We’re fighting against decades of heritage, tradition, in our own homes –but still trying to defend it all in the face of militant British liberalism. But like most Brit-Asian youth, there’s a lot more to tell. ‘I know I’m easy to box –I’m one of those suburban kids who are kicking out against their goody-two-shoes upbringing. Most of this is true, but this strange mish-mash of labels is quickly poo-pooh’d by her. Before this interview, I listened to her on the radio and imagined her to be a librarian type, a little bit nerdy, and a liberal leftie from a conservative background. Her nails are manicured and she talks with a painfully middle-class accent –evidence of her private school education, I lazily conclude. Wearing a leather jacket and with her long black bed-head hair, Rebecca is a femme, with a punk rock edge. Rebecca Idris is a bit of a rebel child –I wanted to talk to her about her ebook ‘ The Sitar’, depicting her fictional ‘Lassi Lesbians’ as they live through the grim realities of being Muslim, lesbian but most tragically of all –Midlanders.
