Sabah Choudrey accepts role as co-director of Middlesex Pride – as a Brownslow resident, they explain why it’s important
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Being a Director means I am settled here in Middlesex but I’m not settling.
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Pink Mirrors - exploring South Asian queerness through cinema
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All I was watching was European and American, focusing on the white experience I almost got fatigued wondering where we are in all this.
Read MoreNoor by Azma Dar: a look into the life of the first female Muslim war hero
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Anyone trying to tell the story of Noor Inayat Khan would face the challenge of what parts of the story to tell and what to leave out.
Read MoreS.A.S.S. are opening discussions for South Asian womxn
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As the millennials and Gen Zs of today, we’ve navigated our childhood and teenage years learning about a predominantly white history that supposedly shaped the Britain we live in.
Read MoreWhy Don't Our Musicals Showcase South Asian Talent?
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If productions are casting one ethnic person in a show, it fills their diversity quota, they can wash their hands of any guilt and pat themselves on the back during meetings. It isn’t for us, it’s for them...and it shows.
Read MoreTan France's Visibility On Queer Eye
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People on the show asked him if he’s a terrorist. Tan isn’t there to confront these issues, he’s there to help someone find their style and reinforce the french tuck. It became too much and he tried to quit.
Read MoreThe Epic Cross Continent Love Story Of Vinay Patel's 'An Adventure'
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Love itself is a political ideology in South Asian cultures, when you’re diplomatically balancing your heart and relationship with your parents. I find the political landscape of the governing body of ‘aunties’ tend to lay down laws we try our best to rebel.
Read MoreShakespeare Globe - Shakespeare & Race with Voices In The Dark
/There’s a difference between being palatable to the white gaze with these jokes and it’s another to share common frustrations with those who understand.
Read MoreIn Conversation with The Yoniverse
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These first steps were really important for us to establish the ethos of the group, namely one that was as diverse as possible and didn’t just showcase fair-skinned, North Indian, Muslim and Hindu women.
Read MoreWe Speak To Some #BOBBAExhibition Artists 6 Months Later
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we speak to some of the BOBBA artists to see what they're doing now and what the exhibition meant to them.
Read MoreIlluminating India: Photography 1857 - 2017 at the Science Museum
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The section of the photography exhibit documenting the fight for independence and the struggle of partition is particularly striking.
Read MoreHungama: A Big Gay Indian Wedding Party
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When the community get together to celebrate their sexuality, it's a truly immersive and beautiful experience.
Read MoreLockwood Kipling at V&A
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If the exhibition of art and culture is divorced from the everyday experience of oppression and occupation, then we must question if are we are really seeing a true capsule of reality.
Read MoreAn Evening Out To See Swet Shop Boys In London
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Watching Swet Shop Boys reinforces that seeing them live is about having people, who look like you, to show you how valid your aspirations are.
Read MoreWhat does a Radical Look Like? An Exhibition on the ‘Strikers in Saris’
/Our events writer Ayesha attends the 'We Are The Lions' exhibition commemorating the Grunwick strike.
Read MoreHateCopy and Babbuthepainter present LOVE SHOVE
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We go to Hatecopy and Babbu The Painter's exhibition LOVESHOVE & speak to them both about what their work is all about.
Read MorePunjabi Boy - A Play
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As a British Asian, these kind of stories are important to me, because representation matters.
Read MoreHola Mahalla: The Forgotten Festival
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Raj Singh attends the Hola Mahalla event in Rich Mix and tells us about the documentary created by Darshan Singh about this forgotten festival.
Read MoreDesi Pubs at Alchemy 2016
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At this year's Alchemy 2016 in Southbank Centre, we visit the Desi Pubs exhibition, and question what they represent.
Read MoreBurnt Roti Issue #0 Launch Party
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On Friday 22nd April, Burnt Roti had their launch party for the release of Issue #0 in London. After some panic trying to find the right (and not so racist) venue, we managed to book the basement of The Star of Kings, got an awesome DJ (https://soundcloud.com/manara786) and put together some goodie bags.
The party was amazing, the tunes were BANGING and everyone who came looked beautiful. I didn't have a photographer booked for the night but luckily Aaqib Hussain informed me half way through the night that he had brought his camera! Along with some photos my mum took, you may be able to find yourself in the images below. (Hope you all enjoyed the goodie bags!)
Something that I took from the night was to put on more events. To have live shows with performers, (whether it's poetry, music or dance) so stay tuned and look out for more nights presented by Burnt Roti Magazine.