Anyone who really wants to understand India should resolutely ignore Last Man in Tower and simply book a flight and explore the place for a while.
Read full article...As Downing Street hosts a party for prominent Sikhs, Nirpal Dhaliwal, who attended, reflects on the continuing influence of London's Indian population
Learning a new breathing technique changed Nirpal Dhaliwal's life - he's now fitter than ever, has given up smoking and thrown away the asthma inhaler he's had since he was a child
While westerners are spellbound by the sight of a beautifully adorned and painted bride as she demurely steps around the sacred flame, do they understand the unspoken logic behind all this perfection?
Noel Biderman, head of the world’s largest infidelity website which launches in London this week, explains why he’d rather cheat on his wife than get divorced
My ex-wife, Liz Jones, has a new book out this week, The Exmoor Files: How I Lost a Husband and Found Rural Bliss
The Sunday streets teemed with people out to catch the early sunshine. The East End has long been a fine place to observe Londoners but Shoreditch is the place to watch their perpetual, sometimes demented, quest for coolness
I recently tried teetotalism and discovered how difficult it is for abstainers in London. People asked if I was on medication; some thought I'd converted to Islam. When I ordered mineral water on a date, my companion asked if I was an alcoholic; she then became withdrawn when I replied "no". I got the impression she thought I found her unattractive.
Since returning at Christmas after six months abroad I’ve been living with my parents while low on cash. Before you mutter the word “loser”, remember this: with the recession biting, I’m lucky they have a room to spare
Seeing the cruelty of slum life depicted in Slumdog Millionaire, viewers might imagine that today's India cannot possibly be so harsh — perhaps even that this movie is anti-Indian. They would be wrong on both counts.
Having spent the past six months in India, one writer knew he had to come home for the only festival we really know how to celebrate
Two months ago Nirpal Dhaliwal left London to make a fresh start in Delhi. Here, he reveals how going back to his roots has given him a new outlook
All of London's football supporters will be glued to the first all-English Champions League Final tonight. Like most of them, I'm desperate for Manchester United to win. Watching a team you hate win trophies is as agonising for a fan as seeing your own team defeated
If the Tories want to save families, they need to do a lot more than make spiteful, useless gestures against lesbians
Sex and the City-induced over-analysis has destroyed more relationships than anything else over the past decade
Just how bad is Ken Livingstone? We should reflect on this before we risk making Boris Johnson Mayor of the most incredible city on earth
We are told that 300 lapdancing clubs exist in Britain today, double the number of four years ago. I've been to one only twice
I recently met Sathnam Sanghera, a Cambridge graduate and Times journalist. He'd written of his determination to marry a white woman and I asked why. He sheepishly admitted that a white partner was proof he'd "made it"
Sienna Miller was praised for seeing past Rhys Ifans's flabby Catweazle exterior, appreciating his inner beauty instead
I laughed when Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg admitted to sleeping with "no more than 30" women. Interviewed by Piers Morgan for GQ magazine, he was initially reticent
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