Krisha Hirani
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...