The Priory Hospital Bristol..

http://www.carehome.co.uk/mental-health-hospitals/hospital.cfm/id/23399

We need closure...Annis dad.

Murdered honeymoon bride Anni Dewani’s family plans to be present in a London court when her widower, suspected of masterminding her killing, hears whether he will be extradited to South Africa to stand trial.

A formal extradition hearing of Shrien Dewani is expected in a London court from May 3 to 5.

South African authorities are trying to get Dewani, now in a British psychiatric clinic after a suicide attempt two months ago, to return to South Africa so he can appear in a Cape Town court for his wife’s November 13 murder in Khayelitsha.

On Tuesday, Anni’s father, Vinod Hindocha, said he, his wife, Nilam, and the rest of their family planned to go to London so that they could be present for the extradition hearing.

“My whole family wants to be there,” he said in a telephone interview from his family’s home in Sweden.

The two alleged hit men in the case, Xolile Mngeni and Mziwamadoda Qwabe, were expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on June 1.

If Dewani was ordered to return to South Africa during his May extradition hearing, he would have to appear in the court with Mngeni and Qwabe.

Hindocha said if this happened, he would come to Cape Town for the trial.

If Dewani was not extradited, Hindocha said, he would have to think about whether he would come to Cape Town for Mngeni’s and Qwabe’s court appearance. “This is a real torture for us. We just need closure. We’re coping and getting along, but we need closure so we can get on with our lives.”

Earlier this month, Hindocha and his wife retraced their daughter’s last journey in Cape Town where she and Dewani had come as part of their honeymoon.

They had gone to the spot in Khayelitsha where Anni’s body, with a bullet to the neck, was discovered on the back seat of a car.

The Hindochas held a ceremony at the spot to say goodbye to their daughter.

“That was a very touching thing for us. It took a lot of courage for my wife to go there,” Hindocha said.

He said he was thinking of erecting a statue or permanent memorial near the spot where his daughter’s body was found.

He had not spoken to Dewani or any of Dewani’s relatives since soon after Anni’s murder.

On Tuesday, Dewani’s British spokesman, Max Clifford, said his client was doing well in The Priory, a psychiatric clinic in Bristol. A court had ordered that Dewani be admitted after he had tried to commit suicide in his home while out on bail.

“(His) family are glad he’s being looked after. They know he’s going through a terrible time,” Clifford said. - Cape Times

caryn.dolley@inl.co.za

http://www.thestar.co.za/we-need-closure-anni-s-dad-1.1049252

UK Justice system and the games people play...

http://fjlathome2.blogspot.com/2011/03/free-anni.html

Preyen Dewani: Rolls Royce of care centres

http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/7m-care-village-Hatherleigh-hold-open-day/article-502924-detail/article.html

September 2005 Topix - Ghana

september 2005 latest news, videos, analysis and opinions. ... TAHER Shrien Dewani, British or Swedish, spicejet, Rani Kansagra, Britain, Prakash Dewani, ...
modrnghanaweb.com/topix/september-2005.html - Ghana

Preyen Dewani: London Chamber of Commerce and Industry

http://www.londonchamber.co.uk/DocImages/4002.pdf

Preyen Dewani: Profile

http://www.inab.biz/articles/member_profiles/Preyen%20Dewani%20%20PSP%20Group%20.pdf

Preyen Dewan: Hindu ceremony..

A FAMILY of businessmen performed a special ceremony on Monday to seek the earth's blessing for a new £10m care home in Monmouth.

Preyen Dewani has been running PSP Healthcare Ltd with his father, Prakash and brother, Shrien, for the past two years, and will run the new facility at Gibraltar House once it has been built.

As a Hindu family, they decided to conduct the traditional ceremony, which was led by Brahmin Priest, Raju bhai Mehta.

They invited local councillors, the town mayor and residents living in the current Gibraltar House which will be knocked down when the new one is available.

Mr Preyen Dewani said: "Bhoomi Pooja means Earth Prayer'. In Hindu culture you do it before you start constructing anything, because you have to ask the earth for its blessing.
"The first part of the process is to invite Ganesh to the ceremony, because he is the god that will remove any obstacle and clear the path for a hassle-free construction."

There were many other stages to the ceremony and the family chanted mantras and also made offerings of seeds and flowers.

Mr Dewani added: "Hinduism is very important to us, so we thought it would be nice to do the ceremony.

"We've been looking forward to the ceremony and the residents have been excited about seeing it too."

Now the foundation ceremony has taken place, building work on the new care home and accompanying close care village for the over 55s will get under way. If all goes to plan, the village should be complete in July 2009 and will have a range of facilities, including a sensory garden, a hydrotherapy pool, a cinema and internet cafe.

http://www.freepressseries.co.uk/news/1766337.hindu_ceremony_blesses_stone/?act=login

Duo receive Max Clifford award...

http://www.stainesnews.co.uk/staines-and-ashford-news/news-staines-and-ashford/2011/03/21/duo-receive-award-from-max-clifford-54472-28375513/

Shrien Dewani must stand trail in SA: Please sign the petition...

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/41710/signatures.html

Anni Dewani - What Really Happened

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Exposing-Cyber-Bullies/211019162248629

Just to remind everyone, if you receive threats or abuse on Facebook then join the above page and expose the culprit.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anni-Dewani-What-Really-Happened/146816412035927

BRISTOL POLICE: Will you please check this fund: Sadly Max Clifford has the British press under his thumb and the press will not investigate. We are all concerned as to the whereabouts of this money, myself and others have paid into the fund believeing it was in the memory of Anni and to build a school. We are concerned this is a case of fraud. I ask you please to investigate. Copy to Scotland Yard.

The reality of the memorial fund is as follows:

1. A page was setup on JustGiving web site by Preyel Dewani to cash in on public sympathy at a time Dewani was paraded as a victim. The Mccans raised millions in a similar way, she probably was hoping for the same and got excited at the prospect.

2. Mostly public and Lohana community members donated. I recall seeing entries from £10-£25 and even a large one of £1000 with an English name. The total was £11,169 - with UK tax relief - before the page was cancelled.

Preyen Dewani came on the microphone at Anni's funeral ceremony and asked people to donate to. Baskets were sent round for cash collections. A lot of people donated. It is not revealed by Dewani's how much was collected or what happened to that cash collection. (It is unheard of to collect money at a Hindu funeral, most people were shocked and surprised, and many donated out of bewilderment and embarassment).

3. Since Dewani was named suspect, donations to the fund effectively stopped as nobody could trust the Dewani. The Dewanis and Clifford tried to revive this in early January with the media fanfare claiming they were building a school for Anni, jointly with the Hindocha family (a claim rubbished by Ashok Hindocha the next day). But still no more donations were forthcoming due to lack of trust in Dewani's.

4. Through their friends, the Dewani's tried to get relatives of the Hindocha family to join a trust to build up the fund for a school. But nobody wanted to deal with the Dewani's or have anything to do with them. Faced with the choice of having to cough up the balance of the money for the school themselves, the Dewani's instead decided to trash the whole project secretly and attempt to sweep it away.

5. The charity Sewa UK that was nominated by Preyal Dewani to front the fund raising is actually run by no one other than contacts of the Dewani's themselves, specifically Dhiraj M Shah and Dhiraj D Shah who - in their previous guise as HSS (using the same trading name Sewa UK) did a lot of work with NHSF where Shrien was General Secretary and where his family loved to boast that he was still actively involved after his student days.

Check UK charity number 1135425 - SEWA UK and UK Charity No: 267309 - HSS.

A check of the Charities Commission website proves that HSS has always been late in filing its accounts and returns, and its last years accounts are overdue. Sewa UK has never filed accounts yet and there was also the issue last month of the dysfunctional telephone number and email address. The telephone number given to the charities commission by them is that of a pharmacy in Birmingham.

As at today, Vanvasi.org has confirmed in writing they have not received a single penny from the memorial fund from Sewa UK. Their name and website was touted on the front of the collection page on JustGiving by Preyel Dewani.

The above is a brief insight into the dealings and mannerisms of the Dewani's on just one small issue. It speaks volumes.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anni-Dewani-What-Really-Happened/146816412035927

Racist remarks are a way of life, sadly, had this not involved the DEWANI murder it would not have been news....

http://newsupdates.co.za/top-hawk-faces-racism-rap-266792.htm

Refreshing our memories......

South Africa murder: timeline

Here is a timeline of the major events following the murder of Anni Dewani while on her honeymoon in Cape Town, South Africa.

Shrien Dewani and Anni Dewani at their wedding Photo: PA

12:21PM GMT 07 Dec 2010

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November 13

Mrs Dewani and her husband, Shrien, are ambushed at gunpoint while in a car on a tour of the township of Gugulethu. Mr Dewani said he was pulled out of the car and dumped uninjured in a township, before the car drove off with his wife inside.

November 14

A police helicopter is scrambled to find his wife, and her body is discovered in the taxi.

November 16

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A post mortem examination finds that Mrs Dewani died from a gunshot wound to the neck, but that she was not sexually assaulted. Mr Dewani says it was his wife's idea to visit the township and see the "real Africa".

November 17
Mrs Dewani's body is flown back to England, accompanied by her husband. Within days two men have been arrested and charged with murder, and the driver, Mr Tongo, follows soon after.

November 20 and 21
Mrs Dewani's funeral is held in Britain but in South Africa questions are raised about the case. Police tell local media the shooting was a "planned hit", while it is claimed Mr Tongo will become a state witness – admitting a role in the carjack in exchange for information – and Mr Dewani is wanted to assist with an identity parade.

Reports also claim the care home service run by Mr Dewani with his father and brother, PSP Healthcare, has debts of £4.1 million, prompting auditors to issue a statement saying the company is secure.

November 22
Media guru Max Clifford is recruited by Mr Dewani. His wife's family insist any suggestion their son-in-law was involved is "outrageous".

November 23
Mr Dewani categorically denies any involvement in his wife's murder. In a statement, he says: "I searched high and low for my perfect partner … why would I want to kill her?"
He also gives another account of the ambush in which his story changes slightly. He claims the driver, not his wife, suggested the visit to the township and that he and his wife were held in the car for 40 minutes, not 20, before he was thrown out.
Mrs Dewani’s uncle, Ashok Hindocha, voiced his concerns about the investigation and said the police should dig deeper.

November 24
Mr Hindocha challenges Mr Dewani to return to South Africa, saying police should not rule anyone out of the investigation.

November 25
Preyen Dewani issues a statement saying his brother is afraid he will be wrongly blamed for the murder in order to save the reputation of South Africa. Mr Clifford reiterates that his client is not a suspect and had not been asked to return to South Africa, adding that he is heavily sedated and being watched by doctors.

November 26-27
Mr Clifford denies unfounded media suggestions that Mr Dewani is being considered as a possible suspect by police. Lawyers for two of the accused men claim Mr Dewani will attend an identity parade over the murder, but Mr Clifford repeats that his client has not been asked to return.

November 29
Mr Dewani is not a suspect in the carjacking and murder "for now", prosecutors say. His father-in-law, Vinod Hindocha, questions the police's handling of the investigation, asking why Mr Dewani was allowed to leave the country with his wife's body just four days after the incident, why police did not conduct a second post-mortem examination and why Mr Dewani has not returned to South Africa to identify the three suspects.

December 3
Two of the three men accused of playing a role in the murder claim that they were physically assaulted by police.

December 6
Sources involved in the case suggest Mrs Dewani could have been sexually assaulted, a claim previously denied by South African police until now. Police also believe she may have been shot accidentally as her abductors argued over whether or not to rape her, it is claimed.

December 7
Mr Tongo, appearing in court under a plea bargain arrangement, publicly accuses Mr Dewani of offering him £1,300 (15,000 Rand) to have his wife killed, saying she was "murdered at the instance of her husband". Mr Clifford pre-empts the claims by saying they have "absolutely no substance".

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/8186264/South-Africa-murder-timeline.html

Telegraph

 

South Africa murder: Tragic end to a fairy-tale marriage

The killing of Anni Dewani is still surrounded by controversy. Reporting by Caroline Gammell, Mike Pflanz and John Bingham

Shrien Dewani and Anni Dewani at their wedding Photo: PA

7:00AM GMT 27 Nov 2010

When Anni Dewani’s blood-soaked body was found slumped in the back of a taxi in a South African township on her honeymoon, there was nothing but sympathy for her and her husband. Two weeks earlier, she and Shrien Dewani had married in a lavish Hindu ceremony in Mumbai, surrounded by family and friends.

A Daily Telegraph investigation has uncovered that he was engaged once before, in 2008, but ended the relationship after a couple of months.

He found a second potential bride this June and pictures of them in their wedding regalia showed them beaming with pride with their arms wrapped around each other. Released shortly after Mrs Dewani’s death, the photographs illustrated just how Mr Dewani’s perfect life had crumbled overnight.

Yet as the high-profile police investigation into Mrs Dewani’s death continues, questions about what happened on the night of November 13 remain unanswered. Mr Dewani has strenuously denied any involvement.

Such has been the speculation in South Africa and Britain about who might be responsible that Mr Dewani has hired the publicist Max Clifford to cope with the intense media attention.

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Mr Dewani met Swedish-born Anni Hindocha, of Asian-Ugandan descent, last year after she came to Britain to stay with her cousin Sneha, who was living in Luton.
Mrs Dewani grew up in Mariestad, Sweden, graduated in engineering and was working for Eriksson in Stockholm before she decided to move to the UK. It was during one of her trips to Britain that she met her future husband and they got engaged in June.
Mr Dewani’s first fiancée was Rani Kansagra, now 26, a British Asian, whose father, Bhupendra “Bhulo” Kansagra, has links to Kenya. Miss Kansagra works in London and lives in Middlesex. She met Mr Dewani in 2008 and they became engaged after a couple of months. They held a small celebratory party in December, inviting their closest friends and family.
However, in February 2009, the relationship fell apart and Mr Dewani, from Westbury-on-Trym, brought it to an end. “Their personalities just didn’t work out,” said a source. “They knew each other only relatively shortly. Perhaps that didn’t help.”
A relative of Miss Kansagra who attended the engagement party said Mr Kansagra had tried to intervene to make the relationship work. “It was a bit surprising how quickly it happened and then ended,” they said. “Of course he tried to talk to Shrien, but there was no going back, he had made up his mind. I think it was just one of those things that was not to be.” They have not seen each other since.
A year and a half later, Mr Dewani became engaged to Anni Hindocha and they planned a traditional wedding in India, with the intention that she would move in with her husband when they returned to the UK.
But first they had their honeymoon in South Africa to enjoy with four days’ safari in the Kruger National Park before relaxing at the five-star waterfront Cape Grace hotel in Cape Town.
November 13 and 14
After a day lounging round the hotel pool, a driver took them for a tour around Cape Town before they dined in Somerset West, a suburb 30 miles away. On the way back to their hotel, their driver, Zola Tongo, took the couple to the township of Gugulethu.
While their silver Volkswagen Sharan paused at a traffic light two armed men approached the car and started banging on the windows. With a gun pointed to his head, Mr Dewani said he handed over their digital camera, his £2,000 Rado watch, mobile phone, £500 in cash and Mrs Dewani’s jewellery, including her engagement ring.
Mr Dewani said Mr Tongo was pulled out of the car and a few minutes later, despite trying to save his sobbing wife, he was bundled out as well. Dumped uninjured in a township, Mr Dewani said he banged on some nearby shacks to raise the alarm.
A police helicopter was scrambled to find his wife, and her body was discovered in the taxi the next morning.
November 16 and 17
Relatives on both sides of the family flew to South Africa to comfort Mr Dewani. A post-mortem concluded that his wife had died from a gunshot to the neck. She had not, as was feared, been sexually assaulted.
Her body was flown back to Britain on November 17, accompanied by her husband. South African police said “all resources” would be poured into finding her killers.
The day before he left South Africa, Mr Dewani spoke of his horror at the murder, and said it was his wife’s idea to go to the township. “She had never been to Africa before, so she suggested that we should have a look at the 'real Africa’.” Describing how he was thrown from the taxi, he said: “They eventually forced me out the back of the passenger window as the car was moving.”
Within days, two men were arrested and charged with murder and it did not take long for the couple’s driver, Mr Tongo, to join them.
November 20 and 21
As Mrs Dewani’s funeral was held in Britain, uncertainty about the case started to emerge. Police sources in South Africa started briefing local media that the shooting was not random and the investigation was turning towards a “planned hit”.
Rodney de Kock, prosecuting the case, said Mr Tongo was to become a “state witness” – admitting involvement in the carjack in exchange for information. Several reports claimed Mr Dewani was wanted to assist with an identity parade and started referring to the attack as an “apparent carjack”.
Tour guides questioned the sense of driving into a township so late at night, while in the UK, Mr Dewani’s business affairs were investigated.
A report claiming PSP Healthcare - the care home service run with his brother and father, Prakash – was £6.25 million in debt, proved to be false. However, accounts showed the company was £4.1 million in debt, which prompted the family to ask their auditors to make a statement about the financial health of the company.
Mike Dunkley, of Dunkley’s chartered accountants, was unequivocal: “We have absolutely no cause for any concern with the trading position of the company, its funding strategy or its financial standing.”
November 22
Mr Dewani decided to hire the services of Max Clifford. Sources close to Mrs Dewani’s family were quoted as saying that any suggestion her husband had been involved was “outrageous”.
Meanwhile, her father Vinod said he loved Mr Dewani “like a son” and insisted he would support him through the “horrendous ordeal”.
November 23
After several days of speculation, Mr Dewani gave an interview in which he categorically denied any involvement in his wife’s death. “I searched high and low for my perfect partner,” he said. “Anni was the one… why would I want to kill her?
“Saying I was somehow involved defies logic. Anni wasn’t on any life insurance policies and we hadn’t even made a will. I had no motive – financial or otherwise. I loved her and still love her.”
He insisted it was their driver, not his wife, who suggested the township trip. He also said he was thrown from the car while stationary, not moving as he had described a week before. He added that he and his wife had been held for 40 minutes before he was bundled out, 20 minutes longer than in his first account.
Mrs Dewani’s uncle, Ashok Hindocha, voiced his concerns about the investigation and said the police should dig deeper. “Tourists don’t just get killed. Especially the girls, that’s a question we need the answer to.”
November 24
The following day, Mr Hindocha urged the police not to rule anyone out of the investigation and challenged Mr Dewani to return to South Africa. “If it was my wife who was murdered I would jump into a plane, go there and ask those people, 'Why did you kill my wife and for what?’ This is a question that not only the Hindocha family but millions of people around the world would like to know.”
November 25
With questions being raised by the Hindocha family, Preyen Dewani – brother of Mr Dewani - issued a statement via Mr Clifford saying his brother feared he would be wrongly implicated to save the reputation of South Africa. “He is fully aware of the false accusations and the possibility that by attaching blame to him, the people may divert this matter away from concerns over the security of South Africa.”
Mr Clifford said his client was still not a suspect and had not been asked to return to South Africa, but was heavily sedated and under the watchful eye of his doctor.
November 26 and 27
Mr Clifford was forced to deny the unsubstantiated media suggestion that the police were now considering Mr Dewani as a possible suspect. Police said they were “aware” of the reports but declined to comment.
Lawyers for two of the men charged over the murder said an identity parade was to be held today and Mr Dewani was expected to attend.
Mr Clifford insisted again that his client had not been asked to go back, but added South Africa was “the last place in the world” he would want to go unless it would help him find his wife’s killers.
It remains to be seen whether Mr Dewani will be asked to return to the place that has been the cause of so much grief.
Additional reporting: Murray Wardrop, Aislinn Laing

Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani's ex-fiancée is questioned by police

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by Justin Penrose, Sunday Mirror 30/01/2011

AN ex-fiancée of honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani has been quizzed by police.
Rani Kansagra, 26, of Northwood, ­Middx, daughter of an Indian airline tycoon, gave a statement to officers. A police source said: “She was very obliging and gave detectives a statement about their time together, details about their life and why they split up.


“The ­statements will go ­before his extradition hearing in London next month.” Mr Dewani, 30, met Miss ­Kansagra in August 2008 and they got engaged. But he broke it off in February 2009.


The interview comes after police quizzed a German rent boy who says Mr Dewani paid for sex with him three times. Mr ­Dewani, a care-home boss, says he is not gay.


He vehemently ­denies claims by South African taxi driver Zola Tongo, who says Mr ­Dewani paid him to have his bride Anna killed. Last night Mr Dewani’s lawyer said: “He is innocent and has at all times offered his full co-operation to the UK and South African authorities. He has not even been questioned by the police who continue to allow leaks to slur his character.”

Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/30/honeymoon-murder-suspect-shrien-dewani-s-ex-fianc-e-is-questioned-by-police-115875-22885116/#ixzz1HazNkyDO

Dewanis ex.: Possibly she would have shed some light on their sexual relationship...

Cape Town - An ex-fiancée of honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani has been quizzed by police, UK newspaper The Mirror reported on Monday.

Rani Kansagra, 26, from Middlesex, is the daughter of an Indian airline tycoon.

A police source told The Mirror: “She was very obliging and gave detectives a statement about their time together, details about their life and why they split up.

“The statements will go before his extradition hearing in London next month.”

Dewani met Kansagra in 2008 and they got engaged after a few months.
Relationship soon over
According to British newspaper, The Telegraph, they had a celebratory party in December 2008, inviting close friends and family. But just two months later the relationship was over.
The Telegraph spoke to a source last year who said: “Their personalities just didn’t work out. They knew each other only relatively shortly. Perhaps that didn’t help.”

A relative of Kansagra said her father tried to help bring them back together but Dewani was having none of it.

“It was a bit surprising how quickly it happened and then ended,” the source said.

“Of course he tried to talk to Shrien, but there was no going back, he had made up his mind. I think it was just one of those things that was not to be.” Dewani and Kansagra have not spoken to each other since.

German male sex worker

Then, a year-and-a-half later, Dewani got engaged to Anni Hindocha and they were married in November 2010.

British-born Dewani is accused of plotting to have his wife killed in an apparent staged hijacking in Gugulethu, Cape Town.

The interview comes after police quizzed a German male sex worker known as the German Master who claims that Dewani paid for sex with him three times, but the Briton denies the allegations.

Dewani is due to appear in the City of Westminster Magistrate's Court on February 8 for his next extradition hearing. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Cops-quiz-Shrien-Dewanis-ex-20110131

Prison conditions and human rights....

Amanda Dissel is another expert who will give evidence at the extradition hearing. Here is a relevant paper she wrote:

http://www.csvr.org.za/wits/papers/papprhr.htm

McCann fraud...they are still on a winning streak so do not be surprised with DEWANIS

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage.action?userUrl=KateMcCann2&faId=92181&isTeam=false

Anni Dewani - What Really Happened

Republic of South Africa v Shrien Dewani Case Management Hearing (in preparation for the main extradition hearing on 3rd May) is today at Westminster Magistrates Court.

11-01-18: RSA v. Shrien Dewani: Radical Honesty Amicus Application

http://issuu.com/js-ror/docs/110118_rsa-v-dewani_rhsa-amicus-nom

Just Giving:Link given on the pipl for Anni now leads to Alex Triathalon ?

Justgiving - the easiest way to fundraise and donate to charity online ... Shrien Dewani. 26/07/2004. £10.00. £2.82. Good Luck! Richard Larcombe. 26/07/2004. £75.00 ... [ http://www.justgiving.com/alextriathlon ]

http://www.justgiving.com/alextriathlon

http://pipl.com/directory/name/Dewani/Shrien
Link to Anni just giving now changed to Alex Triathalon..

£10m Monmouth Care Village Given Go Ahead

Written by PSP Healthcare

Tuesday, 25 September 2007

PSP Healthcare, the rapidly expanding elderly nursing and care home group managed by brothers Preyen and Shrien Dewani together with their father Prakash, are delighted with the recent planning permission for a pioneering Care Village at the site of their leasehold Nursing home in Monmouth, South Wales. A phased programme over the next 18 months will see the £10m construction of a state of the art 90 bedded Nursing and Residential Care home together with 33 specially designed close care apartments and cottages for the elderly. The project will be managed by Andrew Wilson Partnership from Bristol who were engaged to obtain the planning consent by the site owners Gibraltar Holdings Ltd. Senior Partner Andrew Wilson told us, “Gibraltar House currently provides nursing and residential care for 35 residents many of whom suffer from dementia. Whilst the quality of care delivered by PSP Healthcare has an impeccable reputation, the fabric of the current building is tired and not up to modern standards. Together with the Architect Phil Lewis from KWL, in Newport, we have a proven track record in building Award Winning Care Villages in England and so very much look forward to giving Monmouth the first one in Wales.” PSP Healthcare, will manage the site as its registered operators, and say that over 50 new jobs will be created with the Care Village. Its Managing Director, Preyen Dewani, comments that “the new facility will provide a level of accommodation and facility that just does not exist in Wales today. All of the bedrooms will be 20sq m in size and fully ensuite with an integrated electric ceiling hoist system from Denmark that will significantly ease a bed-bound resident’s transfer to the bathroom. The new home will house a health complex with a hydro-therapy pool, a specially adapted gym for the elderly, personal therapy rooms as well as hair dressing salons on each floor. An internet café, library and a special cinema room to screen all the old flicks will facilitate popular past times” He went on to say that “…we are fortunate to live in decent accommodation and enjoy good food, entertainment and activities, so there is no reason why our elderly should not have the best as well.” PSP Healthcare is moving into the Care Village sector after exceptional success in the operation of nursing and care homes. Managing Director and elder brother, Preyen, was recently listed as one of the top 20 in the healthcare sector to watch, and has some exciting plans to further expand the group over the next few years in this country and in India where they are currently in talks to develop “Ashrams” where people from this country may spend their retirement. The Monmouth Care Village will be set in landscaped sensory gardens and will provide specially designed mobility friendly two bedroom cottages and apartments for those not immediately requiring the full services of the care home. “The concept,” explained Preyen, “is that a couple may release their equity by selling their property and move into the Village on a tenancy for the duration of their life. They can lead an independent life whilst living in a secure, well maintained community with neighbours at a similar stage. If it becomes necessary for one of the partners to become a resident in the care home it would cause minimal disruption to the family as everything is in one Village !”.

£10m Monmouth Care Village Given Go Ahead

Written by PSP Healthcare

Tuesday, 25 September 2007

PSP Healthcare, the rapidly expanding elderly nursing and care home group managed by brothers Preyen and Shrien Dewani together with their father Prakash, are delighted with the recent planning permission for a pioneering Care Village at the site of their leasehold Nursing home in Monmouth, South Wales. A phased programme over the next 18 months will see the £10m construction of a state of the art 90 bedded Nursing and Residential Care home together with 33 specially designed close care apartments and cottages for the elderly. The project will be managed by Andrew Wilson Partnership from Bristol who were engaged to obtain the planning consent by the site owners Gibraltar Holdings Ltd. Senior Partner Andrew Wilson told us, “Gibraltar House currently provides nursing and residential care for 35 residents many of whom suffer from dementia. Whilst the quality of care delivered by PSP Healthcare has an impeccable reputation, the fabric of the current building is tired and not up to modern standards. Together with the Architect Phil Lewis from KWL, in Newport, we have a proven track record in building Award Winning Care Villages in England and so very much look forward to giving Monmouth the first one in Wales.” PSP Healthcare, will manage the site as its registered operators, and say that over 50 new jobs will be created with the Care Village. Its Managing Director, Preyen Dewani, comments that “the new facility will provide a level of accommodation and facility that just does not exist in Wales today. All of the bedrooms will be 20sq m in size and fully ensuite with an integrated electric ceiling hoist system from Denmark that will significantly ease a bed-bound resident’s transfer to the bathroom. The new home will house a health complex with a hydro-therapy pool, a specially adapted gym for the elderly, personal therapy rooms as well as hair dressing salons on each floor. An internet café, library and a special cinema room to screen all the old flicks will facilitate popular past times” He went on to say that “…we are fortunate to live in decent accommodation and enjoy good food, entertainment and activities, so there is no reason why our elderly should not have the best as well.” PSP Healthcare is moving into the Care Village sector after exceptional success in the operation of nursing and care homes. Managing Director and elder brother, Preyen, was recently listed as one of the top 20 in the healthcare sector to watch, and has some exciting plans to further expand the group over the next few years in this country and in India where they are currently in talks to develop “Ashrams” where people from this country may spend their retirement. The Monmouth Care Village will be set in landscaped sensory gardens and will provide specially designed mobility friendly two bedroom cottages and apartments for those not immediately requiring the full services of the care home. “The concept,” explained Preyen, “is that a couple may release their equity by selling their property and move into the Village on a tenancy for the duration of their life. They can lead an independent life whilst living in a secure, well maintained community with neighbours at a similar stage. If it becomes necessary for one of the partners to become a resident in the care home it would cause minimal disruption to the family as everything is in one Village !”.

http://www.careappointments.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6297&Itemid=73

Shrien Dewani, 22, general secretary of National Hindu Students Forum Speaks: Gujarati"He isn't being completely unrealistic but he has to take more care when he talks with respect to the ethnic minority community, and stop bundling us all together."

Blunkett: Guilty of offensive language or just delivering some home truths?

By Nigel Morris and Matthew Beard

Monday, 16 September 2002

The call by David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, for Asian families to speak English at home was made in three sentences in an essay with the daunting title, "Integration with Diversity: Globalisation and the Renewal of Democracy and Civil Society".

The call by David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, for Asian families to speak English at home was made in three sentences in an essay with the daunting title, "Integration with Diversity: Globalisation and the Renewal of Democracy and Civil Society".

But it turned his treatise for the Foreign Policy Centre on the nature of Britishness into a damaging row about the state's right to interfere in people's private lives.

With his customary knack for stirring controversy, Mr Blunkett found himself once again accused of pandering to the prejudices of the right.

Leading the onslaught was the unlikely figure of Keith Vaz, who had maintained a discreet silence since resigning as a Foreign Office minister amid allegations over his business links. He was quick to challenge the claim that nearly a third of British Asian families did not use English and questioned Mr Blunkett's argument that "schizophrenia bedevils generational relationships ... where English is not spoken at home".

He said: "If this was a Conservative Home Secretary he would have been asked to apologise by now." Mr Vaz claimed Mr Blunkett was using the Asian community as a "cheap target" and accused him of making one of the silliest remarks ever made by a Home Secretary. He challenged him to test the accuracy of his remarks by spending the night with an Asian family in his Leicester constituency ­ a city widely celebrated for its record on race relations.

Mr Vaz said: "What David is saying has no basis in reality. No Asian family in Leicester does not speak English at home. In many cases they speak it better than Mr Blunkett himself.

"He has clearly forgotten all the excellent work he did as Education Secretary in relation to mother-tongue teaching."

In Leicester, Mr Blunkett's comments were greeted with something approaching conviviality. Arvind Patel, an Asian Ugandan who runs a Muslim community centre in Leicester, and his wife, Kamu, invited the Home Secretary to visit. Mr Patel said: "He is welcome to come to our house and see that you can speak your native tongue at home and still have an integrated life outside. My parents insisted on a dual-language upbringing and my sons will bring their children up the same way. It is a question of balancing your career and friends with an appreciation of your roots."

Mr Patel, married for 32 years, added: "My wife does not speak perfect English, but she took great trouble to learn it when she came here. We both think it is important to be confident in English."

Their sons, Hitesh, 28, and Amit, 26, no longer live at home but speak a mix of Gujurati and English with their parents. "English tends to dominate and it is only when older people are around that we speak Gujurati," he said.

Mr Blunkett's claims that language was central to prosperity were recognised by many groups although the impact on civil rights raised widespread concerns.

Beverley Bernard, acting chairwoman of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), said proficiency in English was a springboard for success in education and in the workplace. But she added: "Any suggestion we can prescribe when and to whom we should speak English in the privacy of our own home is not acceptable. Respect for what defines individuals and the different communities that now make Britain a diverse society lies at the heart of social cohesion. This should be further underpinned by equality of opportunity for all."

The CRE also questioned Mr Blunkett's suggestion, based on a recent citizenship survey, that English was not spoken at home in 30 per cent of Asian British households. A spokes-man said: "We do not know where he got this figure from. We cannot clarify whether it is right or wrong. It is not something we recognise."

Tauhid Pasha, legal director of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, said: "If it is not backed up by evidence, it's dangerous to say this. It backs up a prejudice that Asians don't want to speak English, which is clearly incorrect and can also increase racial tension and animosity against Asian people."

He said some Asian families encouraged the use of other languages in the home to prevent their children losing their knowledge of their mother tongue.

The Home Office, backed by Downing Street, mounted a vigorous defence of the remarks. A spokesman for Mr Blunkett said there remained some communities where ignorance of English persisted, particularly among women.

It defended the 30 per cent statistic as based on "rigorous academic research" drawing from a large sample. However, the details will not be published until later this year.

A Downing Street spokes-man said: "It's not dictating to people what they do. It's simply pointing out the advantages for children if English is spoken at home, as well as the mother tongue." He added: "The Prime Minister agrees it is an advantage to children to grow up in a home which is bilingual."

But Oliver Letwin, the shadow Home Secretary, said: "The Home Secretary is apparently trying to say something about how people should go about conversing in their own home. That is different from learning English. I think Government, in general, ought not to spend its time telling people how to behave in their own homes."

Professor Bernard Crick, who was appointed by Mr Blunkett last week to design the "citizenship classes" immigrants will now have to take to get a British passport, gave guarded approval to the remarks. He said: "It would be helpful to integration if the proportion of immigrants speaking English at home increased at a greater rate."

He pointed out that in north Wales and Gaelic-speaking Scotland many households did not speak English at home, and successive Governments had encouraged the Welsh language.

Iqbal Sacranie, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: "The comments have been unhelpful, especially during these times when the communities are dealing with the anniversary of 11 September."

LANGUAGE BARRIER: THE VIEWS OF ETHNIC MINORITIES

By Paul Peachey

Christine Yau, Chinese community leader
Speaks: Cantonese, Mandarin, Hakka
"I would say that 95 per cent of the community here speak Chinese at home. This is a democratic society. The Home Secretary might have this idea but I don't think he can dictate the people's choice. But to encourage English as the main language ­ that would be welcomed by most people."

Lembit Opik, Liberal Democrat MP
Speaks: Estonian, German
"My grandparents didn't speak much English when they arrived in Britain and didn't speak much when they died 40 years later. My godfather ran a 100-acre farm and paid taxes but could only speak six words. Presumably he [Mr Blunkett] would pay the tuition fees."

Pratap Ranawaya, 52, head of sales at a music company
Speaks: Swahili, Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati
"What Blunkett says is crazy. I was born and brought up in Mombasa and our language is a bit of everything in the home ­ Swahili, Portuguese, Gujarati. We literally switch between English and our mother tongue in a split second."

Carmen Gutierrez, 34, consultant in learning and development
Speaks: Spanish
"When I visit my parents we speak Spanish. I agree that if we're going to live in this country we should speak the language, but the expectation that we speak it all the time in the home is unfair."

Muhammed Anwar, professor of ethnic relations, University of Warwick
Speaks: Punjabi
"One should not assume if you speak another language at home, you do not understand or speak English outside. I don't think language is a problem as Asians in this country are concerned." Believes Mr Blunkett'scomments were a distraction from issues of racial and religious discrimination.

Shrien Dewani, 22, general secretary of National Hindu Students Forum
Speaks: Gujarati
"He isn't being completely unrealistic but he has to take more care when he talks with respect to the ethnic minority community, and stop bundling us all together."

Abdul Latif, 47, businessman and politician
Speaks: Bengali
"If anybody wants to enjoy the UK this person needs to learn good English and understand English culture. But most English people can't speak good English."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blunkett-guilty-of-offensive-language-or-just-delivering-some-home-truths-607349.html

Other prominent speakers in the session included Mr. Shiren Dewani...

http://tarun-vijay.blogspot.com/2009/05/pravasi-bharatiya-divas.html

Speakers and Panelists...I think with the contacts the DEWANIS have, Shrien will not be extradited to SA....

Mr. Shrien Dewani

Deloitte & Touche, UK, Senior Associate, Reorganisation Services,
http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/SpeakersandPanelists.pdf

The Dewani family...Hatherleigh Care Village

http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/Hindu-ceremony-blesses-Hatherleigh-Care-Village/article-485589-detail/article.html

http://www.careandsupportguide.com/Hatherleigh_Care_Village_5044.html

Shrien Male or female?...very strange conversation ! that turns out to be about Shrien Dewani. Possible sexual encounter ? Quote: Closer to the date of your possible meeting with this person, can't you just give them a call so as to discuss how you would recognise each other (if not meeting in your/their office) and see if you speak to a man or a woman. Or you can always find another work-related excuse to speak to them. To cut it short - I am trying to suggest a simple way to find the correct answer to your riddle.End of quote....Does not sound much like 'business' to me...:If the allegations that Dewani IS gay are true, this could be a conversation enquiring if Shrien is known in the gay circle and what 'role' does he play, male / female of the homosexual variety..I have also placed a link to ALL Indian girls names and SHRIEN is not a girls name !

Business : Shrien - Male or Female?

by Jeremy Freeman on 23-Mar-04 9:37pm

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I'm currently corresponding with a prospective client whose name is Shrien, and we are due to meet up to discuss a project we might be working on.

I have no idea whether I am talking to a male or female - have you heard of the name Shrien?

Let me know.

Thanks

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Shrien - Male or Female?

Likes (0) by Rossi Ignatova on 23-Mar-04 10:02pm

I did a very quick search on Google.co.uk and found the following sentence: 'My guide's name was a young lass named Shrien.'
The name seems to be Indian.
Good luck

Rossi (I am a girl in case you wonder) : )

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Shrien - Male or Female?

Likes (0) by Colin Allison on 23-Mar-04 10:11pm

A Hindu origin girl's name - have a look here

Colin G Allison, FInstD - Founder & Visionary, 3Cs Community(TM)

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Shrien - Male or Female?

Likes (0) by Jeremy Freeman on 23-Mar-04 10:16pm

Thanks Rossi and Colin...

Colin, how do you know it's a girl from the link you showed me - sorry if I'm being stupid!

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Shrien - Male or Female?

Likes (0) by Kamlesh 'keep the i small Darji on 23-Mar-04 10:21pm

I have a friend called Shrien he is male and based in London. Who knows might be him? Hindu male name.



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Shrien - Male or Female?

Likes (0) by Jeremy Freeman on 23-Mar-04 10:24pm

Thanks Kamlesh...now I'm even more confused...you might be right - this person that you know wouldn't happen to represent NHSF by any chance?

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Shrien - Male or Female?

Likes (0) by Colin Allison on 23-Mar-04 10:38pm

'cos the URL is http://www.kabalarians.com/female/shrien.htm

Colin G Allison, FInstD - Founder & Visionary, 3Cs Community(TM)

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Shrien - Male or Female?

Likes (0) by Rossi Ignatova on 23-Mar-04 11:42pm

Jeremy,

Closer to the date of your possible meeting with this person, can't you just give them a call so as to discuss how you would recognise each other (if not meeting in your/their office) and see if you speak to a man or a woman. Or you can always find another work-related excuse to speak to them. To cut it short - I am trying to suggest a simple way to find the correct answer to your riddle.

Rossi

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Shrien - Male or Female?

Likes (0) by Kamlesh 'keep the i small Darji on 24-Mar-04 10:06am

Yes to NHSF Shrien Dewani.

KC Darji
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Shrien - Male or Female?

Likes (0) by Jeremy Freeman on 24-Mar-04 10:13am

Amazing networking here! Thanks Kamlesh.

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Shrien - Male or Female?

Likes (0) by Kamlesh 'keep the i small Darji on 24-Mar-04 10:55am

Sure. Let's connect anyway. Shrien is very savvy.

Thanks,


KC Darji
07791 908 455
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www.1cellnet.com/kashbiz
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http://www.iloveindia.com/babynames/girl-s.html
Indian girls names....