“People said I didn’t look Gujarati, I Didn’t know what that meant”

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Too British To Be Asian

Sharan Raju

33 episodes

1 week ago

This is place where I can delve into issues that are not really talked about in the South Asian culture. I want to share experiences being brought up 1st generation British Asian to ensure people do not feel alone or afraid.

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“People said I didn’t look Gujarati, I Didn’t know what that meant” | Sejal Sehmi

Too British To Be Asian

23 minutes 34 seconds

3 years ago

“People said I didn’t look Gujarati, I Didn’t know what that meant” | Sejal Sehmi

“People said I didn’t look Gujarati, I Didn’t know what that meant” | Sejal Sehmi

As UK editor of Browngirl Magazine Sejal Sehmi has a front-line view on all trending discussions on issues facing South Asian people. As Brown Girl Magazine’s U.K. Editor, her passion for writing stemmed from challenging society defined rules created for women of her generation. She initially started contributing for Brown Girl Magazine in 2013, and in 2017 successfully created her own UK team and been involved in major events at TedXUCLWomen, UK's first Asian Woman Festival and collaborated with South Asian Heritage Month.

To understand the legacy that she creates and the present stigma surrounding cultural expectations, over the years she also attempted to film and document such issues both in India and in the UK as writer and director of “The Evolution of the British Indian Woman,” a mini-film series that explores the essence of a British Indian woman through the experiences of three branches of her own family tree. Sejal had been a guest speaker for the BBC Asian Network and BBC Radio London discussing social issues impacting British South Asians today. As well as being a contributor for The Asian Today, she has featured in Asiana.TV, Asian Woman, The Independent, Red Magazine, NetDoctor and Seema Magazine.

In this interview with Sharan Raju on The podcast “Too British To Be Asian” Sejal discusses the politics people had on her mixed race ethnicity that made her question her own identity.

Full interview available on Spotify and all Apple platforms

Link to interview via @sharanrajuofficial bio on instagram.

Also full interview available on Spotify and all Apple platforms - Too British To Be Asian Podcast

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