Metro Eireann

A wasted opportunity

Last update: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 10:51 | By: Priya Rajsekar

Last week’s report by Catherine Reilly on An Garda Síochána’s ‘double standard on faith’ was a very interesting read. It has been mentioned time and again by other writers in other columns, but often it seems religion – which is meant to integrate – is used to the opposite effect, with adverse consequences.

What's wrong with asking questions?

Last update: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 20:44 | By: Priya Rajsekar

Recently a young child I know had an experience that significantly upset him. In school one day he had asked his teacher what the idea was behind the Christmas tree, and how one could ‘rebuild’ a dead tree with lights and decorations as we see on the streets and in homes throughout the country.

Ireland needs to walk the walk on elderly issue

Last update: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 09:27 | By: Priya Rajsekar

The western world can be credited with many positives, but one area that leaves a lot to be desired is its treatment of older people. Somehow, in this fast-paced, materialistic rat race, it appears that the elderly are marginalised and sometimes forgotten.

Gandhi - the Nobel Prize’s greatest omission?

Last update: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 04:25 | By: Priya Rajsekar

Is Mahatma Gandhi the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s most famous omission? This year more than most – following US President Barack Obama’s award of the prize, amidst gasps that resounded all the way from the White House – the issue resurfaced again.

Not giving up on my dreams

Last update: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 02:45 | © Metro Éireann

A talented actor from Lucknow in India, Siraj Zaidi came to Ireland in the mid 1980s, initially as a tourist, and was headhunted to run a drama course in Dublin. Here, he concludes his account of settling into life in Ireland and carving out a niche as a producer and Bollywood film distributor…

My journey to Ireland

Last update: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 15:57 | © Metro Éireann

I CAME TO Ireland in 1986 – completely by chance. I’m originally from India, a state called Uttar Pradesh and a city named Lucknow, its capital.

NI Indian awarded key overseas role

Last update: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 15:57 | © Metro Éireann

A BELFAST-BASED businessman has been appointed head of the Global Organisation of Peoples of Indian Origin (Gopio) following a convention in New York.

Indians set for independence event in Galway

Last update: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 01:50 | By: Catherine Reilly

GALWAY’S Indians are throwing a party – and all are invited. According to Moushumi Mandal, secretary of the Galway Indian Community, a celebration marking India’s independence from British rule will take place on Saturday 22 August at St Joseph’s Community Hall, Ashe Road, Shantalla from 11am to 5pm.

Irish teens unite for global peace fest

Last update: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 01:49 | © Metro Éireann

A GROUP of Catholic and Sikh teenagers from Ireland took part in an international peace festival in India last weekend.

Puppy love

Last update: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 12:49 | © Metro Éireann

Ronan Anderson takes a look at the new breed of canine matchmaking sites that have taken India by storm

Kalam’s vision for India

Last update: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 12:57 | By: Priya Rajsekar

Tentatively at first, then confidently, one after the other, the audience at Trinity College’s front square intoned the hymn on the virtues of righteousness, unable to deny the youthful enthusiasm of India’s former president, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

Equality must be priority

Last update: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 11:59 | © Metro Éireann

Discrimination in job recruitment only highlights that more work needs to be done to make Ireland a fair place for immigrants, says Priya Rajsekar

The great Indian election drama

Last update: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 00:38 | By: Priya Rajsekar

A youthful and tech-savvy electorate is making demands like never before, as 400 million Indians go to the polls. PRIYA RAJSEKAR reports

Are Ireland’s immigrants living from a suitcase?

Last update: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 19:06 | By: Priya Rajsekar

The first time I heard Leo Varadkar’s suggestion that immigrants could be ‘paid’ to leave Ireland, my immediate thought was that the Fine Gael TD does not fully appreciate that leaving is simply not an option for many immigrants.

New radio series to lift lid on lives of Dublin’s Indians

INDIANS will ‘lift the lid’ on their lives in Ireland as part of a new radio series, beginning next week.

Big ideas mean big bucks

Ireland can make it through the tough times, says PRIYA RAJSEKAR, but only if we extend credit to ordinary people with extraordinary ideas

Slumdog with a script

Last update: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 02:22 | By: Priya Rajsekar

It’s a hit at the box office, but emigrant Indians are among Slumdog Millionaire’s most vocal critics. PRIYA RAJSEKAR gives her take on a film that’s dividing opinion both at home and abroad.

Trinity’s Indian Society is an instant success

Last update: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 16:33 | By: Catherine Reilly

Shyam S Sathyanarayana from Chennai in India has nothing bad to say about Ireland. In his eyes, the gloomy economic times have not wiped the smiles off people’s faces, and the freezing weather hasn’t broken his resolve to never wear a coat.

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