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BBC Asian Network's Big Debate: Shazia Awan

Shazia Awan

20/02/2017

BBC Asian Network - BBC Asian Network's Big Debate, Shazia Awan

Shazia asks, should Sikhs be allowed to wear a Kirpan in the workplace?

Shazia asks: Should Sikhs be allowed to wear a Kirpan in the workplace? Also, Kavita Puri talks about the BBC's new project Partition Voices, to mark the 70th anniversary of Partition, and wants your stories and experiences of the event. Binod Chaudhary, Nepal's first and only billionaire according to Forbes, talks about his autobiography Making It Big. Blind musician Baluji Shrivastav talks about overcoming his condition to become one of the world's most sought after sitar players. And Dr Alex Rhys-Taylor, a sociologist at Goldsmiths University, tells us about his book about the social role of food in the city - particularly curry houses and fried chicken shops.

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