Being successful in Milwaukee, the leading academy for future captains of industry just isn’t the same”, according a Harvard administrator in the mid 1980s. But by late 1980s, most MBA graduates were going tyo Cincinnati or Connecticut. Young Urban Professional or Yuppies a term originated in the 1980s about successful young affluent arrogant professionals often associated with industries such as finance, technology and the arts in large urban cities with their lifestyle and consumerism. As Wall Street moved to the centre of American life, it drew a generation of young professionals into its vortex. For the first time, banks recruited … Continue reading How Yuppies’ domination reshaped New York City and US politics

Channel 4’s has pulled all episodes of their hit show “Married at First Sight” after rape allegations by female contestants. Caroline Dinenage, MP and chair of the MPs’ culture committee said: “ Clearly the programme was deeply shocking. I guess what surprised me most was how unsurprised I was by what it revealed. They go on honeymoon, share a bed and in this bubble of intimacy in the glare of a television camera . In the cold night of day, it really is quite horrifying, isn’t it!?”  Married at First Sight, the TV show became a it in more than … Continue reading “Married at First Sight” TV Show derailed

Canadian-born, Elsie Silver, New York times bestselling author in Fever Dream featuring a small town, forbidden, rivals-to-lovers romance, ,the first book in the brand-new Western romance series Emerald Lake. Silver’s book promise banter, tension, and suspense that comes to a screeching halt. Professional bull rider Emmett Bush is not looking for love. He’s looking for a funding to save his family’s farm from bankruptcy. So, when he agrees to be the leading man on a hot new reality dating show, Romance Ranch, he’s already decided it’s all one big performance. Until Julia Silva walks into his property. Smart, snarky, beautiful, … Continue reading Knowing glances, Stolen kisses, Secret rendezvous

Yiewsley exposes Daljit Nagra’s experiences growing up as the son of immigrants in the white, working-class suburban town of Yiewsley close to Heathrow airport in outer London, from the 1960s to 80s, as Britain transitions from a post-war manufacturing economy to the Thatcher period and the computer age, we see a young boy navigating childhood friendships and mishaps. The poems being to life a bustling house filled with relatives from India who arrived, legally or otherwise, in the UK: “Devout realists-already, and always, knuckled into work”. They also offer powerful insight into the makings of the writer: the “messy English” … Continue reading Growing up in Britain