Maharajah Duleep Singh: Indian boy king's warm friendship with Queen Victoria
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC News 16th October 2022 An ongoing exhibition in the UK shines a spotlight on the remarkable life of the last Sikh...
Liz Truss unveils her new Cabinet and appoints Indian Origin barrister as UK’s new Chancellor
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC South Asia Diaspora Reporter 8th September 2022 UK’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss has wasted no time and has...
Manjula Patel: The 85-year-old India-origin chef wowing a UK town
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC News 19th August 2022 Manju Patel is among the oldest chefs in UK An 85-year-old Indian-origin woman who came to...
Ayahs' Home: Remembering the abandoned Indian nannies of London
By Gaggan Sabherwal South Asia Diaspora Reporter, BBC News 16th June 2022 During the heyday of the British empire, thousands of women...
From India to UK: An immigrant's snapshots from 1950s
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC South Asia Reporter 11th May 2022 A new exhibition in the UK explores the lives of South Asian immigrants in...
UK PM Boris Johnson to visit India at the end of the month
By Gaggan Sabherwal South Asia Diaspora Reporter, UK 20th April 2022 The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson is due to...
From ‘Dishy Rishi’ to ‘out of touch’ Rishi – what went wrong for the once most loved Minister?
By Gaggan Sabherwal South Asia Diaspora Reporter, UK 15th April 2022 The last few days and weeks have been very challenging for UK’s...
Records of 320,000 soldiers from undivided Punjab who fought in World War One made available online
Gaggan Sabherwal BBC South Asia Diaspora Reporter The service records of 320,000 troops from undivided Punjab who fought in World War...
A new statue to honour the fallen heroes of the Battle of Saragarhi is set to be unveiled in the UK.
By Gaggan Sabherwal South Asia Diaspora Reporter 12th September 2021 A statue of Havildar Ishar Singh, who led 20 Sikh soldiers and took...
Gurkha veterans on hunger strike outside Downing Street.
By Jennifer Meierhans & Gaggan Sabherwal (Additional Reporting) 11th August 2021 (Picture credit : GETTY IMAGES) On Saturday morning,...
UK’s Indian doctors support covid care over virtual calls in India.
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC South Asia Diaspora Reporter 19th May 2021 Over 160 Indian-origin as well as other local doctors in the UK have...
The rise and fall of one of the world’s most famous diamond merchants – Nirav Modi
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC South Asia Diaspora Reporter 25th February 2021 How did I manage to catch India’s Most Wanted Man? The inside...
Why are British MPs Supporting India's Protesting Farmers?
By Gaggan Sabherwal South Asia Diaspora Reporter, BBC 22nd December 2020 Over the last few weeks videos and photographs of farmers in...
Organ Donation in the UK sees a drop due to Covid19 and shortage of BAME organ donors.
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC South Asia Diaspora Reporter 29th October 2020 50-year-old Balbinder Sandhu from Leeds in West Yorkshire in...
Slavery and colonial links to over 90 UK’s National Trust properties has been revealed.
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC South Asia Diaspora Reporter A new report from UK’s National Trust shows a link between 93 of its properties and...
Nirav Modi’s 5-day extradition trial – what's happened so far and what next for Nirav ?
By Gaggan Sabherwal South Asia Diaspora Reporter, BBC London Indian businessman and diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s five-day extradition...
Maharaja Duleep Singh’s son’s London mansion goes on sale for £15.5 million
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC, South Asia Diaspora Reporter 26th August 2020 An impressive five storey semi-detached family home in London that...
Indian origin doctor wins award for COVID-19 work in UK
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC, South Asia Diaspora Reporter 20th August 2020 (Picture Credit : Ravi Solanki) Ravi Solanki, an Indian-origin...
Rishi Sunak wants BAME figures to feature on UK coins
By Gaggan Sabherwal BBC South Asia Diaspora Reporter 4 August 2020 UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has backed a campaign for...
























