Dasgupta's Solo was adjudged the Best Book among entries from Europe and South Asia. He will now go into the final round with regional winners from Africa, the Caribbean, Canada South-East Asia and the Pacific.
Setting up women's support groups in poor areas can make a dramatic difference to the welfare of mothers and their babies, according to a new study. British and Indian researchers have worked on a project in two poor states in eastern India, Jharkand and Orissa since 2005. More than 40 per cent of babies die at birth in these regions.
Aby Baby Kuruvilla, 24, has just returned back to India from the trip of a lifetime to London to see his beloved Arsenal football club as his prize for winning the contest.
People from the South Asian and black communities living in the UK are three times more likely to need a kidney transplant, but owing to the shortage of compatible donors, have to wait on average nearly twice as long as a white person for an organ to become available.
Belgrave Road, which is dotted with dozens of Indian restaurants, sweet shops and takeaways, is one of 20 streets in Britain shortlisted by Google in its search for Britain's 'Best Foodie Street'.
