Author: Adda_boss

Splendid Summer Salads

We love summer and love the variety of ingredients available for lovely healthy treats.  Here are a few from food photographer and writer Monir Ali.

Diabetes and You.

Diabetes and the Mindset to change your life. Warning serious topic coming up…. and its a long article… Type 2 Diabetes effects around 4 Million people in the UK. And a massive 8% of those are from the South Asian Community, that’s in the region of 320,000 people with Type 2 or late onset diabetes. […]

The Andulician Adventure

Ace photographer Monir Ali writes exclusively for Samosa & Chai. When my wife  mentioned that  she  had booked a short holiday to the Costa del Sol, I was taken aback.  Thoughts of drunken folks running around shouting and screaming had almost ruined my break before it begun! But some pre holiday research started to abate […]

The Ups & Downs of Life in St Albans

What’s life been like so far living in St Albans for the last 18 months or so? That’s the question I’m often asked by my friends and family back in my previous home town, Luton. Well so far, it’s been great. Made new friends, joined a local gym, signed up to a new martial art […]

The Mayor’s Charity Afternoon Tea

Fancy afternoon tea with the Mayor of St. Albans, our very own Cllr Iqbal Zia, well this is your last chance. As the Mayors tenure comes to and end, He is inviting you to join him for afternoon tea and fundraising for The Mayors Charity Youth Talk on 29th April 2018 at St Michaels Manor. Youth […]

£3800 rasied by St Albans for Eastern Ghouta.

On Friday 23 March, local sisters organised a ladies dinner and auction in aid of Islamic Relief’s Syria: Eastern Ghouta appeal. The dinner, which has so far raised £3800 was held at St Mary’s Community Church in Marshalswick, hosting a total of 100 guests. The organisers thanked all those who have contributed towards making the […]

BANGLA CLASSES FOR LITTLE BENGALIS

The long awaited Bangla casses have started in St Albans. Weekly Bangla Classes take place in the heart of St Albans, at the VILLAGE WORKSPACE on Stonecross. Run and organised by The Adda Club, the aim of the classes is to encourage children of bangladeshi orgin be confident and comfortable speaking in thier mother tongue […]

Bangla Classes for children.

Cultural heritage is an important part of growing up, and language plays a leading role in a child’s development. A group of local parents, have taken up the challenge to ensure thier children become fluent in thier mother tounge language of Bangla, and started much needed Bengali language classes in St. Albans. The two classes […]

NEW SCOUT GROUP FOR ST ALBANS

The Mayor of the City and District of St Albans, Councillor Mohammad Iqbal Zia, launched the 20th St Albans Ansar Scout Group on Monday 15 January.   The new Scout group is the first to launch in St Albans in the last forty years. It is open to girls and boys who live in and […]