The UK music industry has rarely made ample space for South Asian women, and yet DJ Ritu has thrived and supported her community in spite of this. A key player in Britain's 1980s and '90s South Asian underground music scene as a DJ, as well as a broadcaster at the BBC, Kiss FM and more, Ritu has also worked in more behind-the-scenes roles – for example, she worked at Outcaste Records, which signed the likes of Nitin Sawhney. DJ Ritu was also a founding member of Club Shakti (now Club Kali), a prolific British South Asian LGBTQI+ organisation and party, which has given a space for queer people in our communities to come together and dance to South Asian music. To this day, Ritu continues to champion global sounds on the radio, while Club Kali continues to provide a safe haven, both online and in-person.