BBC - Asian Network - Silver Street The Residents

Jasmine Chauhan
Played by Hema Mangoo

DOB: 8th July 1986
FAMILY : Parents - Pradeep & Rita, Brothers - Arun & Krishan, Sister - Roopa, Grandmother - Kamla
LIVES: In the Akhtar's house with Sean and Kamla
WORK: Jas is working as an intern for her Uncle's pharmaceutical company
CHARACTER: Jas is level-headed and responsible - being the eldest child meant she had to grow up pretty fast, and she's always felt older than her age. She's bright and hard-working, and often finds it hard to really let herself go.
STAR SIGN: Cancer

Jas

"Living at home was always like living in a zoo - there was so much noise I couldn't even think straight half the time. I was so glad to move into the student house but even that could be a bit of a madhouse so to get my own space finally on Jodie's barge was fantastic. A bit of privacy at last!

"Nani Ba's great though, and I really feel like I can talk to her more than Mum. Mum's always busy - she has more fun than I do! I've always had to be the grown up one. I feel like I've never been able to really let myself go, not like Arun who was always bunking off school, and won't get a proper job. Anyway, with Mum out and about all the time, it meant I always ended up doing half the work around the house, cooking, cleaning, or looking after Krishan - and of course now I've moved out Roopa gets landed with all that because she's a girl. Arun still gets away with murder! I'm sure the stress of all the family resposibilities had a lot to do with her eating disorder. She seems to be making real progress now and wants us to treat her like an adult but it's hard not to see her just as my little sis still.

"I loved being a student but when I graduated I kind of lost focus. I knew I didn't want to be a journalist but I had no idea what I did want to do. I suppose I just drifted into working at the cafe, it wasn't exactly a career choice! When Uncle Suresh offered me the chance to work for him in New York I was so excited. I was worried about leaving Roopa and I kind of missed Vinnie at first, but we were hardly Romeo and Juliet were we? I had a ball there with Greg, but I'm glad to be back. I can keep an eye on Roopa and I don't have Suresh and his 'special interns' in my face all the time!"