As part of our South Asian Heritage Month coverage, our reporter Ravneet Nandra has been finding out about the music journey for two young students and how attitudes to Indian music have changed over the decades.

Two students from Wolverhampton have been awarded scholarships after dazzling their teachers singing classical carnatic songs and playing the the Dhol. 

South Asian Heritage Month: The history of music culture

Two artists have been displaying their work at the Gateshead Library which is inspired by their South Asian heritage.

The artists who find inspiration from their South Asian heritage

Survivors of the partition. Gilli Salvat, Ramzana and Atiha Chaudry, Jaysica Marvell (left to right)

As the two nations turn 75, ITV News spoke to multiple generations of South Asian women living in the UK about how their families remember partition. 

'It was a massacre for me': South Asians in the UK remember partition at 75

The Hussain family, from Newcastle, have spoken about how cricket and family are inseparable during South Asian Heritage Month.

South Asian Heritage Month: How cricket runs 'in the blood' for one family

Nusrat Ahmed, has taken care of her father Raja's scrapbook containing newspaper clippings from the tragic events over seven decades ago. 

South Asian Heritage Month: Reflecting 75 years on from the Partition of India

The Viceroy was established in the city by Sukur Ali in 1991. Despite being flooded twice, it remains popular as ever more than three decades later.

The Bangladeshi curry house fuelling Carlisle United players

Akbar Vohra and his family fled Uganda 50 years ago with just £50 and a suitcase after 80,000 Ugandan Asians were expelled from their country.

South Asian Heritage Month: 50 years on from fleeing brutality in Uganda

The month seeks to create an open dialogue so people can better understand the diversity in Britain.

What is South Asian Heritage Month? 

Prem Sisodiya is one of only two Welsh-born cricketers to play for Glamorgan's first team and he's looking to inspire the next generation of Welsh south asians.

From Grangetown to Glamorgan: The cricketer hoping to inspire his community

Suman Gujral says her work on the partition of India is important to reflect as many of the witnesses to the conflict have passed away.

Artist's skills shed light on forgotten history

Risith Upamal has joined Keswick Cricket Club for the 2022 season, replacing his home teammate Geeth Kumara, who left after ten seasons playing at Fitz Park

Keswick's Sri Lankan cricket star eyes international call-up

Heron Hill Care Home started sponsoring Indian workers in 2020 to help ease staffing challenges. Now, more than a third of the care team is from India.

The Indian carers swapping Kerala for Kendal 

Abdur Rashid became Imam of Carlisle Mosque six years ago. He leads a Muslim community of around 700 people, the largest in Cumbria.

Carlisle's first English-born Imam on 'dream job'

Manchester- born writer Anita Sethi explores how a racist attack led her to explore her South Asian Heritage and the power of nature in reclaiming her identity.

South Asian Heritage Month: Using nature to explore heritage

Over 15 different nationalities are represented at the Anaka Women's Collective.

South Asian Heritage

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