DJ Ritu is a trailblazing broadcaster, turntablist, podcast, radio and event producer. She is the voice of the UK’s definitive independent global music show, A World in London, which just recently got a big-up from Tanita Tikaram in Mojo Magazine! Ritu’s music career spans almost 4 decades, including 22 years at the BBC, co-founding cult label Outcaste Records, signing Nitin Sawhney and Badmarsh & Shri, touring in over 35 countries with her own bands Sister India and The Asian Equation, plus performing at major venues and festivals like Glastonbury, Boiler Room, Fabric, Printworks, Big Chill, Tate Britain and Modern, the BFI, Boxpark, Spiritland, WOMAD, Royal Festival Hall, V&A, National Theatre, Jazz Café, & Trafalgar Square. She is the co-founder of the UK’s longest-running South Asian music club nights - Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights (25 yrs) and Club Kali (30 yrs).

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  Desi Queers at Bishopsgate Institute

  Wed 9 Jul