Background: Jayshree Patel grew up in a small village in India with her widowed mother and four sisters, facing early hardships after her father passed away. She moved to the U.S. in 1993 after ...

Hollyoaks writer Jayshree Patel has explained why she decided to pitch Maxine's upcoming special episode 'The Long Walk Home', saying that men also have a "responsibility" to make sure women feel safe ...