All news on the topic: South Asian Heritage Month

Bradford's Kashmir restaurant first opened the same year Queen Elizabeth II took the throne - it's now the oldest curry house in Yorkshire and is still run by the same generation of Pakistani brothers

Although Brits love a curry, it's worth remembering that 'Indian food' is a misleading term because every region has its own dishes. The Mirror's Ariane took a cooking course at Food at 52 to learn how to cook authentic Southern Indian cuisine

Nishma Mistry set up the Asian Bride Sorority after noticing a lack of support in the UK for brides navigating wedding planning. Now, the community has become a 'lifeline' for many

Make-up artist Nikki Patel was mocked for her upper lip hair growing up, but now she's using her platform to let young girls in the South Asian community know that facial hair isn't a taboo

Nisha Popat was one of tens of thousands of Asians who were forcibly expelled from Uganda when she was just nine-years-old - along with her family she came to the UK and made a life for themselves

Labour Party politician Nasim Ali became Mayor of Camden at the age of 34 - the youngest in the UK at that time - as well as the nation's first Bangladeshi and first Muslim mayor

New mother Unzela Khan Sheikh writes children's book during her own maternity leave to keep Pakistan heritage and language alive with the next generation - and plans a series for other countries

Sharath Jetty was on his way to work when he suffered a serious medical situation sparked by a silent killer that he didn't realise he was at a heightened risk of because of his heritage

Jagdish Kaur was just 12-years-old when the Partition irrevocably changed the country she called home - decades later, after she had moved to England she never fully got over what she experienced, her son told The Mirror

With South Asian Heritage Month about to start, Scotland and Birmingham Phoenix cricketer Abtaha Maqsood is set to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story - joining a list of A-listers, including Tom Hardy and Kate Middleton