Map Stories

To highlight the amazing heritage and archaeology of India and Pakistan as well as encourage conversation, the MAHSA project is running a free, family friendly open day. There will be map based activities for kids, an AR sand box and small exhibits on maps and archaeology. Please join us at The Women’s Museum in Barking, a new museum embedded in the community and celebrating the stories and heritage of women.
India on the Line: Communicating in India’ Exhibition

Join us for this rare opportunity to explore telecommunications history in an authentic setting and gain new perspectives on the colonial experience through the lens of technology and communication.
We look forward to welcoming you to this important exhibition celebrating South Asian heritage and the interconnected stories that shaped our modern world.
One of the few – My journey as a British-Mauritian-South Asian

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 […]
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