Bangla Week | Poetry after Chai

Poetry after Chai

Relax with a masala chai and let the rhythm of words immerse you to a night of poetic mehfil draped in tasty fabrics and resham. Leading poets will take the mic and transport you to a night of lyrical encounters inspired by Bangla artists and culture.

Ghar Ghar- New Play Explores South Asian Family Dynamics

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Ghar Ghar is a debut South Asian production part of Camden Fringe 2024. The story follows Maya, who returns from London to her family in Karachi, carrying not just her luggage but also a suitcase full of unresolved trauma and new insecurities.

Home is where Creativity is

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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 […]

Brown Bodies: Sex in the South Asian Diaspora

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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 […]