Ahila is a lawyer, and resides in London. She lives downstairs from an escort agency, and upstairs from a Morrocan restaurant. After living in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong, she is relieved to have found a crazy, messed up place to call home. She likes her work, but likes going to the cinema, and pretending to speak Spanish more. Because she loves it, she thinks it worth saying that her favourite book is “When Memory Dies” by A Sivanandan. Email: [email protected]
Tony Blair says he is leaving before the summer is out, and the race for the Labour party leadership, and the assessment of the likely contenders in the next general election is already generating column inches. There’s every expectation of a bit of (all in good fun) back stabbing in the race for the Labour…
Big Brother. Not the leader of Orwell’s claustrophobic dystopia, but a brightly coloured reality TV show format, that has waded into controversy in the UK this week. British viewers watched the programme with increasing discomfort, as loutish English celebrities bullied (and most say, racially abused) well known Bollywood actress, Shilpa Shetty, live on air. The…