Work in Progress
AmaanWork in Progress is where I write about growing up British Pakistani in North London, the music that shaped me, and the in-between moments that stick. Every post comes with a playlist, because I can’t split the words from the sound.
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The Blast Guy
A surprising number of people at university don’t actually know my name.
They know me as “the Blast guy.”
Over the last four years I’ve been stopped in corridors, at events, in the Students’ Union and around campus by people who have look...
CD 4, Track 3
I found out a few days ago that Dippa Dosanjh, a legend of the UK Bhangra scene passed away.
And it didn’t feel real in the way these things never do. Not because I knew him personally, but because people like him don’t feel like individua...
We’ll see what happens
It’s been three months since I posted something on substack
Not in a cinematic, “I stepped away to find myself” kind of way.
More in a “life started moving at 100mph and I just didn’t get off” kind of way.
Somewhere between dissertation...
You’re one of the good ones
My grandad speaks English in RP.
Received Pronunciation. The kind of English you hear on old newsreels or on the Ten O’Clock News.
English wasn’t the language he grew up speaking. He arrived in London at fourteen, with his mother and sibl...
Work in Progress — 2025
People keep telling me this was a good year.
They’re not wrong. It was.
Things moved. Work landed in places it hadn’t before. I found myself in rooms I used to imagine from the outside. There were moments where I caught myself thinking, o...
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