Misbah- Mother to Daughter

We’re kicking off the series with Episode 2 where you’ll hear me interview Misbah about the gold jewellery pieces given to her by her Mother and the pieces she bought for her eldest daughter when she got married a few years ago. I loved speaking to Misbah about Gold within the South Asian culture, because in this conversation it was so apparent how much its engrained in the culture and especially to hear what its like to buy gold for a daughter’s weddings from a mother’s point of view in modern time. And because this research sheds a light on crucial British Asian oral history, I decided to launch the rest of the series on the 18th July as it coincided with South Asian Heritage Month which runs from 18th July to 17th August every year. It seeks to raise the profile of British South Asian heritage and history in the UK through education, arts, culture and commemoration, with the goal of helping people to better understand the diversity of present-day Britain and improve social cohesion across the country. A perfect way celebrate the stories and people in my podcast. In this episode the love of a mother and daughter through the jewellery pieces bought for special occasions as a marker of remembrance shines through, the wearer feels and remembers the loved who bought them the gold jewellery they adorn with pride. Misbah explains to to us with so much passion why giving a daughter gold jewellery is a tradition that she wants to uphold and pass on to the new generation- to her its an inherent part of our culture, whose meaning may have changed but the emotional sentiment still remains. Read more about her Stories and see photos of her jewellery here: https://www.anishaparmar.com/blogs/news/empowered-adornment-episode-2-misbah  A huge thank you to my participants that have trusted me with their incredible stories, my co producer and Editor of the series Molly Crossley and to the Arts Council for giving me the time and funding to delve into something that’s so close to my heart.  For more information about the project visit: www.anishaparmar.com/pages/empowered-adornment  Follow me on Instagram @anishaparmarlondon  If you would like to get in touch or have a Gold Jewellery Story to share email me: [email protected]    Credits: Podcast Creator and Co Producer: Anisha Parmar Co Producer and Editor: Molly Crossley  In this Story: Misbah Music: Punjabi Beats by Ash Beat & Shahed

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The podcast encapsulates the research I have been doing around Gold jewellery collected through South Asian journeys of migration as artefacts with the capacity to be carriers of emotions and memories. With support from the Arts Council, I have spoken to a range of people within the South Asian diaspora, about their gold jewellery, what it means to them, how these pieces have travelled through migrant journeys and they memories they holds. This is Empowered Adornment, Gold Jewellery stories with Anisha Parmar. Co Produced and Edited by Molly Crossley.