Arati Gupta was an Indian Bengali long-distance swimmer, best known for becoming the first Asian woman to swim across the English Channel on 29 September 1959. In 1960, she became the first Indian sportswoman to be awarded the Padma Shri,…
Apart of A Season of Bangla Drama 2020 A Season of Bangla Drama Coming to you from 12 – 21 November, bringing a programme of the best new talent in theatre, dance and music to London\’s East End. Check…
Presented by London Metropolitan Archives Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEgIbliVJDs&feature=youtu.be London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) is home to an extraordinary range of documents, images, maps, film and books about London. This site offers an insight into the archives, with practical advice on how…
Swadhinata Trust volunteered FREE pre-consulatation advice to LBTH
Barbara Beese and son Darcus Beese marching in support of the Bengali community Bethnal Green in the 1970s #SmallAxe The other hand he is holding belongs to Mala Sen
Call for Arts and Heritage Organisations to Join Their Local Authority’s \’Cultural Consortium\’ Group Swadhinata Trust volunteered FREE consultancy advice for Historic England Cultural Programme Grant application for High Streets Heritage Action Zones – Cultural Programme Grants with LBTH
New project HLF funded project with Four Corners:- This partnership will deliver a key element of Four Corners’ Heritage Fund project, Hidden Histories. It will investigate, test and develop a local Bengali photography archive as part of Four Corners’ Hidden…
To read article in full go to link Swadhinata Trust’s Julie Begum: ‘If I’m not challenging the injustice I see, I’m part of the problem.’