Sunny Hundal
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Sunny Hundal is a British Asian journalist.
He was born in London in 1977 to Sikh parents of Indian origin. He has a degree in Economics from Brunel University and has written for leading British newspapers including The Financial Times, and The Independent. He has been interviewed by ITV News, Sky News, and Channel 4 News.
Sunny Hundal is the founder and editor of Asians in Media magazine. He also runs the progressive Pickled Politics weblog, and the Barfi Culture community website, both of which deal with issues concerning the British Asian community. He is a regular contributor to 'Comment is Free' on the Guardian website, and was named as their blogger of the year in 2006. In 2007 he set up Liberal Conspiracy, a group weblog which features a number of leading left-wing bloggers.
Hundal is a prominent critic of Islamist organisation Hizb-ut-Tahrir, appearing on various talk show debates with Hizb-ut-Tahrir representatives. He is frequently critical of organisations such as the Muslim Council of Britain, MPACUK, Sikh Federation and Hindu Forum of Britain.
He is one of the founding members of the New Generation Network, a group and manifesto set up to challenge the current discourse of race relations in the UK.
