Harjot Sidhu
SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH - FREE TO BE ME
This year, South Asian Heritage Month celebrated its 5th year and, while still in its infancy, the initiative has definitely made its...
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Harjot Sidhu
- Apr 29
- 4 min
A CONVERSATION WITH RAVNEET GILL, PASTRY CHEF & JUNIOR BAKE-OFF JUDGE.
An interview with pastry chef and Junior Bake Off Judge Ravneet Gill
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Harjot Sidhu
- Mar 21
- 5 min
DO YOU WORK HERE? A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAJORITY-WHITE SPACES.
FOR MORE CONVERSATIONS, CLICK BELOW OR SEARCH "LONDON WRITING GUY" WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. A few weeks ago, I’m at an exhibition...
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Harjot Sidhu
- Feb 29
- 2 min
A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOUTH ASIANS & SWIMMING, WITH BBC PRESENTER SUMMAYA MUGHAL
I speak to Summaya Mughal, Senior BBC journalist, presenter and the “brown gal” behind the award winning podcast series.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Dec 11, 2023
- 3 min
A CONVERSATION ABOUT DESI PUBS, BRITISH-INDIAN PUBS, FOOD & CULTURE, WITH DAVID JESUDASON
I speak author David Jesudason, about the roots of Desi pubs, which lay in Britain’s racist history, and why they’re still important today.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Nov 27, 2023
- 3 min
A CONVERSATION ON WHY WE NEED THE SIKH GAMES, WITH MANDY KAUR MOORE
I speak to Mandy Kaur Moore about The Sikh Games, which are due to launch in 2024.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Aug 18, 2023
- 3 min
A CONVERSATION ABOUT ADDICTION & HEALTH LITERACY, WITH RICKY BHANDAL
How's your health literacy? I speak to Ricky Bhandal about his involvement in helping form community health profiles, in Birmingham.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Apr 23, 2023
- 3 min
A CONVERSATION ABOUT APRIL 23rd 1979, THE NATIONAL FRONT & THE MURDER OF BLAIR PEACH
On April 23rd 1979, the National Front decided to hold a meeting in Southall town hall. I speak to Ravi Jain about the events of that day.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Apr 4, 2023
- 4 min
A CONVERSATION ABOUT PUNJABI MENTAL HEALTH, WITH TARAKI FOUNDER SHURANJEET SINGH
Taraki a not-for-profit organisation that works with Punjabi communities to reshape approaches to mental health. I spoke to their founder.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Mar 21, 2023
- 5 min
A CONVERSATION ABOUT ALCOHOLISM & RECOVERY, WITH JIT CHAUHAN
Jit is the subject of his own documentary, “I’m Jit and I’m an alcoholic." I spoke to Jit about his time in addiction and the recovery.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Feb 21, 2023
- 6 min
A CONVERSATION ABOUT CODE-SWITCHING
We all Code-Switch. But if you're from a minority group, Code-Switching could have significant consequences on your career & mental health.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Jan 27, 2023
- 4 min
A CONVERSATION WITH FATEH SINGH, ALL-ROUNDER FOR NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB
Fateh Singh wants to do it all. Still 18 years old and just having signed a new two-year contract at Notts, time is definitely on his side.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Jan 12, 2023
- 5 min
A CONVERSATION WITH THE FOUNDER OF ASIAN WOMEN MEAN BUSINESS, RUPINDER KAUR
Asian Women Mean Business offers coaching, mentoring and support for South Asian women, daring to dream bigger. I spoke to its founder.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Nov 30, 2022
- 5 min
A CONVERSATION WITH SHRUTI SAUJANI, ECB ENGAGEMENT LEAD FOR EQUALITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
I speak to Shruti Saujani, the Engagement Lead for ED&I at the ECB, about the Dream Big Desi Women initiative.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Sep 8, 2022
- 4 min
A CONVERSATION WITH DR. SAMARA AFZAL
Dr. Samara Afzal talks about the work still needed in order to let women and girls flourish in sport.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Jul 22, 2022
- 4 min
A CONVERSATION WITH HARK1KARAN
A picture is worth a thousand words. Hark1Karan’s photography does slightly more than that.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Jun 10, 2022
- 5 min
A CONVERSATION WITH DYLAN ‘THE NATURAL’ CHEEMA
As a 10-year-old, I was probably too busy watching Power Rangers and stuffing my face full of custard creams. Dylan ‘The Natural’ Cheema,...
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Harjot Sidhu
- May 4, 2022
- 3 min
A CONVERSATION ABOUT ELITIST BRITAIN & CRICKET
What does the term ‘elite’ mean to you? The best? At the top of their field? Someone that’s done everything in their power to be better...
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Harjot Sidhu
- Feb 20, 2022
- 5 min
A CONVERSATION WITH INDER SINGH BASSI
Ilford’s Inder Singh Bassi hopes to become boxing's first ever Sikh world champion.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
WHY CLAIMING BRITISH IDENTITY IS COMPLICATED - EXPLORING COMPLEXITIES OF THE BRITISH PAKISTANI
I want to point anyone that takes interest in this blog to a brilliant piece published in the New York Times. With additional research...
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