Indi Deol

Another great evening at the Chancellor’s Dinner @unibirmingham celebrating their 125th anniversary! #UoB125

What an honor it was to present the award for Best Café Coffee Shop of the Year last night at the West Midlands Tourism Awards 2025! On a personal note, having grown up on chai (yes, I know a thing or two about tea), it was great to see such innovation in the coffee world.

DESIblitz LitFest Presents: @Nussaibah Her new book Fundamentally is bold, biting satire tackling politics, faith, queer identity, and relationships. Join us for an exclusive author event ahead of the book’s US & UK release. 📅 Sunday, 23 Feb ⏰ 1:00 PM 📍 Smethwick Library

On Feb 12, 1965, Malcolm X visited Marshall Street, Smethwick, to witness and speak out against racial segregation. Today, I joined @WeAreBRIG and the community to mark 60 years since this historic visit. #MalcolmX

We @DESIblitz and many others have signed the @WeAreBRIG Anti-racist pledge to work together to create an anti racist community in Birmingham and the West Midlands 🙏🏽

Get ready for this year’s @DESIblitz literature festival by reading some classic books about people of Desi heritage, chosen by the festival’s founder and managing director of the British Asian magazine of the same name, @IndiDeol. 📚⬇️ bigissue.com/culture/books/…

Join us for a discussion about the British Raj and Colonialism in India with Swetam Gungah, Dr Sarah Hussain & Shalina Patel who wish to rebalance the narrative. Get tickets here - desiblitz.com/literaturefest… #DESIblitzLitFest #SouthAsian

'Bollywood Princess' author Salma Zaman hosts an exciting workshop at Handsworth Library, with fun and activities for children. More info here - desiblitz.com/literaturefest… #DESIblitzLitFest #SouthAsian

@DESIblitz Really looking forward to attending this event🙏🏼

Join us for an insight with author and actor Jassa Ahluwalia (@OfficialJassa) about his book 'Both Not Half' which explores how we think and talk about mixed identity. Get tickets here - desiblitz.com/literaturefest… #DESIblitzLitFest

Join us for a riveting panel discussion emerging writers from the British South Asian community, namely, Nadeem Ahmed, Rukshana Horwood, Hamish Morjaria, Muhammad Idrish and Bilal Akram. Get tickets here - desiblitz.com/literaturefest…

We screened our new documentary titled ‘Saris of Strength’ last week which is part of @BHeritageWeek we had a full house! Looking forward to continuing to champion these important stories and connecting the past with the present to inspire change. Thanks to all who contributed.

@HardishVirk @DESIblitz Thanks for attending Hardish 🙏🏽

Today we are marking the Reality of Partition with our @DESIblitz exhibition and documentary part of @SAHM_UK Documenting and sharing these stories ensures that the lessons and experiences of the past are not lost especially in today’s climate and the recent riots.

Join us on August 9th, 2024, for a celebration of #SouthAsianHeritageMonth as we commemorate India’s 1947 independence with our exhibition and documentary, “The Reality of Partition,” highlighting the birth of Pakistan. In conjunction with @spacesworks @Literacy_Trust & @Dishoom

Today the DESIblitz Truck Art bus is taking part in @bcmdcultural celebrating the unique diversity of the Black Country! Pop over and have a look inside the beautiful hand painted bus to see our exhibition on the partition of India and the birth of Pakistan.

A must see exhibition by @HardishVirk ‘Stories That Made Us which is all about protest and identity has launched at @stmaryguildhall yesterday. It was great to host the panel discussions and to see the excellent work! #StoriesThatMadeUs

We’re recruiting @wembleystadium today. Lots of new opportunities available on DESIblitz Jobs.

Last year we supported @AidemDigital to commission @truck_artist to create a mural on Soho Road to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Grunwick Dispute feeneytrust.org.uk/2023/aidem-dig…

This post is a few days late but it’s never too late to celebrate the life of the great Benjamin Zephaniah and meeting some of his family. Thanks to @ruth_millington and Pogus for putting this together 🙏🏽