Blind Bollywood dance to open World Games at Symphony Hall

Local group take first ever steps on stage

Culture, NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine16 August 2023Comment

2023 DesiBlitz Literature Festival

Here’s what to expect this year.

Books by South Asian a..., Culture, NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine26 July 2023Comment

Greater cultural awareness and better support needed for South Asian families with a baby in neonatal care

While many of the families surveyed had positive experiences the research does reveal instances of poor care and instances where care was not culturally appropriate.

Health, NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine15 February 2023Comment

An exciting new programme will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on New Years Day: 20 Years of Bombay Dreams

Culture, NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine28 December 2022Comment

Historic moment as Lubna Shuja becomes first Asian and first Muslim president of the Law Society

She shares what she plans to do for the future

NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine2 November 2022Comment

What do south Asians think of Rishi Sunak?

We asked some of our readers what they think of their new prime minister.

NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine25 October 2022Comment

Royal Museums Greenwich to mark Diwali with ‘Finding Diwali’ Takeover

Culture, NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine19 October 2022Comment

Want to do all of your Diwali shopping online?

Meet The Asian Market, the world’s first online marketplace or e-commerce platform to buy and sell Asian products and services.

Culture, News, WorkBritish Asian Women's Magazine11 October 2022Comment

Arts festival PoliNations opens by championing UK diversity with spectacular garden in Birmingham

From Friday 2nd September, a spectacular garden opens in Victoria Square, Birmingham for the arts festival PoliNations which runs from 2-18 September. The 17-day programme of live performances and events celebrate Britain's diverse communities through the lens of its plant life – highlighting in particular Birmingham’s Black and South Asian talent.

Culture, NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine14 September 2022Comment

International kite flying festival in solidarity with with the people of Afghanistan

Marking one year since the fall of Afghanistan, Afghan artists presented a festival of Afghan kite-flying, storytelling, music, poetry and dance in 38 cities across the UK, Europe and America taking part on 20th August. Nationwide workshops taught communities how to make a kite from scratch. The festival called on the UK Government to treat all people seeking asylum fairly and equally, including those from Afghanistan.

News, CultureBritish Asian Women's Magazine24 August 2022Comment

Three south Asians enter Tory leadership race

For the first time in British history, south Asians, and not just one but four of them are standing for elections to be voted as Britain’s next Prime Minister. Their controversies, their backgrounds and what they stand for today, as well as why so many south Asians are now aligning with the Tory party.

NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine11 July 2022Comment

Masterji, the Coventry photographer whose evocative portraits recorded immigrant life in the West Midlands

Remarkably, in a career spanning seven decades, it was just six years ago that Maganbhai Patel (1924 – 2018), more widely known as Masterji, finally achieved national recognition at the age of 94 with a solo show, as part of Coventry’s bid to become UK City of Culture.

News, CultureBritish Asian Women's Magazine11 February 2022Comment

South Asian artist's exhibition at Cambridge University explores intimacy and decolonisation

Can decolonisation entail forms of intimacy? In the search for an answer to this question, the new exhibition Shahzia Sikander: Unbound focuses on the earlier and more recent works of Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander.

News, CultureBritish Asian Women's Magazine10 February 2022Comment

Why this play about the Gujarati kite festival, Uttaran is so popular.

An Indian theatre company’s play about the north Indian kite festival of Uttaran, draws parallels with society’s inequalities in India, the UK and around the world.

Culture, NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine9 February 2022Comment

First British Asian to win Mrs Galaxy UK

Her participation and ultimate win is a victory for representation and inspires brown women everyone.

NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine7 February 2022Comment

British south Asians who helped create LGBTQI+ history

Here are trailblazing British south Asians who helped increase conversation and representation within the community.

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South Asian woman becomes first woman of colour to reach the South Pole

The British Army physiotherapist says, “I felt overwhelmed at times while trying to train, being a COVID vaccinator, completing my MSc, looking for sponsors and trying to buy my first house. I remember just sometimes sitting in my partner's kitchen and I just wanted to cry because it was just too much.”

NewsBritish Asian Women's Magazine2 February 2022Comment