Rainbow nation, still 98% white MPs.

From: Times of India (New Delhi, India) | Date: April 30, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Rashmee Roshan Lall

Apr. 30--LONDON: The year is 1892. The place Finsbury Central, a constituency in the British capital. Dadabhai Naoroji has just made history, after being elected the first South Asian member of the British parliament.

Naoroji has overcome smears by Lord Salisbury, the then Conservative prime minister who questioned the suitability of "a black man" to stand for Westminster.

Fast forward to 2005. Shailesh Vara, a mild-mann...

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