Jasvir Kang

Jasvir Kang (1 February 1948 - 3 May 2023) was an Indian writer, poet, and radio broadcaster based in Coventry, UK.{{cite news |last1=McMullen |first1=Marion |title=Coventry writer's play inspired by her mum |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/theatre-news/coventry-writers-play-inspired-mum-3046754 |access-date=1 February 2025 |work=Coventry Live |date=3 March 2011 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Treasured Tale Talk – Virk Collection - The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum |url=https://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/1656/treasured-tale-talk-virk-collection |website=www.theherbert.org}}{{cite web |title='Stories That Made Us' by Hardish Virk |url=https://coventry-artspace.co.uk/blog/stories-that-made-us-by-hardish-virk/ |website=coventry-artspace.co.uk |access-date=1 February 2025}}{{cite book |last1=Virk |first1=Paven |title=The Usual Auntijies |date=2011 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4081-5399-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-77IVB0pBzsC|language=en}} Along with Kailash Puri, her works offer insights into the experiences of emigrants from India to the UK, and include Aurat Abla Nay Hai (A Woman is not powerless), a collection of 16 short stories published in 1991/1992.{{cite book |last1=Bebber |first1=Brett |editor1-last=Sahoo |editor1-first=Ajaya K. |title=Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations |date=2024 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=978-1-032-35544-3 |pages=64–65 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m13bEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA64|language=en |chapter=2. South Asians in Britain: Migration, settlement, and conflict}}