East African Asians in the UK are different from other South Asian immigrants. Their antipathy, almost amounting to hatred, towards ‘new migrants’ is a social fact.
Compared to British Indians, British Pakistanis have the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and just one junior minister — Lord Tariq Ahmed in the Foreign Office.
A photo of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson performing a Hindu ritual along with Home Secretary Priti Patel surfaced Friday evening, claiming it was shot on 5 August.
Western media is woke on everything under the sun, but remains deaf, dumb and blind to other cultures, especially the Eastern countries’ sensibilities.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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