Bereavement Room

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A podcast for our community, faith and culture, featuring representative voices from across the U.K. A safe space for people of colour to tell their stories of grief and loss. So often ignored or silenced by society because they are not told from a white perspective that fits into a neat and tidy box. Our experiences very rarely covered by mainstream channels and platforms. We discuss how grief effects us culturally, the discrimination that happens, inequality and the lack of understanding about how grief might manifest itself within the diaspora and the challenges that come with it. I am your host, Callsuma Ali.

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#1 Callsuma - We are more than labels

Nov 22 2019 3 mins

Welcome to the Bereavement Room. A podcast for our community, faith and culture, featuring representative voices from across the U.K. A safe space for people to tell their stories of grief and loss. So often ignored or silenced by society because they are not told from a white perspective that fits into a neat and tidy box. Our experiences very rarely covered by mainstream channels

#3 Tasneem - Grieving teenager.

Dec 03 2019 75 mins

Tasneem Choudhury born and bred in East London, joins Callsuma in the Bereavement Room to talk about what it was like to be bereaved as a teenager. Tasneem's mother died of breast cancer when she was 15 years old.

#4 Lekhani - Fatherless daughter and identity.

Dec 08 2019 106 mins

Lekhani Chirwa is in the Bereavement Room to talk about her father who sadly died when she was in Malawi in 2016. We discuss all things grief, identity and her one woman show, Can I touch your hair?

#6 Lydia O - Grieving teenager and how culture can sometimes get in the way of respect.

Dec 31 2019 57 mins

Lydia Okoibhole is in the Bereavement Room talking to Callsuma about her father who sadly died unexpectedly when she was a teenager in the summer she received her GCSE results. In this episode we also discuss how culture can sometimes get in the way of respect and do charities do enough to let communities know what support is available when grieving?

#7 Vaishnavi - Grandfather loss and racism in Scotland.

Jan 11 2020 85 mins

This week Callsuma is in Scotland speaking with 3rd year English Lit student Vai Ramu about her grandfather who sadly died when she was 12 years old. We also talk about racism in Scotland and what it's like growing up on the borders.

#8 Henna - Child Bereavement and Charities so white.

Feb 05 2020 97 mins

It's time to talk and today's guest is Henna Shah from #CharitySoWhite @CharitySoWhite Henna talks to Callsuma Ali about child bereavement and what it was like when her mother sadly died when Henna was 10 years old. Originally from the "Endz" that is the wonderful Hounslow to all the way to Oxford University. This is Henna's #TimeToTalk

#9 Amira - Friendship and Suicide.

Feb 15 2020 66 mins

Algerian born and East London bred, this is Oxford University Student, Amira. Amira joins host Callsuma Ali in the Bereavement Room to share her harrowing experience of what it was like to find her best friend had died by suicide at a house party when they were both teenagers.

#10 Siddharth - Grandparent loss, death can reflect in all areas of our life.

Mar 30 2020 81 mins

After an extended break we return to the @BereavementRoom for more intimate conversations about death and grief. Due to the unexpected death of Callsuma's father she reunites with old friend Siddharth Nigam over a decade later sharing experiences that have bought them closer together. Siddharth talks to us about the recent death of his Grandfather (2019). The importance of medical

#11 Amar Mehta - Sudden death and mental health.

Apr 15 2020 75 mins

This week we are joined by Journalist Amar Mehta, Amar is talking to Callsuma Ali in the Bereavement Room about his father who sadly lost his life in a tragic car accident in 2008. A story of living the American dream and then adjusting to sudden life changes. Amar opens up about mental health from the perspective of a Indian male, the triggers of loss and the inner sadness of reac

#12 Kalwinder Singh Dhindsa - Suicide language and hometown Derby.

May 06 2020 100 mins

Sikh Derby man Kalwinder joins Callsuma in the Bereavement Room to talk about his father who died by suicide in 2006. We reflect on his experiences of being impacted by suicide, poetry as a source of expression and support and the triggers of loss following the recent global pandemic, COVID-19. In this episode we also talk openly about the challenges faced working with mainstream c