Mind the gap is a common cliché used by Londoners. A common warning heard at the London Underground Station. This © Vlogumentary is an investigation into the metaphorical London Underground: Stories, ideas and thoughts which might never surface unless we push and probe. It is an investigation of into the minds of the people of a multicultural London who face thousands of messages everyday from the media.

How immune are we to the messages that are sent out to us with hidden agendas. Do we possess the ability to filter out what is relevant to us and make our own assumptions at the end of the day? Do we see someone we meet as a person first and then their background? In short do we know when to mind the gap?

Share Mind the Gap is a community which is open and accessible to anyone and everyone who wants to share similar ideas with the rest of the world. The community itself will grow as people join and share their own experiences of the gap. It is a circle outside of the circle.

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Chapter1

2:45 mins

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Breaking News: While this incident raised a lot of questions in our minds it also triggered the whole idea of “Mind the Gap”. I decided that I wanted to work on the interactions and feelings after the 7/7 in London and being a Pakistani, I wanted to investigate the rumours and images that people might associate with an identity: A study into the metaphorical London Underground

Chapter 2

6:40 mins

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Reflections- London House: An international student residence that houses the most diverse group of post graduate students from around the world consolidated under one roof, and I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to carry out a discussion with a few friends to search first, within ourselves the questions that we are faced with today. If we are not critical of ourselves then we can not point fingers at others because they will point it back to us.

Chapter 3

1:30 mins

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Bloomsbury- Inside the Circle: When you meet anyone new in a multicultural city like London, not surprisingly, the first question you are asked is “Where are you from?” In today’s globalised world or as they say that "the world is getting smaller", can we really escape our background in our daily communications or are human interactions more complex than that?

Chapter 4

2:30 mins

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Camden Town- Outside the Circle: Coming out of the comfort zone and exploring other ideas and worlds is the only way to stop self obsessing and realise that there is so much more to a culture and common people than what we watch on television. Are we becoming a passive culture, a culture which is content with what they have? Too afraid to raise their voice or can I just say simply, too lazy.

Chapter 5

6:25 mins

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Oxford Circus- Outside the Circle: Does the word “Islam” arouse a sense of fear and anxiety in the western world? Can we look beyond fixed identities and find a person beneath the exterior, the exterior of a label”Don’t Panic I’m Islamic”.

Chapter 6

1:30 mins

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Mind the Gap- Conclusion: Mixed reactions but isn’t that the beauty of it all, the diversity. My experiments and interrogations lead me to a pleasant surprise getting out of my comfort zone and finding out for myself was the best experience. It left me positive and most of all I believe in people and a few good men can out do the bad apples anywhere in the world. Yes you can say it I am an idealist but then without my idealism, I wouldn’t have made it.