I am a retired teacher who wrote 7 photocopiable books for Teachers and one book for children Union Jack Colouring Book.
The 7books covered Geography, History (Medieval/ Tudor/ Stuart), Travel and Transport, Myself and Events (this included diaries), Race Against Time Stories (SATS based), Church Dates for Children plus Nature and Seasons (including Sport). These 7 books have been mainly broken into a number of segments.
Challenging the Physical Elements, my Geography book, is complete.
I am a retired teacher who wrote 7 photocopiable books for Teachers and one book for children Union Jack Colouring Book.
The 7books covered Geography, History (Medieval/ Tudor/ Stuart), Travel and Transport, Myself and Events (this included diaries), Race Against Time Stories (SATS based), Church Dates for Children plus Nature and Seasons (including Sport). These 7 books have been mainly broken into a number of segments.
Challenging the Physical Elements, my Geography book, is complete.
Harpal Singh - a former professional footballer who played for Bradford City , Bristol Rovers, Bury, Leeds, Stockport County, Sligo Rovers, Bohemians and Dundalk.
Jazz Juttle- former Scottish footballer who was part of the Rangers youth system -eventually played for Greenock Morton, He was one of the few from Scottish Asian descent to be involved in professional football in Scotland
Mark Chopra -position striker - spent 6 years at Newcastle United but never secured a regular place in the first team. Went on loan to Watford, Nottingham Forest and Barnsley. Played for Cardiff ( four), Sunderland, Ipswich Town, Blackpool, Kerala Blasters (twice) and Alloa Athletic. Represented England at under 16, 17,19 and 20 levels.
Mark Ravin Ramprakash - a gifted former right handed cricketer. Selected for England aged only 21 but rarely performed to his full potential in his long but intermittent international career in Tests and ODI (1991-2002) . Played originally for Middlesex and then moved to Surrey -averaged over 100 first class runs in seasons 2006 and 2007 . He scored 100 first class centuries. In 2014 appointed as England’s batting coach.
Neil Taylor- footballer - played for Wrexham, Swansea City and Aston Villa - made international debut for Wales in 2010
Ravi Bopara - cricket all-rounder - bats right handed and bowls right arm medium- played for Sussex. He was part of the England team from 2007-15. He scored 3 consecutive 100s for England against the West Indies in 2008-9 but then struggled to find best form and was dropped. In 2016 he took over the captaincy of the Essex one day team.
Ronni Irani- former England cricket all-rounder- right-handed batsman and right arm medium bowler - found niche in One Day Internationals (ODI). Began career with Lancashire then spent most of his career at Essex County Cricket Club. he was an all-rounder until 2003 when a knee injury stopped him from bowling. Retired from first class cricket in 2007. He scored 20,000 runs and took 650 wickets.
Yan Dhanda - he is an attacking midfield footballer - began career at West Bromwich, spent 5 years in the youth ranks at Liverpool, now plays for Swansea City.
Represented England at U16 and U 17s. He says racism inspires him to play his best.
Academia and Education
Humanities
Sara Ahmed - professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London
*Natural science
Hassan Ehsan Masood - a science writer, journalist and broadcaster.
Saiful Islam - professor of material Chemistry at the University of Bath, recipient of Royal Society Wolfson Research merit award
Syma Knalid - biophysicist and Professor of Computable Biophysics in Chemistry at the University of Southampton.
University Leadership and Executives
Nazir Afzal - solicitor - spent most of his career in the Crown Prosecution Service. In 2018 became chair of the Corporation Board at Hopwood Hall College in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi- lawyer, politician - former conservative party chairman and now member of the House of Lords (2007)
Science and Medicine
Nadia Bukhari - pharmacist - since 2003 she has been serving in academia at University College of London. She is the global lead at the International Pharmaceutical Federation (IPF) to promote gender equality in the pharmaceutical industry. In 2018 awarded the youngest Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Also the first Muslim female to be on the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy for England,U.K…
Quanta A. Ahmed - a physician specializing in sleep disorders. She is also an author, newspaper columnist and a women’s rights activist.
Rozina Ali - a microvascular reconstructive plastic surgeon and consultant with special interest in breast reconstruction, plus also being a television presenter.
Source
Wikipedia
Introduction to modern, British born, Asian musicians.
Jay Sean is a singer, songwriter , record producer and arranger.
Koomz is a songwriter and rapper.
M.I. A. is an Oscar and Grammy nominated rapper, singer, record producer and
activist.
Mumzy Stranger is rapper,singer, songwriter and record producer.
Nish is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist.
Raxstar is a rapper from Luton. Popular artist in DESI hip hop.
There are many articles written about the Hebrew word ‘Yahweh/Jehovah’ which in English translates into LORD.
I have chosen 3 ( one twice).
I found the article by Danielle Bernock particularly interesting. I have repeated the first double page in bolder print .She includes Biblical references.
She looks at many of the other words which can be related to God in the scriptures and obviously includes Jesus who is given various wonderful names in both the O.T. and N.T…
There are 6-9 definitions for Yahweh/Jehovah .
The second set showing 16 names includes pronunciation. .
The third set gives both pronunciation plus Biblical verses and references.
I hope these prove useful.
Source
Wikipedia
I have put together some information about some Asian British Sports personalities -there is an emphasis on cricket.
Adil Rashid is an English cricketer who plays for Yorkshire and England as a leg spinner. He was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. His England captain,Eoin Morgan, regards him as a strong asset. He belongs to the Mirpuri community.
Isa Guha is former England cricketer. She is now a cricket commentator,television and radio broadcaster. A member of the winning 2009 World Cup for women. She played for Thames Valley and Berkshire
Manish Tailor is the founder of Swaggarlicious- founded in 2011 - which uses the power of football and education to engage with diverse community groups and organisations with mental illness. Her inspiration is her twin brother, who aged 18 had serious mental problems.A former headteacher she has received many awards for her contribution to community and sport.
Moeen Ali is a former English international cricketer and captain- retired September 2021. He is a left handed batsman but a right-arm off- spinner. Represented England in all the formats. A member of the England’s 2019 winning squad. Former Warwickshire player now plays for Worcestershire.
Monty Panesar is a former English international cricketer. He was a slow left-arm orthodox spinner. He made his debut in 2006. He was not a regular member of the team - Graeme Swann replaced him. He played for several different counties
Naomi Dilip Dattani is an English professional cricketer who plays for and captains Middlesex Women and also plays for Sunrises and London Spirit. She is an all-rounder- she bats left handed and bowls left-arm medium. In 2020 she was one of 25 players awarded regional retainer contracts by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Nasser Hussain is a former England captain (1999-2003) and regarded as one of England’s most able captains. He played 96 test matches and 88 One day international games. He was a right handed batsman who scored over 30,000 in his career. He is now a commentator.
Ruqsana Begum is a female professional kickboxer and boxer. She was a British and World Kickboxing Association Atomweight MuayThai boxing champion and captain of the British Muay Thai team. In 2018 she switched to boxing.
Salma Bi is a former cricketer, who bowled off-spin and played for Worcestershire, Northampton and MCC.
Today she runs a range of cricket schemes and sessions for girls and was rewared with an BEM in the new Year Honours list.
Samera Ashraf is a police constable in Scotland and has a blue belt in karate and kickboxing. She hopes to inspire women to join Police Scotland.
Sheneela Ahmed is a Criminal Lawyer Advocate and a Lawyer Football Agent.
In 2014 she was crowned with Asian Woman Achievement Award 2014. She is also a Women of the Future (WOFT) Ambassador and received HSBC top 50 Women Global Award,
Sonia Odedra is an Eglish cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire, Lig
I have put together 3 sheet connected with Global warming.
There is a’Yes to ’ and 'No to 'sheet . The second sheet is a Thesaurus of hopefully useful list of positive words to use. The third sheet is Poetry Aid in case the children want to try and write a poem about Global Warming…
BPCA celebrated its 50 years in November 2019 (1969-2019).
Prior to 1967 the Chowdhry brothers- Mujeeb, Najeeb and Waheed had started a home church. The services at St. Mary’s were originally led by lay preacher Akhter Samuel
The pioneering Pak-Christian Church at St. Mary’s, London proliferated across the UK through traceable oral-history links. In 1994 the church moved to a new premise. Many of the BPCA leaders who attended the event were asked to speak and present trophies to the leading dignitaries within the Pakistani Christian community- see list.
The Revd. Daniel Singh, the first ordained Church of England Asian minister, who galvanised the church, was posthumously awarded a trophy for ‘Outstanding leadership for Pakistani Christians in the UK’. (In 1978 the Rt. Revd Trevor Huddleston, Bishop of Stepney, had paid for Singh to attend Oak Hill College.) The award was collected by Dishad, his son-in-law.
Two of the leaders present were Michael Nazir-Ali a former Anglican bishop and James Shera MBE , former mayor of Rugby. (See notes)
Some thing separate, but interesting, I found an article about the voices of foreign language speakers and multilingual congregations in the Church of England
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Everytime I think I’ve forgotten
I thin I’ve lost the mother tongue,
it blossoms out of my mouth
Sujata Bhatt
Sources used
Evangelicals now
Church Times
Bakht Singh Chabra , also known as Brother Bahkt Singh, was India’s foremost Christian evangelistic preacher and indigenous church planter. He founded and established the Hebron Ministries in India. This world wide indigenous church planting movement grew to more than 10, 000 local churches.
According to Indian traditions he is known as ‘Elijah of the 21st century’ in Christendom.
He was born into a religious Sikh family in the village of Joiya.
He studied at a Christian missionary school in India but Bakht at some stage ripped a Bible to pieces.
His parents were against him coming to England in 1926 to study Agricultural Engineering because they feared he would influenced by Christians. He promised he would not convert.
In 1929 he went to the University of Manitoba in Canada. He was befriend by 2 devout Christians -John and Edith Hayward. 4th February 1932 baptized in Vancouver, British Columbia
In 1933 returned to India having told his parents by letter of his conversion. Asked to keep it a secret he refused - they left him - he was homeless.
He started to preach in the streets of Bombay. He became a fiery itinerant preacher and revivalist gaining a large following throughout colonial India.
He was initially Anglican but became independent.
In 1937 the revival that swept through the Martinbur United Presbyterian church was one of the most notable movements in the history of the church of India. ( Jonathan Bonk in 1998 declared).
He started local assemblies based on New Testament principles after spending a night in prayer on a mountain top at Pallavaram, Chennai in 1941.
He held his first ‘Holy Convocation’ in Madras in 1941. These were held annually in Madras, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kalimpong. Participants,in their 1000s, would eat and sleep in huge tents and meet under a large thatched pandal for hours long prayer, praise and teaching meetings that began at dawn and ended late at night. The care and feeding of guests was handled by volunteers. Expenses were given by voluntary offerings, no appeal was issued.
Read the 6 testimonies.
250,000 attended his funeral in Narayanguda’s Christian cemetery.
Sonia Gandhi, nee Maino, (1946) is an Indian politician born in Lusiana, Veneto, Italy.
She is the President of the Indian National Congress. She took over as party leader in 1998, seven years after her husband Rajiv Gandhi, a former Prime Minister of India and a descendant of Mahatma Gandhi), had been assassinated in 1991.
She remained in office until 2017 when their son Rahul Gandhi became president. He resigned in 2019 and Sonia became president again.
She is widely described as one of the most powerful politicians in the country and is often listed among the most powerful women in the world
Veronica Michelle Bachet Jeria (b 1951) served as President of Chile from 2006-2010, and 2014-2018. She is the first woman to hold the Chilean presidency and the first female leader in South America. She is the first president of Chile to be elected since 1932.
Rogoberta Menchu (b1959) is a K’iche Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala’s indigenous people. She founded the country’s first indigenous political party - Winaq.
She is the first Maya Indigenous woman to ever run in a Guatemalan election.
In 2007 and 2011 she was a candidate for the presidential election. She lost in the first round on both occasions but Winaq succeeded in becoming the first indigenous political party of Guatemala.
Information from Wikipedia about 9 great Asian leaders.
Qin Shi Huang (259-210 BC) first emperor of unified China
Genghis Khan (c1158-1227) - originally known as Temujin, founder of the Mongol Empire - often regarded to be one of the greatest conqueror of all time.
Timur (1336-1405) - first ruler and founder of the Timurid Empire - an undefeated commander and regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history. patron of educational and religious institutions.
Kublai Khan (1215 -1294) - founder and first emperor of the Yuan dynasty (1271-1294) - first non-Han emperor to unite all of China
Babur (1483-1530), born Zahir ud-Din Muhammad. founder and first emperor of the Mughal dynasty (c 1526-30) in the Indian subcontinent- national hero in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Oda Nobunaga (1534- 1582) - regarded as the the first ‘Great Unifier’ of Japan.
Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) -first monarch of the Empire of Japan- instigated the transformation of Japan from an isolationist, feudal state to an industrialized world power.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869- 1948 - an Indian lawyer, anti-colonialist and political ethicist who employed non violent resistance to successfully lead India’s independence from British rule. Bapu - father - he was considered to be the *Father of the Nation * in India.
Mao Zedong - Chairman Mao (1893-1976) - founding father of the People’s Republic of China - a controversial figure- regarded as one of the most important individuals of the 20th century - credited with transforming china from a semicolony to a powerful sovereign state with increased literacy and life expectancy.
I came across information about 10 Asian Christian Women during my research. I have set them up in alphabetically order and found extra information on 8 of them.
Angie Hong - a Korean-American worship leader, speaker and writer.
Dr Grace Ji-Sun Kim - a Korean American theologian and professor - best known for her work on the social and religious experiences of Korean women immigrants in N. America.
Dr. Havilah Dharamraj - she is passionate about South Asian Christian leaders to understand the Word of God within the Asian context.
HeeSun Lee is a Christian hip hop artist. She is vocal about her faith and uses her singles and albums to not only talk about Jesus but elevate her diverse experiences as a bicultural Korean American Christian
Hosanna Wong - she has a unique storytelling voice in which she explores faith and identity through first hand experiences of lose, hope and redemption.
Dr. Jayachitra Lalitha- she is an ordained minister of the Church of South India, She holds a number of roles at Tamilnadu Theological Seminary - associate professor, dean of the women’s studies dept. and coordinator of the women’s centre. Plus co-chair and coeditor of 2 organizations
Dr Sydney Park - she is Associate professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School.
Her courses and writings emphasis the need for reconciliation and justice initiatives, both within the church and society at large
Sherrene DeLong- she is an Indian American doctoral student - she challenges what cultures are considered normal and the way in which American evangelism can become more open to eastern values like open -door hospitality.
Tara VanderWounde - is a nationwide speaker at conferences and is passionate about equipping parents for experiences and conversations their children encounter.
Vivian Mabuni - is a Chinese American author, speaker ans cancer survivor. She is passionate about raising up up the next generation of Asian American leaders.
She is the founder of SIH -* Someday is Here Podcast. a place where Asian American women can explore their heritage.
Ten Asian Christian women determined to forward the Christian Gospel.
Septimuis Severus (145-211) was born in Libya and became emperor of Rome from 193-211. He travelled to GB in 208. He strengthened Hadrian’s Wall and reoccupied the Antonine Wall. He invaded Scotland but fell fatally ill of an infectious disease and died on 4th February 211.
Dido Elizabeth Belle (1761-1804) was born into slavery. Her ‘father’ was Sir John Lindsay who returned to England with her in 1765. She became a British heiress and a member of the Lindsay family of Evelix. She lived for 31 years at Kenwood House. Two of her sons were employed by the East India Company - William Thomas in England and Charles in India.
Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh (1838-1893) was exiled to Britain aged 15. He was the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He was befriended by Queen Victoria and she became godmother to several of his children.
In June 1861 he was one of the first 25 knights in the Order of the Star of India. He died young, living most of his final years in the UK…
Mainly in Wikipedia I have found further information about 10 case studies mentioned in *The History of the Asian Community in Britain.
Sake Dean Mahomed (1750-1851)- a surgeon. He the first Indian to publish a book in English. He also Introduced Bengali cuisine,plus shampoo baths and therapeutic massage to Europe.
Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917)- the first Asian to become a British MP.
Mancherjee Bhownaggree (1851-1933)- a British Conservative party politician.
Shapurji Saklatvala (1874-1936 - first Indian politician to become an MP for the Labour party. He was also a member of the Communist Party.
Kamal Chunchie became an ordained minister in the Methodist church. In 1926he started a mission called the Colour Men’s Institute in Canning Town, London - spoke 8 languages (died 1953
Jaint Dass Saggar (1898-1954) - an Indian doctor who became the first non-white local authority councilor in Scotland.
V.K. Krishna Menon (1896-1974) - an Indian politician. Described by some as the second most powerful man in India. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had most power. Read about his controversies.
Mohinder Sigh Pujji (1918-2010) was a squadron leader in the RAF and a distinguished fighter pilot. He campaigned to raise awareness of the Indian contribution to the British war effort. In 2009 the RAF Museum in Cosford opened a permanent exhibition ‘Diversity in the RAF.’
Noor Inayat Khan (1914-1944) served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). She was the first female wireless operator to be sent form the UK to occupied France. She was betrayed, captured and executed - posthumously awarded the George Cross.** Read her story on Wikipedia**
Jayaben Desai (1933-2010) - always referred to as Mrs Desai, was a prominent female leader of the strikes in the Grunwick dispute in London in 1976
The History of the Asian Community in Britain is an excellent book - 45 pages of information- including 13 ‘case studies’ plus pictures. it begins in 1630s and takes through to Apache Indian -Steven Kapurat the beginning of the 21st century.
ISBN 0750-32736-3.
It was updated by Hodder Wayland in 2005. With a new cover it was updated in 2021.
I have looked through the book and then gone into Wikipedia to find out extra information to cut down the research.
East India Company appears for the first time on page 4.
Abdul Karim - the Munshi is mentioned on page 9
Ayahs- Asian nannies are mentioned on pages 10/11.
Lascars - Indian sailors are mentioned on pages 12/3.
Kharchedji Rustomji Cama is mentioned on page 16
Cornelia Sorabji, the first woman to study law in Britain also o page 16
Rahjitsnhji, the cricketer, on page 17.
Sophia Duleep Singh, a prominent suffragette, on page 24.
Pedlars on page 30
Apache Indian (Steven Kapur) p45
This is my first attempt at Asian History’
!0 Case Studies mentioned in the book to follow.
Work on Great Asian Leaders and Heroes to follow later.
Millions of birds migrate from the north to the south in early autumn to avoid the cold weather.
I found a map which illustrates what happens.
I have included 3 differentiated sheets…
Also included some pictures from ‘The Bird Atlas’ written by Barbara Taylor and beautifully illustrated by Richard Orr.
A very colourful book full of good ideas for Autumn written by Clair Beaton. Published in 1997 by B. Small publishing
ISBN 9781874735120. Well worth buying at £3.50 is still available or republished.
Didier Yves Drogba played for the Ivory Coast
He was captain of the Cote d’Ivore national team. Excellent header of the ball.
Eusebio da Silva Ferreira played for Portugal
First black player to win the Balloon d’ Or (1965) Athletic, fast & agile
Garrincha - Manuel Francisco dos Santos played for Brazil
Garrincoho means 'people.‘s Joy’. His wife was singer Elza Soares
George Manneh Oppong Weah played for Liberia
For important matches wore red boots. Powerful header of the ball.
Marta Vieira Silva (female) played for Brazil
World’s best female. Scored almost a goal a game in internationals.
Neymar da Silva Santos Junior plays for Brazil
PSG paid a World record £200 million for him - a dribbler - a virtuoso
Paul Pogba plays for France
Changes hairstyle for big matches. Imitates a rapper when he scores.
Pele - Edson Arantes do Nascimento played for Brazil
The greatest player. Scored more than 1,000 goals in his career.
Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima played for Brazil
Always kept the ball a few centimetres from his feet.
Samuel Eto’o Fils played for Cameroon
He was naturally 2 footed
Sources
Wikipedia
Fantastic Footballers by Jean-Michel Billioud
Jackie Robinson was one of the most influential sports figure of his day. he was the first African American to play Major League Basketball. He was the catalyst that broke basketball’s colour barrier.
Malala Yousafzai is now 24.
On 9th October 2012, aged 15 ,she was hit in the head from a bullet by a Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan gunman who wanted to assassinate her for activism towards female education. She was transfered to the UK to recover…
In 2014, aged 17, she became the world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
Pakistan’s Prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, says she has become the country’s most prominent citizen.
I am Malala: the girl who was stood up for Education and was shot by the Taliban
Mohammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay until 1964, was a world champion boxer. Changing his name was a religious and political act when he converted to Islam.
In 1967 he became a conscience objector and refused to do military service in Vietnam for the USA saying it was against his religious and moral beliefs. He avoided jail but was stripped and banned from boxing. ln 1970 returned to the ring to win back his title.
Rigoberta Menchu Tum is a K’iche Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist and Nobel Prize Laureate (1992). She rose in prominence in 1983. She has dedicated her life to publicizing the indigeous suffering of her people during and after the Guatemala Civil War (1960-99).
She is a UNESCO goodwill anbassador.
She founded the country’s first indigenous political party, Winaq.
Tegia Loroupe is a Kenyan long distance track and road runner ( won the New York marathon in 1994 and 1995, plus other marathons).
She is also a global spokeswoman for peace, women’s rights and education.
In 2003 created the Tegia Loroupe Peace Foundation- created to promote friendship between people and gender equality.
She organizes Peace marathons which are held in East Africa.
In 2016 organized the Refugee Team for the Rio Summer Olympics in Rio.
Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011) was a Kenyan social environmental and political activist.
In 1977 she founded the Green belt Movement which focused on the planning of trees ( combating deforestation and soil erosion), environmental conservation and women’s rights. She felt by improving the environment she was creating a system that would encourage progress and peace
In 2004 she was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2006 won the Indira Gandhi Peace prize.
Sources
People of Peace by Sandrine Mirza
Wikipedia