Languages I: English, Urdu, Hindi
(fluently spoken, read and written with capability for fast, simultaneous 2-way translation)

Languages II: Punjabi Gujerati, Kutchi, Bengali
(translation into English/Urdu/Hindi from oral source)

Languages III: Arabic, Farsi, & Swahili
(working knowledge, adequate for post-production with rough section translation into English/Urdu/Hindi)

Self-employed writer, broadcaster, musicologist, editor, translator and voice-over artiste. South Asian Languages Consultant for Oxford University Press.
Translation and Voice-over/dubbing, language versions of government information films (minimum wage, pensions, etc.) as well as commercials, promos and documentaries. Numerous legal and medical translations from English to Urdu/Hindi with voice-over when required.

Proof-reading and checking English translations for accuracy against original language scripts and making script adjustments to fit available picture time.

Voice-overs for Government (and NGO) information films in Urdu/Hindi, some dramatised and requiring voice-dubbing with acting ability. Scripts and voice-overs have included privately sponsored projects on AIDS awareness and translations of English booklets and audio/video tapes aimed at South Asian parents in coming to terms with their children's sexuality.

Sub-titles for a number of Indian films and drama series for Channel Four Television – from Urdu/Hindi into English. Also able to supply Hindi sub-titles over English/Urdu speech.

Sony Gold Award (1998) for the series "Songs of the Sufi Mystics" (BBC World Service) Regular appearances on BBC Radio 3 & 4 and World Service as presenter, arts reviewer (Front Row, Saturday Review, Nightwaves) and contributor on talk shows (Copysnatchers, The Book Programme, Quote Unquote).

Publications (English): Two novels, ("The Feast of the Nine Virgins", Bolge L'Ouverture Publications, London 2001, "Bombay Gardens", Lulu Inc. USA 2006. Several works of non-fiction (Penguin, Orient Longman, OUP and numerous articles, essays and conference papers.

Part-time Lecturer at the Trinity College of Music – (History & Evolution of North Indian classical music).

Freelance music Journalist. Regular contributor to Songlines, a leading World Music publication and regular appearances on radio/tv programmes on World Music.

At UPITN (re-named WTN and now APTN) News & Documentaries, employed as producer, director, scriptwriter, producing a daily Arabic news programme for the Middle East and worked on a large number of UN agency (UNESCO, UNICEF, FAO, WHO) videos and Corporate films, from storyboard to post-production, as director/scriptwriter. Numerous voice-overs for other colleagues requiring quasi-Indian/Pakistani or East & South African accents on weekly Current Affairs productions such as "Roving Report" & "Crime International".

ARKAN Productions – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Viewplan PLC, producer and director of "Style International", a history of women's fashions in the 20th century.

ITN/Channel Four News/ The World this Week – Producer/Scriptwriter/Reporter.