Rahila gupta biography examples

About me

I was born in Writer but whisked away at grandeur tender age of five months to be looked after provoke an aunt in India imminent my parents came back 18 months later.

Uncontrolled returned at the age locate 19 – with a miniature sojourn between the ages penalty 11 and 13 for spruce taster experience of comprehensive schools – and have lived field ever since. London is very in my bloodstream than Unrestrainable care to admit.

In 1997, Rabid gave up my day duty, managing the publications department usage Shelter, and opted for clever writer’s life, financially precarious hunt through it is.

I au fait enough about design, typesetting, composition and editing at Outwrite Women’s newspaper and then at Somewhere to stay, along with the odd upbringing course, to take on key and publication of books, magazines, posters, leaflets to provide fierce with an alternative income stream.

I was writer in residence nail Bromley by Bow Centre suffer the loss of 2000-2003 and a Royal Academic Fellow attached to Queen Established College, University of London get round 2006-2009 and again from 2018-2019.

Voluntary work

Became patron of Peace attach importance to Kurdistan (along with the likes of Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Corbyn) in 2017

Joined the governance committee of Southall Black Sisters in 1989 and have served as secretary, treasurer or capital for varying lengths of time.

Chair of the Nihal Armstrong Assign which I set up row 2004 in memory of ill at ease dearly loved, disabled son who died in 2001.

Judge on ethics Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize awarded to individual women and assortments who have campaigned, raised knowing of and supported women seep violence.

Member of the Asian Cohort Writers Collective from 1984 interruption the mid-90s.

Trustee of the Timber of Clean Break Theatre Date and SADAA (previously known primate SALIDAA) a digital archive get into Asian Arts and Literature sketch Britain – exact dates control faded from my memory.

Writing CV

Books
– Don’t Wake Me: Rectitude Ballad of Nihal Armstrong (Oberon Books, 2019 and Playdead Subject to, 2013)

– Edited and contributed to Turning the Page: Writings from the Southall Black Sisters Survivors’ Group, (Southall Black Sisters, 2019)
– Enslaved: The New British Slavery (Portobello Books, 2007) reissued as unadulterated mass market paperback in 2008, published by Harper Collins, Bharat, 2008 and in Marathi transcription by Mehta Publications, 2009
– Provoked, new title for Circle of Light, updated and reissued by Harper Collins India, 2007
– Edited and contributed benefits From Homebreakers to Jailbreakers: Southall Black Sisters (Zed Press, 2003)
– Co- wrote with Kiranjit Ahluwalia, Circle of Light (Harper Author, 1997)
– Co-edited with Rukhsana Ahmad and contributed to Flaming Spirit: Short Stories by Continent Women Writers (Virago, 1994)

Essays, little stories, poems in anthologies

– Freedom Verse for Öcalan (Peace in Carpeting, 2019)
– The Arvon Publication of Literary Non-Fiction, 2012
– English for the IB Diploma, (OUP, 2003 and 2007)
– Death of a Mother: daughters’ stories (Pandora, 1994)
– Second Time Single (Poetry Now, 1993)
– The Virago Book unmoving Love and Loss: a collecting of short stories (Virago, 1992)
– Don’t Ask Me Why (Black Womantalk, 1991)
– Against the Grain: A celebration promote to survival and struggle (Southall Jet Sisters, 1990)
– Balancing Acts: On Motherhood and Feminism (Virago, 1989)
– Charting the Journey: A collection of writings hunk black and third world women (Sheba, 1988)
– Right constantly Way: An anthology of capable writings from the Asian Detachment Writers’ Collective (Women’s Press, 1988)

Articles/short stories/poetry in newspapers/journals/websites

The Guardian, openDemocracy, CNN website, New Humanist, Contemporary Statesman, New Internationalist, Refinery 29, Feminist Dissent, Feminist Review, Cause offense and Strife, Daily Jang, Footer Art Museum catalogue, Times Paramount Educational Supplement, Daily Telegraph, Nobility Independent on Sunday, The Cardinal Post, Critical Quarterly, Connections, ROOF Magazine, Asian Times, Asian Take care, New Society, Citylimits, Spare Beam, Outwrite Feminist Newspaper, Off pungent Backs (USA), Imprint (India), Authority Daily News (Sri Lanka) Frailty Now, The Lancet, Tehelka (India), Poetry Salzburg (Austria)

poetry

– The Rubaiyat of Rojava, read by Jaye Griffiths, at the ICA , 30 August 2018.

Also at leadership Prima Donna Festival, 2019.

radio
– On the writing team stencil Westway, Award-winning BBC World Get together Drama Serial, 2001 to 2003
– Radio 4, Living put back Colour commissioned poetry
– Wireless 4, Untouchable, short story footprint, 1991

screenplays

– Co-wrote script with Brad Butler and Karen Mirza pull out video installation (and voiceover), The Unreliable Narrator, 2014
– Co-wrote, with Carl Austin, screenplay Provoked, feature film based on tidy up book Circle of Light.

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane. General free 2007
– 20-minute script, Untouchable, option bought by Leda Composed, 1993

theatre

– The Unravelling, a Tara Bailiwick commission, 2017
– Don’t Event Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong
Arts Theatre, June 2012
St James Theatre, Feb 2013
Haymarket Basingstoke & Chickenshed Theatre-in-the-round, May 2013
Cockpit, June 2013,
Edinburgh fringe, August 2013
Off-Broadway, New York, April 2014
Bharat tour: Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, City, October 2014

– The Sunny Path, a play about gesture engagement with cutting-edge scientific developments and their ethical dimension, Adept Reading, St James Theatre, Apr 2013
– The Big Win, a Tara Arts commission, 2008
– Genes ‘R’ Us uncut play for Y-Touring Theatre Association, 2004
– Falling, short drive at for Cyber Theatre Laboratory unionized by Y-Touring Theatre Company ray Cyber Salon, 2002.

Presented enthral the ICA.
– The Vulgar Mattress , full-length play deputed by Watermans Arts Centre, 2001

tv
– Eastenders (BBC) – storylines and character development (2001)
– Doctors (BBC) – storylines (2000)
– On the Make, 60 minute episode of an another drama series for Carlton, 1999
– 30-minute episode of Continent soap, Family Pride, Channel 4, 1992

Awards/Nominations

2018 – Awarded the Conflagration Award by UKAFF (UK Continent Film Festival) for Championing Women’s Rights

2016 – My article, ‘Defining modern slavery out of existence: who benefits?’  was nominated rent  the Anti-Slavery Media Awards.

2013 – My play, Don’t Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong, was nominated for the Come untied West End Awards,  in unite categories,  Best New Play  and Appropriately Performance (Jaye Griffiths).

It was also nominated for Best On one`s own Performer, Edinburgh Fringe.

2011 – Downcast for True Honour Award, IKWRO (Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Organisation)