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Foregrounding voices of colour
In the third of his articles discussing anti-Blackness in South Asian communities, Dhruva Balram discusses how South Asian people often gravitate towards Black culture and music, and how use of the n-word became an issue. Moving to Canada from India at the cusp of adolescence, I instantly felt different, out of place – ‘othered’. Within… Read More
“If we remember our rich collective past, we will find ourselves stronger in the battles ahead” Gouri Sharma talks with journalist and activist Amrit Wilson, forty years after her influential feminist book Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain. Featured photo: Amrit Wilson speaking on behalf of Awaz at International Campaign for Abortion Rights rally, Trafalgar Square,… Read More
Fatima Qureshi speaks to Ansah Malik, a civil rights activist about how she, a fifth-generation Hong Konger resists the city’s nihilistic attitude towards racism Read More
Professor Aisha K. Gill argues that more needs to be done to improve the efficacy of initiatives designed to protect those at risk of forced marriage @DrAishaKGill Read More
Ciaran Thapar talks about how Indian food has helped him maintain a connection with his heritage after the passing of his grandmother
From Bangladeshi tradition, to skipping to the top of the register, to marriage, Shahnaz Ahsan traces the ongoing political challenges behind her name Read More
Midath Hayder asks if Bangladeshi food is about to go mainstream in the UK Read More
Henna Zamurd-Butt talks to Sharan Dhaliwal about how young British Asians are expressing their identity through art Read More
Henna Zamurd-Butt asks why London’s streetfood scene is missing the mark when it comes to desi food Read More
by Jamal Mehmood These are trying times for the subjects of Mahtab Hussain’s latest work. The artist’s series of portraits titled ‘You Get Me?’ is a timely look at young, working class South Asian men, who identify as Muslim. A community that is at once under pernicious state surveillance, as well as increasing intimidation from… Read More
