Belfast Mela founder Nisha Tandon on 45 years since making a new life in NI

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'I hadn't a clue about the place when I first arrived'

It's almost 45 years since Indian-native Nisha Tandon first set foot in Northern Ireland on a very dreary and wet summer day.

Born and educated in Dehli, an arranged marriage first brought a 20-year-old Nisha here in 1977, at the height of The Troubles. Nisha had studied at the National School of Drama in New Delhi but on her arrival here, she found it challenging to find work in theatres where she could use her talents. "My mother-in-law started to get items she needed stocked in a shop in Omagh and so many people in Belfast would end up going there for their shopping. An Asian supermarket also opened up on University Street but it was bombed so many times."

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