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Cassette Tape Letters - Private messages catalogued and archived
Join us to learn how cassette tapes were used to communicate between the British-Pakistani community during the 1960s-80s. The TAPE LETTERS project by Wajid Yaseen provides insight into issues of migration and identity, into how language mutates and drifts, and has revealed the ingenious ways in which people adapt technology to suit their needs.
Not to Miss! - Bharatanatyam Dance Artist Explains the basics of Bharatanatyam Dance
Commonly known as Valluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economical matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of Tamil literature.
Touching real stories | Migration History - 'Indenture to Windrush' - South Asians in the Caribbean
Join Dr Maria del Pilar Kaladeen along with Mr Gee, Gordon Warnecke and Nalini Mohabir, together who will be discussing their research and their writings, play topical videos and be treated to some personal readings from their book The Other Windrush.
The NHS was created for the White British
Introduced by Professor Amitava Banerjee, trustee of the South Asian Health Foundation, esteemed Professor Dr Wasim Hanif discusses the current situation and research for the South Asian Population in respect of Diabetes, Covid-19 and more.
The NHS was created for the White British
Bobby Seagull is a mathematics teacher, broadcaster and writer. He appeared on the television programme University Challenge in 2017, and in 2018 on Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Guide to Britain. His second book, The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers, was published in 2018.
The Quiz
Bobby will be running a live streamyard quiz and competition with rapid-fire social media questions sessions. Do you know your South Asian Heritage? Join us live through our social media accounts on the 25th of July at 6 pm Sharp!
Exploring Double Diaspora: Hidden Heritage from East Africa
Join Natasha Junejo and author Saz Vora as they discuss dual heritage and how twice migrant identity informs our storytelling.
With readings from:
Dr Maya Parmar | Reading Cultural Representations of the Double Diaspora
Sneha Purohit | Britain: Twice Migrants, Once British
Saz Vora | My Heart Sings Your Song, Where Have We Come, Made In Heaven
Maya Kalaria | Half Woman Half Grief
We are here because they were there - Media for All (MEFA)
About this event
Media For All [MEFA] is a social enterprise set-up up in 2018 to help Black, Asian and ethnic minority talent thrive in the media and advertising industry and ultimately increase the ethnic diversity of the media and advertising industry in the UK.
Each month Media For All organise their MEFA Matters event, which bring together diverse professionals to unpack topics focusing on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
This session will be hosted by MEFA’s founder Naren Patel who will be joined by Dr. Binita Kane and Vikesh Amey Bhatt.
In Conversation with Sacha Dhawan and Sathnam Sanghera
Exploring identity, culture, and bringing personal story to the screen
About this event
Join Natasha Junejo (South Asian Writers, South Asian Heritage Month, The Decolonial Podcast) in conversation with author and journalist, Sathnam Sanghera (Empireland, Marriage Material), and actor Sacha Dhawan (Marvel’s Iron Fist, Dr Who, The History Boys) as they discuss identity, culture, representation, and the process of bringing Sathnam’s powerful memoir, The Boy With a Topknot, to the screen in just three weeks.
The Maldives: How Climate Change is Affecting the Region
South Asia and the Bay of Bengal Coastal Region are highly endangered due to the impact of climate change and natural calamities, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). South Asia is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change and dramatic cuts in Greenhouse Gas emissions are required to prevent more damage.
Join this discussion with Binita and Vibs on the current climate change concerns for The Maldives.
Sri Lanka Focus Day: Podcast with Guni and Thasha
Dotiv The Podcast
Discussing Lifestyle Medicine with Certified Professionals, Scientists & Thought Leaders
Hosts @guniasd @thasha.sa
Connect with us @dotiv.life linktr.ee/dotivthepodcast
Art Photography with Mathushaa Saghtidas
- Talk with Mathushaa Saghtidas as she presents her work
- A Tamil British fashion photographer, creative director and stylist
- Educational background in fine art, fashion promotion and photography
Relaxing South Asian Traditional Music - courtesy of Saarey Music.
Saarey Music is the music streaming service for South Asian classical music that gives you unlimited ad-free access to exclusive human curated high quality and authentic content.
Faraan – Founder and South Asian classical music enthusiast
Dr Waheed Arian re-lives his journey from Migrant to Pioneer with Babita Sharma
Waheed Arian is an NHS A&E doctor and founder of the pioneering charity Arian Teleheal, which works directly with clinicians on the ground in low-resource and war-torn countries. He is also the founder of Arian Wellbeing, an innovative online mental health service which combines exercise and therapy to improve everyone’s mental well-being including of hard-to-reach communities. As an adviser, he helps global organizations and governments with the development of their healthcare and education systems.
VADHAI: A GIFT By: Claire Pamment
We follow Guru Amber’s ensemble in bringing music and movement to their neighborhood streets in Lahore, and take an intimate look at the kinship, beliefs, pleasures and material economies that drive these performances.
By: Claire Pamment, Anaya Sheikh, with Malik Ammar and Umar Jilani (Knapsack Studios) Cast: Amber, Aamar Ali, Faisal Sadiq Ali, Shabbir, Goshi, Maham, Sheela, v/o Anaya Sheikh
Live Kantha Workshop with Taslima Ahmad
Join Taslima Ahmad who will be holding a live Kantha workshop at her studio in Manchester. Kantha also spelled kanta, and qanta, is a type of embroidery craft in the eastern regions of India, particularly in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Odisha as well as in Bangladesh.
Finding Home: The Ugandan Exodus, 50 Years On
Finding Home is a celebration of our Ugandan Asian community in Leicester, marking 50 years since the Ugandan Asian exodus with three new plays by local writers whose families arrived in the UK from Uganda. To acknowledge the exact date that marks the 50th anniversary of Idi Amin’s announcement, join ITV Midlands journalist Rajiv Popat in a pre-show panel discussion with Jasvir Singh OBE (South Asian Heritage Month), Leicester City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby, Colin Grimes (Former Deputy Headmaster of Jinja Secondary School, Uganda), Sophie Kanabar (Business Development Manager & Ex Uganda Refugee), and Curve Practitioner and Finding Home Writer Chandni Mistry.
The Health Impact of Migration
Join us for a discussion of the “Health Impact of Migration” to understand how migration journeys are still impacting on the health of Refugees and Asylum Seekers today, and how healthcare providers can help. We are delighted to welcome healthcare colleagues who have a wide range of experiences, supporting migrants in Initial Accommodation Hotels, NHS and Voluntary sectors to share their experiences and answer questions.
Memory Box Led by Farzana and Saadia
Led by Farzana Qureshi (SOAS Arts and Humanities Librarian) and Saadia Gardezi (Journalist and Political Cartoonist and founder of Project Dastaan) this session was an open mic event, where a panel of speakers will share stories of migrant journeys across the globe.
Translated through images, diaries, poetry, objects, and oral and written testimonies, we will find out more about how memories shape who we are and how they connect to identity.
Highlights - Graciela Magnoni bridges the vibrant cultures of eastern and western Punjab.
Watan is a pictorial-poetic book that explores and bridges the vibrant cultures of both eastern and western Punjab. It aims to capture the rupture of the Watan (homeland), the longing, the love and the connection between the people and the land. Graciela Magnoni is the author of Watan and in conversation with Navtej Purewal (SOAS Lecturer in Development Studies) to discuss how the idea for her project came to life.
Shahid Falahi spotlights British Bangladesh Arts and Talent
Shahid Falahi is one of UK’s most prominent singer, lyricist, and composer of South Asian spiritual genre, mainly in Bangla.
Shahid’s debut album ‘MUSAFIR’ was released by Soundvision in 2007.
Shahid has been involved in various creative projects and is the founder of nasheed/drama group Message with whom he released a number of albums.
In this programme, Shahid will be spotlighting some of the well known artists of this genre from the South Asian Community around the world.
Numan Azmi discusses the British Bangladeshi Community with prominent guests
Numan Azmi is a well known social entrepreneur and community activist of Bangladeshi heritage. He is a former Board member of a number of local, regional and national organisations including Govt. Advisory Board. A Member of the South Asian Heritage Month Organising Team, he is also a Co Curator of Manchester Museum’s South Asia Gallery. Here, Numan speaks to some prominent British Bangladeshi leaders about the challenges and opportunities of the British Bangladeshi community. His guests are Mrs. Ferdous Rahman, Dr. Abdul Bari MBE DL, Lucky Haque Chowdhury, Imam Ajmal Masroor and Sharmeen Ahmed.
Where Is Home? South Asian Migration to the UK
Join us during South Asian Heritage Month for a free online in-conversation with the Curator and Lead Researcher from the team behind “Where Is Home?” – a nationally touring exhibition that explores the global migration of South Asian communities.
-Explore the history of global South Asian migration: https://where-is-home.org
– Exhibition marking 50th Anniversary of Ugandan Asian expulsion: https://indiansummer.org.uk/ais2022ex…
– Find out more about the producers behind these projects: https://inspirate.org
Highlights of Visual Arts Workshop with PiNS
Bhupinder Singh, professionally known as PiNS, is a mixed media human, artist, & educator for positive social change, based in London. With an extensive creative background spanning 15 years & attaining a Fashion with Business BA, PiNS has explored various application techniques in his work including textiles, fine art, graphic and installation design.
Catching Colour | Rana Begum visual artist | English National Ballet and Akademi | Aamad
The Line are excited to share a short film featuring Bangladeshi artist Rana Begum. In this film Rana speaks about her experience growing up in both Bangladesh and the UK, the thought processes and themes that she explores in her artwork and her journey to becoming the contemporary artist that she is today.
Sundra Lawrence presents her debut Aryamti Prize winning poetry pamphlet: Warriors
About this event
Aryamati Poetry Prize winner 2021 Fly on the Wall Press
Special guest performers Malika Booker, Be Manzini and Saradha Soobrayen;
Anjan Saha to compere.
Health identity & inequalities for #southasianheritagemonth
Distinguished guests join us to discuss inequalities amongst South Asians within:
Mental Health | Maternity | Pharmacy | Primary Care | Diabetes.
Our Mountains Our Responsibility
Irina karki is a passionate professional with a rich experience in public affairs, communications and sustainability/CSR.
Irina’s strength in successful CSR/Sustainability projects led her to independently consult with organizations on development and implementation of Strategies for high-impact programs including national-level campaigns. She is currently working with many projects that have significant environmental benefits.
Irina will be discussing the Mountain Clean-up Campaign, 2022.
2021 Master Chef Winner - Santosh Shah!
Santosh Shah is a Nepalese chef based on London, United Kingdom, known for competing in the UK’s reality cookery TV series BBC MasterChef: The Professionals in 2020. Declared second runner up, Santosh is credited for popularising Nepalese cuisine in the UK. In 2021, Santosh once again, competed in the UK’s BBC MasterChef: The Professionals Rematch and was declared the winner. From humble beginnings on the streets of Nepal, to winning the nation’s hearts on Masterchef: The Professionals, chef Santosh Shah is putting Nepalese cuisine firmly on the map.
Ptsd to Top of the World... Hari Budha Magar
In 2017, Hari Budha Magar became the first person in the world to summit over 6000m by the first double amputee above the knee by summiting Mera Peak (6476m). Hari was born in cowshed at 2700m in a small remote village in Western Nepal. He went to school barefoot, learn to write on wooden plank with chalk stone. He was forced to married at age of 11. Hari grew up in civil was where more than 17000 people were killed. Hari joined the British Army at age of 19 in 1999 and served 15 years with The Royal Gurkha Rifles in some of the toughest places in the word.
Edhi Baba with Faiza Nguyen
Edhi Baba our Super Hero! Story Telling Session
A reading session of Urdu and English with ethics and values of kindness and caring, a special pakistan independenceday lesson for our future generation. @teacher_missfaiza performs a passionate and engaging reading lesson in both Urdu and English for primary school children – (and many adults! 🙃). Faiza runs weekly teaching classes and has kindly offered this session free.
"To the Sons of the East India Company..." Sascha Akhtar
Sascha Akhtar, Pakistani & British author reads Josh Malihabadi reflecting on the revolutionary roots of Urdu poetry & from her own book Of Necessity & Wanting, inviting us to contemplate what 75 years of partition means. Josh Malihabad also known as Shayar-e-Inqalab – Poet of the revolution was a Pakistani poet regarded as one of the finest Urdu poets during the british empire Of Necessity and Wanting is available at The 87 Press: Link
Of Necessity & Wanting in Pakistan with @LibertyBooks_ Link
Readings: Exploring Double Diaspora: Hidden Heritage from East Africa
Natasha Junejo and author Saz Vora as they discuss dual heritage and how twice migrant identity informs our storytelling.
With Readings from:
Dr Maya Parmar | Reading Cultural Representations of the Double Diaspora
Sneha Purohit | Brit:In Twice Migrant, Once British.
Saz Vora | My Heart Sings Your Song, Where Have We Come, Made In Heaven
Maya Kalaria | Half Woman Half Grief
We Are All Birds of Uganda: Natasha Junejo & Hafsa Zayyan explore dual identity, belonging and home
Hafsa Zayyan is a writer and dispute resolution lawyer based in London. She won the inaugural #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize in 2019. Get her Book here
Natasha Junejo Natasha has been writing under a pseudonym for over a decade. She is the founder of South Asian Writers, a hashtag that went viral in 2017, inviting writers of South Asian descent to introduce themselves and their work.
Decolonial Podcast Empireland & Empire State of Mind
Sathnam Sanghera
Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi parents in the West Midlands in 1976. He entered the education system unable to speak English but, after attending Wolverhampton Grammar School, graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. He has won numerous awards for his journalism.
Natasha Junejo
Natasha has been writing under a pseudonym for over a decade. She is the founder of South Asian Writers, a hashtag that went viral in 2017, inviting writers of South Asian descent to introduce themselves and their work.
Surinderjeet Poonian
Surinderjeet Poonian :
I’m Surinderjeet Poonian and my mother witnessed Partition, it affected her deeply. Partition was a traumatic experience for so many people, it was never really talked about. Real stories that happened to real people are being lost to time. I’ve selected to read 4 short stories from those who lived through it. 1. Mr Rabi Rakshit “Down and Out” 2. Suresh Chandra Java “What would you do?” 3. Charanjeet Singh “The Mob” 4. Iqbal Bibi “The Journey” Thank you Please Enjoy 🙂
We can still eat Roti 🥳 South Asian diet and lifestyle Dr Nighat Arif & Lavina Mehta MBE
Lavina Mehta MBE, the founder of Feel Good with Lavina, is a 44-year-old Personal Trainer, Wellness Coach and mum of three. Lavina was awarded an MBE for services to health and fitness during Covid-19.
Dr Nighat is a GP specialising in women’s health and family planning with over 15 years of experience in the NHS and private practice. She is based in Buckinghamshire and is able to consult fluently with patients in Urdu and Punjabi.
