BBC Sounds - Brown Girl Like Me
Jaspreet Kaur Jaspreet Kaur

BBC Sounds - Brown Girl Like Me

Get a chance to listen to 7 episodes of the Brown Girl Like Me series on BBC Sounds

An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today, and a manifesto for change.

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Stylist: Brown Girl Like Me
Jaspreet Kaur Jaspreet Kaur

Stylist: Brown Girl Like Me

2022 is set to be an incredible year for non-fiction. Whether you’re a fan of comedy writing, factual histories or want something that evokes the visceral power of Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women, there is a new wave of memoirs, essays, self-help guides and investigative journalism to help you make sense of the world. Exploring how we can address global issues while finding hope in our own personal lives, these books are smart, readable conversation starters.

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BBC Sunday Morning Live - June 2020
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BBC Sunday Morning Live - June 2020

Should we still be portraying Jesus as white? Are we spending too much time online? Is there a new pandemic etiquette? Does the wording used in job adverts have an excluding effect on people? Hear my views on some of the top stories of the week alongside Deborah Frances-White, Sean Fletcher and Sally Phillips.

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Cultural Appropriation - Jaspreet Kaur x Apne Project
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Cultural Appropriation - Jaspreet Kaur x Apne Project

Last year I had the pleasure of conducting this interview with the @apne_project. This was by far one of the best interviews I have ever done. We spoke about one of my favourite topics, cultural appropriation, as well as privilege, identity, migration and mental wellbeing.

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Is Our Curriculum ‘Too White’? - BBC Asian Network
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Is Our Curriculum ‘Too White’? - BBC Asian Network

BBC Asian Network (Mobeen Azhar show) with Kieran Yates 🌼

We spoke about how we can decolonise our classrooms, the importance of children knowing their own histories and the lack of characters of colour in children's literature. We need AWARENESS + AGENCY + ACCOUNTABILITY. 📚

I also had the honour of sharing my poem "47" (a poem about the partition of Punjab in 1947) to convey how we can engage young people in history through poetry. 🌻

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The Moment - Westminster Abbey
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The Moment - Westminster Abbey

This year, Behind the Netra had the honour of performing her poem 'The Moment' to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family at the annual Commonwealth Service in Westminster Abbey. The service was broadcast live on the BBC to 2.4 billon people across the world.

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