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Full of warmth, humour, optimism and sometimes painful honesty, Both Not Half is a brilliant, fresh and moving memoir that explores race and colour, fusion and mingling * William Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy * A journey that will resonate with anyone on their own quest for cohesion * Laila Woozeer, author of Not Quite White * I can't wait for my daughter to read this book * Nikesh Patel * A beautiful and profound story * Nihal Arthanayake * Both Not Half is a moving, challenging and fascinating page-turner ... that contains important lessons for progressive politics in a divided age * Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism * Anyone who's ever struggled to make sense of who they are and where they belong should read this book * Nadia Whittome MP * A hopeful manifesto for our times * Kavita Puri, author of Partition Voices * An unexpected and enthralling journey ... I loved it * Samira Ahmed * In a world where we all long for a sense of belonging, Jassa shows us the richness of complexity and compassion * Anita Anand, author of Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary * A paean to self-definition and belonging in a confusing world * Sanjeev Bhaskar * An important voice of our generation and for generations to come * Parminder Nagra, star of Bend it Like Beckham * The sort of book that should become required reading in all of our schools * Hashi Mohamed, author of People Like Us * Brilliantly researched and dripping with personal colour * Ranvir Singh * A vital book for our times * Aanchal Malhotra, author of Remnants of Partition * A timely plea for a politics that embraces hybridity * Peter Mitchell, author of Imperial Nostalgia * Beautifully moving ... A must-read for all * Jaspreet Kaur, author of Brown Girl Like Me * Stunning and transparent * Sharan Dhaliwal, author of Burning My Roti * Intensely relatable * Vaneet Mehta, author of Bisexual Men Exist * Touching, essential and moving * Andy Nyman, author of The Golden Rules of Acting * Ahluwalia asks us to re-wire our minds, to push back against cultural divisions which demand simplistic labels that alienate us from others * Ritch C. Savin-Williams, author of Bi * Timely and eloquent * Tim Walker *

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Jassa Ahluwalia is a British actor, writer, filmmaker and trade unionist. Born in Coventry to a white English mum and a brown Punjabi dad in 1990, he attended school in Leicester and was raised in an extended family environment. He spoke English in the playground, Punjabi with his grandparents, and spent various summer holidays in India. He came to prominence as Rocky in the hit BBC Three series Some Girls, followed by starring roles in Unforgotten, Ripper Street, and Peaky Blinders. Jassa created the hashtag #BothNotHalf to explore mixed identity in light of his own British-Indian heritage. His TEDx talk on 'How Language Shapes Identity' has clocked up over 180k views and his BBC One documentary Am I English? won an Asian Media Award in 2022.

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