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Jaspreet Kaur
Jaspreet Kaur helps organisations open conversations on identity, belonging, gender and wellbeing through storytelling and spoken word. A poet, lecturer and #1 bestselling author of Brown Girl Like Me, Jaspreet has featured across the BBC.
Jaspreet Kaur, also known as Behind the Netra, is an award-winning spoken word poet, bestselling author and lecturer from London. She uses poetry and storytelling to open conversations about identity, gender, mental health and the British South Asian experience.
Jaspreet is the #1 bestselling author of Brown Girl Like Me and the award-winning children's book The Spaces in Between, and her 2026 children's book, Tiny Moments, explores gratitude and everyday joy. She's now writing Quiet Feminism and Brown Guy Like Me. Her poetry and commentary have featured across the BBC, including Radio 4 and Sunday Morning Live, and she previously hosted BBC Asian Network's Chill show on wellbeing and rest. She has worked with UN Women on HeForShe, performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Westminster Abbey and Wembley Stadium, and is a TED speaker.
Jaspreet began her career as a secondary school teacher and now lectures at City St George's, University of London, where she teaches her own module, The Poetry of Pop. She completed a Research Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh's Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in 2025.
Across more than 100 keynotes, workshops and performances, she combines personal storytelling, spoken word and cultural insight. Audiences leave with language for belonging and representation, a fresh look at confidence and whose voices get heard, and ways to make room for wellbeing.
Book Jaspreet to make complex conversations feel human and memorable.
Topics, sessions and talks
Drawing on her experience as a British South Asian woman, writer and educator, Jaspreet explores how identity is shaped by culture, family, language, faith and the spaces we move through. Through personal storytelling and spoken word, she examines representation, intersectionality, navigating multiple identities and what it means to feel that you truly belong. The session can be adapted for workplace inclusion, cultural heritage events, educational settings and wider conversations around identity and representation.
Jaspreet explores the relationship between language, creativity and emotional wellbeing, drawing on her work as a poet, writer and former BBC Asian Network wellbeing presenter. Her talks consider mental health, rest, grief, gratitude and the ways writing and creative expression can help us understand difficult experiences. Spoken word and personal storytelling create an honest but hopeful conversation about making space for vulnerability without losing sight of joy.
What happens when we stop trying to become the person we think we should be and begin trusting our own voice? Jaspreet explores confidence, imposter syndrome, self-doubt and authenticity through the lens of her own journey from classroom teacher to poet, bestselling author and public speaker. The session helps audiences consider whose expectations they are carrying, how representation affects confidence and why finding your voice is often less about becoming louder and more about becoming more certain of who you are.
Ideal for South Asian Heritage Month and wider cultural conversations, Jaspreet explores migration, dual identity, faith, feminism, language, family and the changing British South Asian experience. Drawing on Brown Girl Like Me, her Sikh heritage and her work across education and the arts, she looks at the importance of seeing complex, multidimensional South Asian stories represented in our workplaces, classrooms and culture. Poetry and personal storytelling bring these conversations to life in a way that is accessible to audiences from all backgrounds.
Building on the themes of Brown Girl Like Me and her current work on Quiet Feminism, Jaspreet explores what gender equality looks like beyond slogans and headline moments. She considers the quieter forces that shape women’s lives, from cultural expectations and confidence to care, invisible labour and whose voices are given space. Combining lived experience with research, humour and storytelling, Jaspreet encourages audiences to think about how everyday actions can create meaningful cultural change.
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Jaspreet Kaur blends spoken word poetry with personal narrative and cultural commentary, and can open or close a keynote or fireside conversation with a live poem, including one written for the audience.
Jaspreet Kaur specialises in identity and belonging, gender equity and feminism, mental health and creative expression, confidence and authenticity, and South Asian heritage and representation. She is the #1 bestselling author of Brown Girl Like Me and a lecturer at City St George's, University of London, with more than 100 keynotes, workshops and performances behind her.
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