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Featuring more than 100 works, an exhibition at The Victoria Gallery and Museum is exploring the legacies of British colonial rule in India and the experiences of people of Indian heritage currently living in Britain. Indian Perspectives features work from Tony Phillips and Jasmir Creed.

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00:00The Victoria Gallery and Museum's latest exhibition explores the legacies of British colonial

00:05rule of India and experiences of people of Indian heritage living in Britain.

00:11Liverpool is one of the most friendliest cities and I can say from my own experience, having

00:16been over a year here in Liverpool, that it's been absolutely fantastic. Every person that

00:21you meet, not just in university, at the city centre or in the docks.

00:25Jasmeer Creed's oil paintings draw on her Anglo-Indian heritage to create large, colourful

00:30paintings reflecting on issues around identity. Meanwhile, Liverpool-born artist Tony Phillips

00:36uses his characteristic socially engaged drawings to look at the impact British rule had on

00:41India and its people.

00:43So I didn't want people necessarily to think, oh, you know, the British Empire was a bad

00:47thing and per se. I mean, it was a bad thing, but that's not the point because it was just

00:53no different from any other empire in that respect. It was an empire, but if we're going

00:57to learn something from it, I think we need to learn about our failings as human beings.

01:02Indian Perspectives features more than 100 works, including drawings, paintings and video.

01:07My role is to make sure that people understand something about the relationship between our

01:12historical past and the present, you know.

01:17A short film's also been commissioned for the exhibition, which features four University

01:21of Liverpool students from India discussing their life in Liverpool. From ballroom dancing

01:26to photography, the film captures the passions of these students who are studying in the

01:30city.

01:31Seeing the exhibit today is such a nice way to see how others view our culture and to

01:36take in the perception of Indian culture. So it was a great experience overall.

01:42I know there are a lot of Indian students who are very sceptical about coming to the

01:45UK at this point of time. So me, as an international student, I wanted to clear the perceptions

01:50that they have about the UK as well, and the fears and anxiety as any student who's coming

01:54down to the UK.

01:55Indian Perspectives runs until Saturday 26th of April.

New Liverpool exhibition explores Indian perspectives - it's my second home now

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