When given the opportunity to create a play to mark 75 years of Indian Independence from Colonial British Raj, I felt motivated by what this could inspire for new and ongoing conversations on the Partition […]
Category: History
How Lohri went from a festival for women to a celebration of the son
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 […]
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 […]
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