Burnt Roti sits down with Himesh Patel, who played Tamwar in Eastenders and wrote an essay for award winning book The Good Immigrant, to talk (with a mouthful of cake) about representation in TV/Film, the people he looks up to and how much Doctor Strange annoyed him.

Burnt Roti has a chat with Himesh Patel

In the first episode of our short 5 minute series of biographies on South Asian icons, we talk about the Bandit Queen - Phoolan Devi.

EP 1 The Story Of: the Bandit Queen - Phoolan Devi

In the second episode of our short 5 minute series of biographies on South Asian icons, we talk about the gay Indian prince - Manvendra Singh Gohil.

EP 2 The Story Of: the gay Indian prince - Manvendra Singh Gohil

In the third episode of our short 5 minute series of biographies on South Asian icons, we talk about the Sri Lankan architect - Minnette de Silva.

EP 3 The Story Of: the Sri Lankan architect - Minnette de Silva

In the fourth episode of our short 5 minute series of biographies on South Asian icons, we talk about the first female Indian spy - Saraswathi Rajamani.

EP 4 The Story Of: the first female Indian spy - Saraswathi Rajamani

In the fifth episode of our short 5 minute series of biographies on South Asian icons, we talk about the emperor of Qawwali - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

EP 5 The Story Of: the emperor of Qawwali - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

In the sixth episode of our short 5 minute series of biographies on South Asian icons, we talk about the first Indian woman in space - Kalpana Chawla.

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