NEW PODCAST EPISODE!

It was great speaking with Haramacy editor Zahed Sultan on amplifying marginalised voices for #SouthAsianHeritageMonth.

#identity #Diversity #books #bookstodon #inclusion

Listen to the episode: https://tinyurl.com/yrzdy5tv
Watch the interview: https://tinyurl.com/yesmtj4d

NEW PODCAST EPISODE!

It was insightful speaking to Hijab Butch Blues author Lamya H on reconciling #faith and #lgbtq #identity. Special episode for #SouthAsianHeritageMonth.

Listen to the episode: https://tinyurl.com/3pdxeaw
Watch the interview: https://tinyurl.com/399m75z2
#books #podcast #bookstodon

Pictured here from the LSE Library archives is Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh, meeting Peter Shore (Labour MP) at Heathrow Airport in 1973. They met on several occasions in due course, and Shore was very fond of him.

#Bangladesh #SouthAsia
#Labour #LabourHistory @histodons #histodon #archives #SouthAsianHeritageMonth

#SouthAsianHeritageMonth #SouthAsia #histodon #India #independence #archives

You can read more about Mirabehn in her fascinating memoir “The Spirit's Pilgrimage”, and more stories from our archives that related to South Asia here https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collection-highlights/traces-of-south-asia

#histodons #India #SouthAsia #history #archives #independence #SouthAsianHeritageMonth

Occam's Razor: if you're Anglo, from India and noticeably more melanin-rich than Anglos not from India, the source of that tan is likely local - some in my Anglo-Indian family struggled to accept that, hooray for DNA tests. 🤣
So to celebrate #SouthAsianHeritageMonth and my DNA results, here's my library of South Asian #books and #ebooks , including one of my few 5-star ratings @thestorygraph the sublime "A Suitable Boy" @bookstodon.thestorygraph.com #AmReading @bookstodon

Which ex LSE professor is the only person to have both dressed The Who and worked for WHO, and (as far as I'm aware), ridden a camel topless?

For #SouthAsianHeritageMonth I typed "Ceylon" into our archives catalogue, and here's a video of what archives I found.
#SriLanka #Pakistan #India #Archives #curator #sahm #SouthAsia

📚 #Books to celebrate #SouthAsianHeritageMonth

South Asian Heritage Month aims to recognise and promote the diverse cultures, histories, and for us, books by people with the identity.

Read the full list of 18 books: https://howtobe247.com/south-asian-heritage-month-18-books-to-celebrate-diaspora/

Watch: https://youtu.be/0Ln755I6fn0

#bookstodon #bookRecommendations

Is the start of #southasianheritagemonth today https://southasianheritage.org.uk - with the theme ‘stories to tell’

RT @doctorasadkhan
On the left- my father, who arrived in the U.K. with £3 in his pocket in 1973 not knowing a soul in the U.K., holding me as a baby in 1976. On the right- me holding my firstborn 35 years later #SouthAsianHeritageMonth #ourstoriesmatter #JourneysofEmpire @SAHM_UK 1/n

RT @UkNatArchives@twitter.com

It's 40 years since the arrest of the Bradford 12 campaigners.

The Bradford 12 were a group of Asian anti-racist campaigners, most of them members of the United Black Youth League.

#SouthAsianHeritageMonth

📷: HO 325-512

huh! just found out its been #southasianheritagemonth - I'm 2nd gen Punjabi Sikh. Music is pretty integral to Sikhism - whilst I can only speak/understand English, I've always loved kirtans and am often listening to them whilst drawing these.
#mastoart #art #poetry #poem #haiku #illustration