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Paromita Mitra

From Bangladesh to Sheffield and now she's a Miss American Teen!

Bangladeshi born, Paromita Mitra, left Sheffield for Mississippi ten years ago and the seventeen year old has now won the crown for the Miss Mississippi Teen USA 2009.

Paromita Mitra

Paromita will now go for the Miss Teen USA Pageant in July for the chance to win a year of travelling the world, working with charities and attending several glitzy, red carpet events including  the prestigious New York Film Academy Awards.She loves astronomy, physics, and maths and in the future wants to be an aeronautical engineer working for NASA.
Paromita adores Bengali music and South Asian dance and in one of her last pageant competitions she wowed the judges with her Bengali folk dance. She would also love to return to her native Bangladesh to help underprivileged children.

Shawkat Hashmi & Ranjani Jayaraman

Ranjani Jayaraman Veenai player

Ranjani Jayaraman is one of the upcoming Veenai player in UK. Veenai is one of the very ancient traditional instrument of South India. Ranjani started learning Veenai for the past 7 years, initial 3 years from Mrs. Rajalashmi in India and now pursuing her learning from Mrs. Supriya Nagarajan, UK.

She has performed in many musical ensembles ..and currently giving musical workshops under the great support of Manasamitra. She hopes to expand her repertoire as much as possible and embraces new styles with open arms.

Shawkat Hashmi with local singers

Local singers

February 14th is the day of the year to renew love and friendship with those you treasure most. But BBC Radio Sheffield celebrated Valentine's Day with big style, not with romantic candlelit dinner but with Spanish and Hindi romantic songs with local singers. They are Teresa, Carlos, Faizan, Shanu and Lalita.

Shawkat Hashmi & Raghav Mathur

Asian R&B singer Raghav Mathur

Asian R&B has been bobbing on the surface of the British mainstream for over three years now and we are finally seen an Asian superstar Raghav Mathur on the top of the list. R&B singer Raghav Mathur came into BBC Radio Sheffield and talk to Shawkat Hashmi about his life.
Listen to Raghav...

Mohammed Hafiz

Mohammed Hafiz

Mohammed Hafiz from Sheffield has loved singing since he was a child. Although he’s not yet been signed to a record label, he has been compared favourably to Mohammed Rafi, the famous Bollywood singer. Interestingly both men share the same birthday - December 24th. BBC Radio Sheffield’s Shawkat Hashmi has been talking to Mohammed Hafiz about his life.

Tariq Khan from Legacy

Tariq Khan - Legacy lead

British top pop Bhangra band Legacys lead vocalist Tariq Khan came into Radio Sheffield to talk to Shawkat Hashmi. Listen to Tariq...

Ghazala Bi, Community Worker in Darnall

Ghazala Bi - the Darnall Carnival

The Darnall Carnival takes place on Saturday 5 July 2008 with lots of fun and entertainment for you to enjoy. It's all been co-ordinated by the Darnall Forum, and Ghazala Bi who is Community Development Worker for the Black Minority Ethnic Community in Darnall talked to Shawkat Hashmi about the event.

Sughra Ali

Sughra Ali - chicken pilau

Sughra Ali moved to South Yorkshire from Pakistan in 1991. She cooked traditional
chicken pilau for Shawkat on Late Night classics.

Mahmood Hussain and Richard Bellamy

Mahmood Hussain and Richard Bellamy - tour de France

Mahmood Hussain and Richard Bellamy, along with six other Rotherham Wheelers cyclists, are to visit Rotherham's twin-town Saint-Quentin in North East France in early Jun 2008e. They'll cycle more than 1000 miles, going through the Champagne region and the First World War battlefields to raise money for the MacMillan Nurses and the Breathing Spaces respiratory unit. They spoke to Waheed Akhtar on Eastern Air.

Nosheen Idrees, Miss Pakistan 2008 final

Nosheen Idrees - Miss Pakistan...

Nosheen Idrees, Communications student at Sheffield Hallam university, is a part-time model and was one of the finalists for Miss Pakistan World in 2008. She talked to Shawkat about her routine - a belly dance...

Dr M.B. Mishra, periodontist

Dr Mishra - worldwide dental expert

Dr Mishra is one of the world's most travelled dental experts - he's worked in India, Saudi Arabia and the USA and now he's helping Sheffielders overcome the city's reputation for having some of the worst-kept teeth in the country.