Simran Kaur Takhi

Abstract Recovery Colleges are expanding internationally (264 identified in 31 countries across six continents), yet key tools for defining and assessing them were developed in high-income Anglophone contexts.

8 min read Karenjeet Kaur Bains is the first British Sikh female in history to represent Great Britain in powerlifting. This only became known to me when the ping of my Whatsapp alerted me to a  BBC sport clip in which Karanjeet explains what it means to be a British Sikh occupying the powerlifting space. The unapologetic use of her full name (there are too many Karen’s anyway) and her visibility as a brown Sikh female, invoked a sense of pride that I could only describe as overwhelming.

4 min read When I first heard of Christine Pillainayagam’s novel about a brown girl navigating a white world, my initial thought was, haven’t we been here many times before? We know South Asian experiences tend to be united by difficulties in dual heritage, micro-aggressions and cultural pressures, accompanied by a side of authoritarian parenting.