A decade ago, the inception of “Homeland” found its roots in the minds of David Naylor and Renu Arora. This evocative piece unfolds through the lens of Renu’s South Asian heritage and her Grandmother’s Partition story.
Hello and welcome to my story. My name is Inshirah Kishwar Sakhawat Russell. You can call me Inshra. I’m a Bangladeshi-born British person who has been living in London for the last 20 years. My roots are in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and the richness of culture and values those 19 years of living there with my […]
Let me tell you a bit about myself. My name is Saira, and I’ve been writing poetry for the past 11 years – I started back in May 2012. I love writing from the heart and sharing my life experiences and lessons with others to help them heal. Specifically, I write about themes like marriage, […]
I’ve often been asked where I’m from and when I respond in the hope that it’s a sufficient answer to the question, there’s usually the expected follow-up question; ‘yes, but where are you really from?’ It’s a familiar question for most people of colour. Some people respond to the ‘where are you from?’ question stating […]
South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) runs from 17 July – 18 August and seeks to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures, histories, and communities. The month seeks to understand the diverse heritage and cultures that continue to link the UK with South Asia. The theme for SAHM this year is ‘Stories to Tell’. […]
Aruna Bansal is the founder of the Asian Single Parents Network, which brings together South Asian single parents across the UK. She shares her experiences of being a South Asian single parent and tells us what prompted her to start up the Network. Our founder I dated a Patel at university but we weren’t […]
South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) runs from 17 July – 18 August and seeks to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures, histories, and communities. The month seeks to understand the diverse heritage and cultures that continue to link the UK with South Asia. The theme for SAHM this year is ‘Stories to Tell’. Here’s […]
I had the idea for Brown Bodies after I met a Sri Lankan Tamil man from Toronto at a hip hop music festival in Portugal. He had plans of road tripping through the Scottish Highlands. I’d never been and, as he seemed too cute (and not tall enough) to be an axe murderer, so I […]
Hi Everyone, Good afternoon, I am Oliur Rahman BEM, I would like to share my life story for encourage others. I was a brilliant student while I was study in primary school. My family was a middle class and supportive family in our village in Habiganj district in Bangladesh. my father was a government employee […]
My story begins in Kenya and was told on the BBCtv documentary Saved by a Stranger by Anita Rani in 2021. I was born in Kenya of Goan parentage in 1964. We were part of what is known as ‘The Exodus’ of 1968 when thousands of Asian families resettled in Britain. We arrived in North […]
The first of the Trust’s projects is the South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM), which first took place in 2020 and runs from the 18th of July to the 17th of August each year.
SAHM seeks to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures, histories, and communities.
It seeks to understand the diverse heritage and cultures that continue to link the UK with South Asia.
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