Major Hina Majoria, an Indian-origin medical officer in the British Army reserves, has not lost touch with her roots, indulging in many of the traditional practices that her parents and grandparents had followed.

“We celebrate Diwali, Navratri, everything. We still speak some of the language, we eat the food and that’s what I like to say to people that I have an Indian heart, I have an Indian stomach as well,” she said.

Hina is part of a British Army delegation led by Major General John Kendall, Deputy Commander Field Army, which spoke on the shared heritage between the Indian and British armed forces at the Military Literature Festival in Chandigarh on Friday.

“So, what’s my connection with India? I was born in the UK but my grandparents were born in Gujarat and my parents were born in

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