Manny Masih

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Manny presents the popular Asian magazine Sangeet Mahal. Born as a Christian in the Punjab in India, he came here at the age of l0 in 1967. He couldn't speak any English then and by his own admission, some say it's still a little dodgy!.

He is married to Vanita who is a Hindu, and has two daughters - Rebekah and Gabriella. He describes himself as a 'people person' who enjoys talking to anyone and everyone. 'I've been to about 11 countries and have found that people are the same all over the world,' he says.

Manny has worked as a programmer for IBM and as a lecturer at Gloscat. He has also been an Air Cadets commanding officer, and a proprietor of a Traidcraft charity shop selling fairly-traded goods. He first got into broadcasting in 1988 when Radio Gloucestershire invited him onto a show to teach a novice how to use a computer - live on air and within three hours! He went on to work on the Asian programme, during which he did an interview with Yusuf Islam (the former seventies pop star Cat Stevens) in front of a live audience of about 500.