Is this for Muslims only?
5th December, 2007Are British Muslims being patronised by the arts and media world by having all this attention focused on them? And are non-Muslims Asians being locked out for not being 'trendy' enough? Parv Bancil think so.
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The Arts Council: helping diversity or causing division?
1st December, 2007Earlier this year the Arts Council was criticised for limiting a writers contest to non-white Britons. Is the institution guilty of "inverted racism" for having a separate division focusing on non-white artists? Meera Dattani finds out.
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Book week: A Yam on the Pull, short story by Nikesh Shukla
18th September, 2007As part of Book Week on AIM magazine, we publish an exclusive short story by writer and musician Nikesh Shukla. He is currently working on his first novel.
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Book week: Upcoming experimental writers
17th September, 2007There are plenty of Asian writers in the UK covering everything from their personal lives to sci-fi, current affairs, sports or even Bollywood. But we wanted to find those doing something a bit different...
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Book week: First book on Bhangra launches
17th September, 2007A new book was launched this week, celebrating the rise and development of British Bhangra over the last few decades. A first of its kind, the book has come out of a two-year exhibition celebrating the music genre.
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Book week: The Landlady, a short story by Dina Begum
14th September, 2007As part of Book Week on AIM magazine, we publish an exclusive short story by upcoming writer Dina Begum. Dina has previously contributed to Creative Week and is writing her first novel.
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Book week: Profile - Rabina Khan
14th September, 2007After self-publishing her first book, Rabina Khan found an agent for her second novel, Ayesha's Rainbow, about racial tension in London East End. She has since set up her own publishing house and working on her third book.
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Book week: Rahila Gupta, on slavery under our very noses
12th September, 2007Known as the fiery campaigner for Southall Black Sisters and co-author of the book that was made into the film Provoked, Rahila Gupta's new novel digs deep into the under-belly of British society we all pretend doesn't exist.
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Book week: Recently published authors
11th September, 2007From celebrating diversity at the workplace to celebrating football through poetry and celebrating the achievements and challenges faced by India - AIM magazine lists some recently published authors.
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Ikonz goes for a re-design
1st September, 2007The entertainment and celebrity magazine Ikonz has gone through a re-design and a slight shift in editorial policy. The publishers said it was planned to coincide with the launch of Magazine Week.
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Profile: Sathnam Sanghera, from bunny to columnist
27th August, 2007After 15 years of writing, Sathnam Sanghera isn't about to give up soon. Not when he's become business columnist at The Times and has a book coming out. He tells AIM about working at newspapers and the bizarre journey to get there.
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New editor at Midlands magazine
27th August, 2007A new editor has taken over for Midlands based entertainment and lifestyle magazine Mstyle. 23 year old Amrit Sahota says the publication will be re-launched and aimed at a young and outgoing demographic in the area.
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British Asian lives, in books
24th August, 2007Three new fictional novels seek to portray different aspects of British Asian life; from Roopa Farooki's Orange award nominated Bitter Sweets to Sanjay Suri's tale of a man trying to find a wife, and Nikita Lalwani's Booker nominated debut novel Gifted.
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Guardian unveils first Asian woman columnist
14th August, 2007The Guardian newspaper made two key appointments this week; publishing its first Asian woman columnist and appointing its podcast presenter Riazat Butt as religious affairs correspondent.
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Asian News moves from paper to web
13th August, 2007The owners of Asian News have decided to take the newspaper entirely online, ending the print-run of a ten year old paper aimed at British Asians in the Manchester and Oldham area. Shelina Begum takes over as editor.
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Why Sarfraz Manzoor's debut is a damn fine memoir
18th June, 2007Including everything from a love for Bruce Springsteen's music to religion, race politics, Luton, Pakistani culture and a tribute to his late father, Sarfraz Manzoor's debut book is worth reading says Rehna Azim.
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Shami Chakrabarti and Salman Rushdie honoured
17th June, 2007Human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti and writer Salman Rushdie will both be honoured by the Queen, according to a list published this week. Both said they were astonished at the prospect.
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The search for Asians who buy books
18th May, 2007A new initiative from next week will help publishers and book-sellers appeal directly to Asian audiences with special events, book signings and promotions aimed at them for an entire month. The aim: to appeal directly to Asian book buyers.
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Is this the end for Pakistan's Dawn?
14th May, 2007The Pakistani government's vendetta against media organisations that refuse to toe the official line is having a hugely negative impact on their operations. The Dawn's Hameed Haroon explains what's going on behind the scenes.
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Books: A different view on the 1857 Indian mutiny
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Books: Helping Asian families deal with Asthma
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Bollywood in British media - a fad or here to stay?
11th May, 2007The national media is increasingly turning its focus to Bollywood with regular supplements and film reviews. But is it a recognition of British Asian presence, a tokenistic attempt to represent or a fad inspired by Shilpa Shetty?
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Police suspicious at death of "naturally talented" reporter
3rd May, 2007The unexpected death earlier this week of 34 year-old journalist, Raj Johal, is being treated as suspicious by police. A tribute to his hard work was paid by the editor of the south London newspaper he used to work at.
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Report highlights shocking lack of diversity in publishing
17th April, 2007A report published last week highlighted for the first time that the publishing industry, based overwhelmingly in London, was grossly unrepresentative in reflecting the capital's diverse population.
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A heavy topic for a young, debut novelist
11th April, 2007It's a debut novel set around the time of partition - with families touched by pain and suffering, but also expectation and the occasional laughter. Sajini Wijetilleka finds that writer Priya Basil did a remarkably good job with 'Ishq and Mushq'.
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Reviewed: Jessica Hines' search to find Amitabh Bachchan and Bollywood
30th March, 2007Earlier this month the writer Jessica Hines published her debut novel aboupt her quest to write a biography of Amitabh Bachchan. But Narinder Purba finds out that it is usually more centred around her than Big-B himself.
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Pakistani newspaper Dawn complains of government censorship
27th March, 2007A week after Pakistani police ransacked the country's biggest broadcaster Geo TV, forcing President Musharraf to apologise, publisher of the biggest selling English paper Dawn have also hit out over government censorship and attempts at coercion.
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A book of chaos and ordinary life in India
23rd March, 2007The Peacock Throne is a magnificently colourful and descriptive story about one man in India and the world around him. But Sabina Ahmed finds it hard to digest so many examples of fate dealing a cruel hand to the book's characters.
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Aditya Chakrabortty takes senior Guardian role
21st March, 2007Former BBC producer Aditya Chakrabortty has started work at the Guardian newspaper this week, taking on one of the top-rated posts in fleet street as its economics leader writer.
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Asian Leader forced to publish apology to former MP
15th March, 2007The west-Yorkshire based newspaper Asian Leader was forced to publish a humiliating apology last week over untrue allegations about a former MP and her links to the state of Israel. The claims were "wholly untrue", it accepted.
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