Our May 2025 event's theme was a perspective on Punjabi history in the UK. We were joined by two special guests, Kiran Sahota and Rav Singh.
Rav Singh is the founder of A little History of the Sikhs.
Rav has created and runs modern-day Sikh history and heritage walking tours in London.They include day trips in the South-East of England and study visits to destinations in the UK and across Western Europe.
His community initiative works to translate research in modern-day Sikh history. Please see his website https://alittlehistoryofthesikhs.org
A great take away point from Rav Singh, was that we should all promote our rich Sikh British history as much as we can, as many people (both Sikh and non-Sikh) are unaware. This can be achieved by attending the walks with family and friends and using social media to share pictures of British Sikh history.
Dr Kiran Sahota is an Indian military historian, exploring Indian history through a female perspective. Kiran is the founder of Believe in Me, a community interest company that empowers young people and women from marginalised community through education. Kiran has also researched and curated 3 national exhibitions on Indian servicemen and women. Currently touring with Indian women and war exhibition. The exhibitions and research work with national organisations to help bring awareness on histoires not taught in schools. When not researching, Kiran works across the Armed Forces, museums and universities helping teach untold stories of Indian men and women.
At this years PPN, Kiran spoke to us about India's contribution to the war effort - looking into themes of migration and identity, whilst also analysing the role of women during this time period.
Here are some links to her work:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFJYcplany3D0S7v1PUvLHw (Youtube films)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05cgwdg (Partition history with BBC Asian Network and BBC World Service)
