Lainy Malkani

Lainy Malkani is a London born journalist with Indo-Caribbean roots. She is the writer, broadcaster and presenter of the Social History Hub podcast which is a series of interviews designed to bring the stories of unsung heroes to life. She has written for the British Library, the Commonwealth and the BBC. Her two-part series for Radio 4, ‘Sugar, Saris and Green Bananas’, traced the story of Indian sugar workers through the memories of the descendants of those now living in the UK. 

She has delivered creative writing workshops, talks and dramatic readings at the British Library, Waterstones Piccadilly and Tribe of Doris Festival.