Harjot Sidhu
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Harjot Sidhu
- Jan 22, 2022
- 3 min
BOOK REVIEW: BROWN GIRL LIKE ME, BY JASPREET KAUR
Jaspreet Kaur is an award-winning spoken word artist. 'Brown Girl Like Me' is Jaspreet's debut publication.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Jan 13, 2022
- 5 min
A CONVERSATION WITH PERMI JHOOTI, THE REAL-LIFE 'BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM' STORY
The story of Permi Jhooti - The 'real-life' Bend It Like Beckham and the first British-Asian professional footballer in the UK.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Dec 29, 2021
- 5 min
ONE YEAR ON...
It was a year ago today that I hit the ‘Publish’ button on the Wix back-end to push through my first blog post, as the London Writing...
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Harjot Sidhu
- Nov 27, 2021
- 4 min
A CONVERSATION WITH AMRITPAL GHATORA - SUB 3 HR MARATHON RUNNER & SIX STAR FINSHER
Why does the combination of South Asians and running seem like an oxymoron? Marathon runner, Amritpal Ghatora, talks about his journey.
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Harjot Sidhu
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
A CONVERSATION WITH KENT CCC's JAS SINGH
When Jas Singh received the call up for his Championship debut, against Sussex back in July, it was the last thing on his mind. “At the...
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