In the heart of the largest community of Indians living outside of India, 312 people at The Peepul Centre, Leicester, and over 1,000 streaming live on YouTube, officially recognized the ill-fated S.S. Tilawa, also described as “The Indian Titanic.” Attendees memorialized the loss of 280 lives, and expressed thanks and recognition for the rescue mission […]
A short documentary to tell the stories of two families from Punjab whose family laid roots in the 1950s. The aim of the film is to show the shared history between these families and others in the black country and help celebrate diversity. In the 1950s, families travelled thousands of miles from Punjab to the […]
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery in Ealing, London, came alive with colour, rhythm, and creativity as visitors gathered to mark this year’s South Asian Heritage Month theme, Roots to Routes. Pitzhanger’s special Thursday Late event offered a vibrant mix of food, conversation, dance, and art, creating a space for communities to connect and celebrate. A highlight […]
Kent Saheli Group (KSG), a charity based in Kent, celebrated Teeyan with 700 women attending at Fort Gardens, Gravesend on Sunday 21 July 2024. Teeyan, also known as ‘Teej’ or ‘Teeyan Da Mela,’ is a traditional festival that celebrates the monsoon season and women’s sisterhood. Women from various parts of the UK gathered to celebrate […]
‘I am the unlucky one’ I said to the Consultant. I was sobbing away on my own with nobody to hold my hand or support me. Where did I go wrong? What had I done? I always helped everyone – young old, needy and desperate. So why did it have to be ME? I didn’t understand.
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.
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 […]
Stories to tell: Celebrating meaningful music in South Asian culture This month is South Asian Heritage Month, where communities and organisations across the UK make time to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures, and the history and identity of British South Asian people. SAHM was first celebrated in 2018 and each year explores a […]
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 […]
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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