Diversifying Data: Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month

Host Aleesha Nagra chats with Shijo Varghese and Anshuman Sinha about their experiences of being an Asian person in modern day Britain, and together they delve into the importance of this recently acknowledged observance both for businesses as well as employees.

This year, the theme is ‘Stories to Tell’, so the trio shared some of their personal accounts of what it was like to make the move from Asia to the UK, culturally acclimatising, and some of the misconceptions of stereotypes they faced along the way.

It was also a key opportunity to discuss some difficult topics such as cultural appropriation and assimilation, and spotlight some great people within the community representing South Asians in the arts and public eye.

If you would like to find out more about South Asian Heritage Month, you can do so here: https://southasianheritage.org.uk