Tag: India

Learn Punjabi Cooking with Bal • Thali 2

From the villages of India’s roadside café to the heart of London, get ready to learn, cook and taste grandma’s recipes!

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.

Meet the Historian: Anamika Bhattacharjee

Interpreting Hindu Festivals: Colonial Perspectives and the Shaping of British Understanding (1757–1858) Join us at Roehampton Library, where historian Anamika Bhattacharjee will present her doctoral research, which explores how British colonial scholars and administrators interpreted Hindu religious festivals during the East India Company period. Focusing particularly on Diwali and Holi, Anamika examines the ways in […]

(Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices

This exhibition at SOAS Gallery features works by 26 emerging and established artists from six South Asian countries, including newly commissioned pieces. (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices provides a global platform for a new generation of South Asian artists spotlighting shared histories and resilience in the region. Curated by Salima Hashmi and Manmeet K. Walia, the exhibition brings together artists from six countries—India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan, whose works explore urgent themes such as ecological fragility, gender justice, displacement, and political unrest.

‘The Ayahs and Amahs’ Home’ in Hackney

‘Ayah’ refers to South Asian women and ‘Amah’ to South East Asian women who served the British in Asia and other colonies as children’s nannies, nursemaids and ladies’ maids. For the last few years Hackney Museum has been researching the stories of ayahs in Britain and in east London in particular. These pioneering women were […]

A Legacy of Courage: From India to Britain, Three Generations Find Their Home

My story begins with my grandfather, who plucked up the courage to travel aboard at the age of 22 and start a new life in the UK. I don’t think he would have thought that he would see three generations thereafter flourish and live an Anglo-Indian life in Great Britain. Beginnings in Siyod Vanmali Patel […]

A Heroic Journey from the Indian Army to Brighton- Mir Dast

Mir Dast, a distinguished soldier from the Indian Army, was awarded the Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery in the First World War.

Chhavi’s Journey: Embracing ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ – The World as One Family

As we celebrate South Asian Heritage Month with the theme ‘Free to Be Me’, I reflect on my unique journey and the challenges I’ve overcome as a South Asian woman. Growing up, there was an expectation that I would pursue a traditional career in engineering, medicine, law, or accountancy. While I did study engineering initially, […]

Ketan Dattani: The Road to an Inclusive, Diverse, and Equitable World

“Growing up in a city like London meant that from an early age I was exposed to many different beliefs and ethnicity. Growing up in a diverse community has allowed me to see people for who they are without focusing on what religion they practise or what country they come from or what colour their […]

Scotland’s First National British Indian Army (BIA) Memorial

Artists impression of Scotland’s First BIA Memorial Colourful Heritage, a charity based in Scotland were granted planning permission by Glasgow City Council in December 2022 to construct Scotland’s first British Indian Army (BIA) memorial within the grounds of the iconic Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow. In August 2023, the ‘Memorial Brick Laying Ceremony’ was held […]