It was a dark story of women laying the roads in the day and then at night being forced into sex work for the soldiers how had been based nearby.
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The women were keen to learn more about how they did not know about Indian women wearing their saris whilst they were training in India on the ships with the Indian navy.
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It took all day; walking around the site, finding out so many interesting stories that I never knew.
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There were some interesting facts and stories shared throughout the day such as: Liverpool was the most bombed city outside of London during the Second World War.
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It felt a little surreal that after all the hard work we were given such a beautiful space (who doesn’t love the backdrop of Tower Bridge all lit up at night) to speak about the way women have been overlooked.
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The podcast Amazing Starts Here explores stories that have been looking at histories we do not know about.
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I working with communities to raise the awareness of these women, realising there was no one expert who knew the full story. In the end I became the expert and pressed ahead with the project.
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The true horrors of what people went through during the Partition will never be truly reflected in documentation, as millions were scarred by the trauma.
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It was at Coalhatch House that Catherine helped several Jewish families flee and escape the German Nazi’s.
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The team at We Are the City had contacted me stating that I was a finalist as part of their Rising Star campaign.
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It is easy to walk past war memorials in London as we do not associate them with Indian names.
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Amongst the collection were photographs, archives and registers which experts from Sandhurst Collections had brought out for our special day.
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I got an email alerting me that my work has been recognised and I had been awarded a Points of Light award.
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I was greeted politely by a member of the National Lottery advising me that a community member had nomination me for the National Lottery Good Causes Award.
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I often associated Hampton Court Palace being the home of Henry VII and all his wives, not expecting to be informed about the story of Indian Soldiers.
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With so much interest from the public about wanting to learn further about South Asian history I thought it would be a chance for communities to learn further about the women in the ‘shadows’ of men.
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Growing up I had not come across anyone in the Army came from the same background as but being part of this day allowed me to be part of a much needed discussion of helping the Army become more diverse and approachable to the minority communities in Britain.
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Much of history is taught to a selected audience that have knowledge of these stories, but many communities are left behind and so are their narratives.
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Exploring these archives helped explain why heritage is important to be researched, its so these young people can feel ownership of the global narratives instead of feeling side-lined because these narratives are often whitewashed.
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It was a great afternoon to be interviewed by Dr James Wallis on what we had learnt through the Centenary and how this has helped widen our knowledge of the contribution made my Commonwealth countries during First World War.
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