Our Story & Collaborations
Through a growing social media presence, a history-driven podcast, and video content on YouTube, I aim to bring overlooked stories, lost voices, and powerful narratives to life.
Whether uncovering rare artifacts, reviving forgotten heroes, or delving into Sikh, Panjabi, or any other facet of history and culture, every piece of content is driven by a passion for research and storytelling.
What We Do:
🎙️ Podcast & YouTube Series
With over 100 episodes, the Ramblings of a Sikh YouTube channel (The Story Isn’t Over, formerly known as The ਸੋਚ (Sōch) Podcast) has become a dynamic space where scholars, artists, athletes, journalists, and historians come together to explore the past and its relevance to the present.
🧠 Historians, Academics & Authors
We’ve welcomed some of the most respected voices in Sikh, South Asian, and global history. Topics have ranged from the Sikh Golden Age with Satnam Singh and the Suraj Prakash with Dr Jvala Singh, to explorations of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s legacy with Peter Bance and Davinder Singh Toor.
Guests like Amarpal Singh, Amandeep Madra, Rav Singh, Dr Priya Atwal, and Gurinder Mann have unpacked everything from the Anglo-Sikh Wars and Jallianwala Bagh to the rise of the Sikh soldier. Meanwhile, Nandini Das, David Veevers, Callie Wilkinson, Professor Christina Welsch, and Professor Stephen Legg have brought critical perspectives on colonialism, the East India Company, and British imperialism.
We’ve also featured powerful voices like Aanchal Malhotra, Kavita Puri, and Pav Singh on Partition and 1984, and authors like Livia Manera Sambuy (In Search of Amrit Kaur), Sanam Sutirath Wazir (The Kaurs of 1984), Lucy Fulford (The Exiled) and Preeti Dhillon (The Shoulders We Stand On) help us connect memory, trauma, and the diasporic experience across time, bridging personal histories with wider political reckonings.
🎤 Artists, Cultural Figures & Activists
The podcast champions voices who use art and activism to shape the world around them. We’ve spoken to Panjabi Hit Squad on British Asian music, Hark1karan on photography and Panjabi identity, Sukh Ojla on comedy and mental health, and Magic Singh on performance, culture, and illusion.
We’ve heard from social media personalities like Jas Billan, journalists like Hardeep Matharu and Amardeep Bassey, and activists like Navjot Sawhney (The Washing Machine Project), Tarsem Singh Sandhu (turban rights), and Huda Mukbil, a former CSIS agent turned whistleblower.
We’ve also explored Sikh aesthetics and traditional arts with Simran Kaur and Satnam Singh, as well as touch upon Indic philosophy with Kamalpreet Singh Pardeshi, and cultural memory with voices like Jasmine Rai, GS Nawepindiya, and Oupkar Kaur.
🥊 Athletes, Collectors & Keepers of Tradition
From professional boxer Inder Singh Bassi to martial artist Nidar Singh Nihang, we’ve highlighted individuals keeping Sikh martial traditions alive. Guests like Runjeet Singh, Sunmit Singh, and Davinder Singh Toor have offered insights into arms collecting, antiques, and the preservation of Sikh material culture.
📖 Empire, Resistance & Post-Colonial Realities
We’ve dived deep into empire and resistance with Sathnam Sanghera, Alan Lester, and Brian Villmoare, and explored memory, violence, and migration with Philip Deslippe and Stacie Stukin (on Yogi Bhajan and 3HO), Somak Biswas (on Indophilia), Benjamin Siegel (on food security), and Dr Radha Kapuria (on music in colonial Punjab).
Military history has been brought to life by guests like Professor Peter Stanley (Gallipoli), Dr Alan Jeffreys (Indian Army in WWII), Professor Holger Afflerbach (Germany and WWI), and Dr Aviel Roshwald (collaboration with Axis powers).
We’ve also explored South Asian activism in the UK and Canada with voices like Tejpal Singh Ralmill, Rishma Johal, Onkar Sandhu, Amanda Bidnall, Professor John Belchem, Professor David Atkinson, and Professor Erin Thompson, who shared perspectives on everything from the Ghadar Movement to art crime and the Windrush era.
📚 Emerging Voices & Contemporary Thinkers
We’ve featured younger voices and fresh thinkers like Amal Malik, Rishma Johal, and Jassa Ahluwalia, and covered unique, lesser-known stories—from the Sweet Bobby catfishing scandal with Harkirat Kaur Assi, to how Bollywood shapes identity with Professor Sunny Singh, to Sikh spiritual philosophy with Arjan Singh Nirmala and Shuranjeet Singh on masculinity and mental health.
Collaborations & Partnerships
We’ve had the privilege of collaborating with leading publishers and including:
- Bloomsbury
- University of Chicago Press
- University of Columbia Press
- Hachette
- HarperCollins India
- Harvard University Press
- Helion & Company
- Hurst Publishers
- John Murray Press
- Kashi House
- McGill University Press
- Princeton University Press
- Stanford University Press
- Yale University Press
- Historic Royal Palaces (Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace)
In addition to these partnerships, we regularly work with independent authors, scholars, historians, and artists to amplify their voices and bring their work to wider audiences through engaging, research-driven content.
Let's Collaborate
If you’re a publisher, author, historian, musician, artist, or simply someone with a story to tell and would like to collaborate, partner, or work together, I’d love to hear from you.
Whether you’re looking to feature your work, promote a book or exhibition, or explore sponsorship opportunities across the podcast, YouTube channel, or social media platforms, I’m always open to meaningful collaborations that align with the spirit of storytelling and history.
📩 Drop me an email at ramblingsofasikh@gmail.com and let’s start a conversation.
Support the Work
If you value independent, research driven storytelling and want to help keep this project growing, there are several ways you can support my work. You can become a paid supporter on Patreon, Substack, or YouTube Memberships for exclusive content, early access and behind the scenes insights.
If you prefer a one off contribution, you can also support via Ko-fi.
Every subscription and donation goes directly into research, equipment, travel, hosting and production costs, helping me continue telling overlooked stories with depth, care and integrity. Your support makes this work possible.