My dad was just a teenager when he arrived in Bradford in the 1970s. With the support of extended family he found work, learnt the language, and a few years later returned to Pakistan to marry my mum. I was born in the 80s, the second girl in a house of five children. We found […]
Did you know that during WW2, nearly 2.5 million personnel from the British Indian Army were deployed to help protect Britain at its time of need? A special Muslim contingent called ‘Force K6’ was a Mule Transport Corps a part of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC) from the British Indian Army (BIA). […]
Summer Exhibition 2023 – With Due Ceremony1st – 31st August 2023Introducing this year’s Summer Exhibition at The Gurkha Museum, located in the former Peninsula Barracks in Winchester.The recent coronation of HM King Charles III and Queen Camilla adds to a long and storied history of Gurkha involvement in state and ceremonial occasions. ‘With Due Ceremony’, […]
A borough as diverse as Croydon is symbolised by the plurality of its culture. South Asians form a large population of the borough. As part of the This is Croydon, The Mayor’s London Borough of Culture 2023 celebration, Subrang Arts initiated ‘Kalasetu’ – Kala means ‘Art’; ‘Setu’ means bridge – building cultural bridges with communities […]
What does it mean to be a British Indian woman? The Evolution of the British Indian woman – an event which was screened at Kingston-Upon-Thames’ Rose Theatre in June 2013, explored the essence of a British Indian woman through the experiences of three branches of one family tree. A grandmother, who moved to the UK […]
Hiranya’s debut album, Frangipani & Daisy Chains, grew from her experience of race and identity following the 2016 Brexit vote. At turns tender, at turns fierce, she explores migration, colonialism and lineage. Part personal nostalgia, part history lesson; it contemplates belonging through the plants that are rooted in England and Sri Lanka’s folk traditions. The musical […]
My name is Shaz Khan (Shahzadgai Khan). My story is very simple but my parents’ is not. I stumbled across an article that I wrote when I was 17 years old for my English A-level coursework. It was all about “Being an Asian in Modern British Society”, which is where the inspiration for this podcast […]
1 / 2 Rainbow Treasures by Preet Kaur Cox I walked into a sweet shop of fabric. I stared in awe and wonder as assortments of every pattern, motif and colour danced around the room ready to be picked. The smell of silk fluttered through the air and floated in between the rolls which spun […]
We all have stories to tell. Mine is about being ‘one of the few’. I am incredibly proud of my South Asian heritage story. I am British-Mauritian-South Asian and I was born just north of London. Growing up in the 1980s, we probably were the only Mauritian family in our non-ethnically diverse town. I […]
It is a warm and sunny day in the city of Poona and the year is 2021. Aaji (Grandmother) checks the chair’s sturdiness, and climbs carefully into the attic. I have been going on about how I want to see the hidden treasures which have been untouched now for years. One by one she slowly […]
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