Faraz Arif Ansari is an Indian filmmaker and the director of Sisak, India’s first silent LGBT film. I came across his work at the first British Asian LGBT conference held in Birmingham in the UK […]
Part One: Muslim and Gay
I interviewed British Pakistani Muslim Adil Khan just weeks after he had come out to his friends and family about being gay. Adil was somewhat tense yet animated as he recounted his experiences and told […]
Women of colour in Film and TV: Script Editor Naz Ahmed on defying the odds
MY JOURNEY AS A CREATIVE WOMAN WHO DEFYED THE ODDS… As with any journey, I guess one should start right at the very beginning. So, nearly thirty years ago, I remember telling someone about my […]
Interview: Kapil Seshasayee launches his first music album on the caste system
Kapil Seshasayee is a Scottish Indian artist and musician who is releasing his first music album “A Sacred Bore” on September 14th. Kapil was born in Tamil Nadu India and moved to Scotland when he […]
First British Asian LGBT conference is held in Birmingham
The first British Asian LGBT conference was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Saturday 28th July. Organiser’s Khakan Qureshi, Siddhi Joshi and Peta Cooper rallied together a team of LGBT activists, doctors, academics and allies […]
Virginity testing, Immigration and the brown female body in 1970s Britain
1970s Britain for South Asian immigrant women reflects a dark and institutionally racist past. Britain held a secret, one that the Home Office attempted to conceal until an article written by a Guardian journalist named Melanie […]
Guest blog – My White Woman Privilege, In and Out of This House
I recently listened to ‘The Guilty Feminist’ podcast on the topic of Ireland’s Repeal the Eighth referendum. This episode had detailed the struggles Irish women face with healthcare due to a long-standing, detrimental relationship between […]
Conversations on Caste – working on my Documentary
This year I start my journey as a filmmaker by working on my first documentary. My chosen topic of research is the Indian caste system within a UK context with focus on the Sikh diaspora. […]
Lohri was originally a women’s focused festival
Traditionally Lohri is celebrated as a festival acknowledging the arrival of a son, however the emergence of this festival as the ‘son festival’ as it were, is not necessarily true in history. Academic Navtej K. […]
All India Bakchod’s ‘The Bollywood Diva Song’ – Interview with the writers
Popular Indian comedy group All India Bakchod, commonly referred to as AIB, created a rather excellent music video earlier this year starring Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut. AIB released ‘The Bollywood Diva Song’ in September to […]
