Suresh Singh's Book :Modest Living, Memoirs of a Cockney Sikh
Stefan Dickers and Suresh Singh will be in conversation
on Zoom tomorrow, Friday 19th June at
6pm, showing Suresh’s family photographs and discussing his book A MODEST LIVING, MEMOIRS OF A
COCKNEY SIKH. All are welcome at this
free event which is part of Newham Heritage Month.
Suresh Singh & Jagir Kaur at 38 Princelet St,London ,UK
Suresh Singh, author of A Modest Living, Memoirs of a Cockney Sikh recalls his Bengali friends described him as “one of
us”. We join Suresh and Bishopsgate Institute’s archivist Stefan Dickers
to reflect on the role of food and music in his journeys around London
from childhood to where he now lives in East Ham.
A Modest Living, Memoirs of a
Cockney Sikh is published by
Spitalfields Life . Born and bred in London, Suresh became the first Punjabi
punk, playing drums for Spizzenergi and touring with Siouxsie & the
Banshees.
In the book, chapters of biography are alternated with Sikh
recipes by Jagir Kaur.
“A timely reminder of all that
modern Britishness encompasses”
The
Observer
More about your host:
Stefan Dickers
Stefan Dickers is the Special Collections and
Archives Manager at Bishopsgate Institute and looks after its extensive
material on London, Protest and LGBTQ+ History. He qualified as an archivist in
2001 and began at Bishopsgate Institute in 2005. Previous to this, Stefan
worked in the archives of the London School of Economics and Senate House
Library.
.jpg)
No comments:
Post a Comment