and over 35 movie clips. The questions cover
all aspects of the colourful world of Hindi
cinema. It teases all Bollywood lovers and leaves
them wanting more of their favourite stars and
humming catchy tunes such as the theme tune
to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
The
FILMIGAME has been designed and developed by
two dynamic Asian women based in the US, Sunaina
Anand and Prita Uppal. Their main goal as UNAMEDIA
is to bring people the most innovative and creative,
culturally targeted entertainment. They aim
to do this through advanced gaming and entertainment
techniques, such as The FILMIGAME. Sunaina and
Prita have grown up surrounded by the glamour
of Bollywood and as a result are very passionate
about Hindi cinema.
Both
ladies feel very enthusiastic about this new
game and are confident that it will be a hit
with movie lovers all around the world. Ms Anand
says "We are developing cultural connections
between people in a fun, entertaining and unique
way. Our goal is to help people understand and
enjoy Indian culture and traditions. And we
believe The FILMIGAME is a giant step in that
direction."
Uppal
concludes by saying "We have created a
whole new form of fun! We're taking the excitement
of Bollywood a step further by combining challenging
trivia with the movies. It's a culturally enriched
game that reaches South Asians worldwide."
The
FILMIGAME has received much support from the
Hindi film industry itself. Prakash Mehra, Satyan
Pal Chaudhry and Karan Johar have contributed
classic movies like Namak Halal, Sharaabi, Kabhi
Khushi Kabhi Gham and Kal Ho Na Ho.
Karan Johar perfectly sums up the game: "The
FILMIGAME is great entertainment. Whether you
are spending an evening with friends or family
you are sure to be shouting out the answers
to the questions at the top of your lungs! It's
an excellent way to get everyone together for
a fun packed time."
Jackie
Shroff polishes off by saying: "The Filmigame
is awesome! Really slick and well produced,
it takes Hindi Cinema to the next level. Its
a great fun way to spend an evening with friends."
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