Name: Unhusked by Dr Hiya Deb
Start: 2025-11-08T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-08T18:45:00+00:00
Location: QMUL ArtsOne

“Unhusked” examines the journeys of Dalit Partition refugees. It uses dance, music, storytelling and film to explore belonging.
About this Event

Unhusked by Dr Hiya Deb

Doors 5.30pm Start 6pm

Bangla/English | 45 minutes I 12+

"Unhusked" is a collaborative storytelling session with Dr Debanjali Biswas. It uses dance, movement and film clips to tell the powerful stories of Dalit Partition refugees. The performance follows their journey of displacement and rebuilding. It explores themes of resilience, memory and belonging. It reflects on the impact of forced migration. Oral histories lay out a range of diaspora experiences. The language of the body evokes emotions and reflects cultural landscapes. This session delves into the ways people find a sense of home in a new land. Designed for those drawn to oral histories, socially engaged storytelling, dance or theatre. Be moved. Be transported.

About the artist: Dr. Hiya Deb is a filmmaker and researcher at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work explores Dalit refugee narratives. She focuses on transgenerational trauma, gender and diaspora. Literature and storytelling come together as part of her research.