Kee Khobor Stories
Kee Khobor will feature blogs, poems, vlogs and podcasts. The reflections will be shared publicly throughout the year, with our official launch on 26th March 2021.
The various identities of the Bengali community in the UK will be explored and celebrated. We will facilitate an open exchange of ideas and give voice to views, some of which may otherwise not be heard.
The project will leave a legacy that provides stewardship for future generations to not only have pride in their identity but to own it and derive strength from it, and give younger people who may be struggling the confidence and opportunity to belong to something wider.
The reflections will provide an opportunity to look ahead to the future development of the community and not only stay relevant as a community within a changing society but be inspirational to the development of wider British society.
I wasn’t born in the UK, but I certainly feel more at home in the UK than anywhere else.
Growing up as a British Bengali Muslim girl in an inner-city area of London was tough. Most girls like me struggled with identity due to conflicting eastern and western cultural expectations. It was difficult to fit in during the primary years of my life as I couldn’t speak English. My family lived huddled in a room in a flat above a shop and I spent the first few months of my life in the UK staring out of a window, watching the world go by.
Living in a World of Difference - I love looking at life through my kaleidoscope of neurodiversity
I will never stop being neurodivergent, it is for life. But I actually love looking at the world through my eyes
It is a rainbow coloured kaleidoscope. It keeps me active, gives me purpose and I feel I am changing the world every time I have a new idea
Born in the UK but made by Bangladesh
I was gently pushed forward. As I handed the bag of rice to the Prime Minister and said please help Bangladesh and our people. He smiled down at me and someone took the bag. I had done my job and was helped to turn around and walked out of the crowd.
Importance of Identity in Diaspora
Hear Co-Founder and CEO of Diversity and Ability, Atif Choudhury, chat to our Co-Founder Poppy Jaman OBE about the history of Bangladesh, family memories, what it's like being part of a diaspora community and looking at the strength of inclusion through intersectional lenses.