- Sunny Hundal
Sunny Hundal is a
British Asian journalist.He was born in
London in 1977 toSikh parents ofIndia n origin. He has a degree in Economics fromBrunel University and has written for leading British newspapers includingThe Financial Times andThe Independent . He has been interviewed byITV News ,Sky News , and Channel 4 News.Sunny Hundal is the founder and editor of "Asians in Media" magazine. He also runs the progressive "Pickled Politics"
weblog and the "Barfi Culture" community website, both of which deal with issues concerning theBritish Asian community. He is a regular contributor to "Comment is Free " onthe Guardian website, and was named as their blogger of the year in 2006. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/poll/page/0,,1976197,00.html Blogger of the year] at "Comment is free" onThe Guardian ] In 2007 he set up Liberal Conspiracy, a group weblog which features a number of left-wing bloggers.Hundal is a prominent critic of Islamist organisation
Hizb-ut-Tahrir , [Sunny Hundal, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/apr/01/takingonhizbuttahrir The enemy within] , April 1 2007, "Comment is Free"] appearing on various talk show debates with Hizb-ut-Tahrir representatives.citation needed|date=August 2008 He is frequently critical of other religious organisations such as theMuslim Council of Britain ,Sunny Hundal, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/jun/09/stopthewhining Stop whining!] , June 9 2006, "Comment is Free"]Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK ,Christian Concern For Our Nation , [Sunny Hundal, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/21/fundamentallyflawed Fundamentally flawed] , May 21 2008, "Comment is Free"] Sikh Federation andHindu Forum of Britain .Sunny Hundal, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/nov/02/thetableshaveturned The tables have turned] , November 2 2007, "Comment is Free"]In February 2007 he made a BBC radio documentary "Lost in Translation" about Asian brides brought to the UK. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/documentaries/lostintranslation.shtml Lost in Translation] , 26 Feb 2007,
BBC Asian Network ] The BBC also quoted his criticism ofShahrukh Khan 's endorsement of skin-lightening creams as "completely immoral". [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7010885.stm Beyond the pale?] , 25 Sept 2007,BBC News ]He is one of the founding members of the
New Generation Network , a group and manifesto that claims to challenge the current discourse on race relations in the UK.In 2008, he argued that non-white voters should consider voting Conservative, on the basis that "brown people" were being deliberately targeted by anti-terrorism legislation brought in by the
New Labour government ofGordon Brown .References
External links
* [http://www.asiansinmedia.org Asians in Media]
* [http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/ Liberal Conspiracy]
* [http://www.barficulture.com Barfi Culture website]
* [http://www.pickledpolitics.com Pickled Politics]
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