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Krisha Hirani

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South Asian upbringing: Bollywood as propaganda

CW: Violence, discussions of Nazism Under the supervision of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany produced 1,200 feature films both before and during the Second World War....

South Asian upbringing: Communal munch

“Once upon a dinner time…no that’s cringey, don’t use that. I’ll disown you.” Tea, dinner, munch, whatever you call it, is better when it’s shared...

South Asian upbringing: Laila-Majnu

What Lord Byron called ‘the Romeo and Juliet of the East’ has passed through the Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Indian languages. The story of...

Hindi and Urdu: A language divided, or a shared history destroyed?

CW: Violence I was in Tesco last week, looking at the tomatoes. A man to my right commented on the ripeness of the peppers. I...

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