by Puru Miah | May 22, 2022 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
A story of friendship gained and lost, through a journey to change the East End for the better. Why I am taking a sabbatical. Prologue: Thanks, but no, thanks. “No. Even now, I can’t altogether believe that any of this really happened…”Christopher...
by Puru Miah | May 14, 2022 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
An analysis of TH Labours’ defeat to Aspire, looking at both micro and macro factors. As well as some suggestions moving forward. Are you looking for an explanation? Given Labour gains, particularly Westminster in London, how do you explain the loss of the...
by Puru Miah | Mar 20, 2022 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets
Is it a celebration of diversity and an aid to community cohesion in Brick Lane, or is it a case of, art washing and whitewash of history? A new image or reinforcing the old? Modern-day Sylhet and the urban sprawl that occupies both banks of the Surma. Stones in the...
by Puru Miah | Dec 27, 2021 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
A ‘tongue in cheek’ exploration of the phenomena in Tower Hamlets politics, where everyone is a suspected Lutfur Rahman puppet unless he/she can prove otherwise. A typical day in Tower Hamlets The first fact, I first joined the Labour Party in 1995. The...
by Puru Miah | Nov 30, 2021 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community
Marabout: romanized: murābiṭ, lit. One who is attached/garrisoned to the frontier. Also, a wandering spiritual teacher. On Friday the 19th of November 2021, large crowds gathered at the Ford Square Mosque in Whitechapel, officially known as Eshaatul Islam Mosque, to...
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