Comedian KATHERINE RYAN escaped an abusive relationship and found her voice as a stand-up. But accusations about her daughter were an even tougher challenge
Dress, Amanda Wakeley. Earrings and bangles (right arm), Tilly Sveaas. Bangles (left arm), Dinosaur Designs.
When it comes to matters of the heart or sexuality, Asian kids of my generation are often screwed. And I don’t mean the fun kind! No boyfriends or girlfriends allowed. Ever. But marriage is a MUST. So how the heck do we learn about relationships?
The problem pages of Just Seventeen were pure porn to my sheltered Indian eyes and the only brown couples I saw on telly were on The Bill and usually involved a domestic abuse storyline. The only place I experienced any kind of romance was Bollywood. Every Saturday night, we’d rent a (usually dodgy) VHS copy of an Indian movie. Every film is a love story, where boy meets girl, they can’t be together because of the SHAME it will bring, but after a healthy splattering of incongruous song and dance numbers with at least seven costume changes, spoiler alert: true love always wins out and/or someone dies. At least, that’s the Bol
Part Yorkshire lass, part good Punjabi daughter, TV presenter Anita tells Cole Moreton how living her life trying to be everything to everyone nearly broke her. And why now, enough is enough…