For a long time now, Lohri has been considered the ‘son festival’ where celebrating the birth of a boy over the birth of a girl took precedent. Despite this sexist custom, historically and now in […]
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WHAT THE SWEET BOBBY PODCAST TELLS US ABOUT A CULTURE OF ABUSE AND SILENCE
Wild. The one word so many have used on Twitter to describe the six-episode podcast Sweet Bobby. Downloaded over one million times online and listened to by a global audience, we all sat with bated […]
Lohri was originally a women-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. […]
An Indian Summer in Leicester
Having started in August and running until the end of October, An Indian Summer is a vibrant festival celebrating South Asian culture in the heart of Leicester city over three months: from applauding the arts […]
The Pink Ladoo Project: Interview with founder Raj Khaira
The Pink Ladoo Project is an inspiring campaign headed by London based lawyer and activist Raj Khaira. Having started in October 2015, its followers have grown on social media to a more than 30,000, and […]
The Birmingham Indian Film Festival: Interview with Dharmesh Rajput Head of Cinema
Europe’s largest Indian film festival arrived in Birmingham on 23 June, with a packed programme full of exciting new films and pre-and post-screening talks with cast and crew members of the selected movies. The Birmingham […]
Russia’s Got Talent Star Svetlana Tulasi talks Kathak, Bollywood & future aspirations
The Russian Kathak dancer of Indian descent, Svetlana Tulasi was a semi-finalist on this year’s Russia’s Got Talent who mesmerised dance lovers around the world with her gracious performance. Svetlana’s eloquently fluent Bollywood-inspired Kathak dance […]
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