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West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has been in Bangladesh this week following his weeklong trade mission to neighbouring India. In his first visit to the independent South Asian nation, the Mayor met with local business, academic and political figures to reflect on the existing close ties between the West Midlands and Bangladesh; and explore new trade, diplomatic and…
Thousands of British Sikh protestors arrived in cars and tractors outside the Indian consulate today in the Jewellery Quarter to show solidarity with Punjabi farmers who are battling against controversial new laws in India which threaten livelihoods and human rights. People drove to the rally in cars, trucks, and tractors to show their support for…
A demonstration is being planned in Birmingham in response to the Indian government revoking Article 370, which affords the people of Jammu and Kashmir autonomy and a protected status. The call to action comes after India’s government revoked part of the constitution that gives Indian-administered Kashmir special status, prompting fears of unrest. Article 370 is sensitive…
Birmingham Pride 2016. In truth I was supposed to be somewhere else – in India helping the acid attack survivors share their stories. It’s been my dream all year to meet the Sheroes. Dreams don’t come true. You know that right? I was chased out of India a week ago for performing my show Swingerella’s…
Since ‘fleeing’ from India in just my ‘knickers’ (if the press is to be believed) I have been termed “drag queen” in national red-top newspapers up and down this fine and liberal land. But hang on! This is gender politics. And it’s being used as an insult. I made the mistake of browsing through the troll…
Yes, I was chased out of India for my performance at the Women’s Economic Forum. It seems that my Birmingham based theatre show’Swingerella’s Dark Fairytale’ was too spicy a balti for the audience out there with toilet brushes stuck up their clenched asses.
Here at the Women’s Economic Forum, they are talking culture. What is it and why is it important? There’s a range of experts and they are clever, sharp and incisive. Questions from the floor? They are beginning to dread the Swingerella hand shooting up faster than a Digbeth junkie at a bus stop.
I love Birmingham! Here in New Delhi at the Women’s Economic Forum, I miss Birmingham. It’s 48 degrees in the shade and I am out of my depth. From walking the streets of Birmingham with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), a pen and paper I am now taking the world by storm with the show I…