Harjot Sidhu
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, 20223 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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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Harjot Sidhu
Sep 9, 20216 min read
A CONVERSATION WITH MATT KABIR FLOYD
Cricket presenter and commentator, Matt Kabir Floyd, discusses his thoughts on unconscious bias and racism, within the game of cricket.
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Harjot Sidhu
Jul 25, 20215 min read
A CONVERSATION ABOUT REJECTION
Cricket was integral to the British Empire. It embodied all that was English. Anything else, well, just wasn’t ‘cricket.’ But what does...
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Harjot Sidhu
Jun 27, 20213 min read
A CONVERSATION ABOUT EMPIRE…IT JUST ISN’T CRICKET
Discussing the topic of empire can be a very dividing and volatile subject. Just ask Sathnam Sanghera, the author of the best-selling...
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Harjot Sidhu
Jun 5, 20214 min read
A CONVERSATION ABOUT AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN PARTICIPATION & THE ACE PROGRAMME, WITH CHEVY GREEN
Cricket has seen a 75% decline in Black player participation. The ACE programme is aims to address this.
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Harjot Sidhu
May 23, 20215 min read
KNOCKING COVID FOR 6, AT THE HOME OF CRICKET – A CONVERSATION WITH DR. RISHI CHOPRA
How Lord's cricket ground became the home of one of the largest GP-led vaccine operations in London.
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Harjot Sidhu
May 9, 20215 min read
A CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE EQUALITY, WITH DR. THOMAS FLETCHER
Dr. Fletcher's research helped inform some of decisions made by the ECB, with regards to improving South Asian participation.
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Harjot Sidhu
Apr 25, 20214 min read
A CONVERSATION WITH SUKI RANDHAWA – KENT POLICE DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COORDINATOR
A conversation about the force's initiatives & commitment towards change.
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Harjot Sidhu
Apr 4, 20216 min read
A CONVERSATION ABOUT PUNJABI ALCOHOLISM
The silent epidemic of alcoholism, within the Punjabi Sikh community, could be impacting the success of current & next generation talent.
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Harjot Sidhu
Mar 20, 20214 min read
A CONVERSATION WITH IAN HARRIS, TRUSTEE OF THE LONDON CRICKET TRUST
The London Cricket Trust aims to put cricket back into London's parks.
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Harjot Sidhu
Mar 6, 20219 min read
A CONVERSATION WITH IMRAN QAYYUM
Imran talks about his journey, community, culture & fitting in.
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Harjot Sidhu
Feb 15, 20216 min read
A CONVERSATION ABOUT SCHOOL FIELDS, CRICKET PITCHES & INEQUALITY
High school lunch times were a muddy affair. Largely spent on the school field. Bumpy, uneven, sometimes large areas of no grass at all....
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Harjot Sidhu
Jan 19, 20216 min read
A CONVERSATION WITH NAOMI DATTANI
A conversation about the struggle for state-educated kids, women and people of Asian heritage, in cricket.
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Harjot Sidhu
Dec 29, 20207 min read
Starting The Conversation
I had just finished working for the day and my dad and I got in the car. It’s the start of June. Sod’s law that the pandemic seemed to...
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