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On this week's Neutralizing Workplace Racism, we confront a devastating surge of economic warfare, structural negligence, and physical violence targeting Black and non-white employees. As the summer heat intensifies, corporate entities and state actors are shifting liabilities directly onto the backs of non-white workers. We break down the explosive new legal filings and news reports that track the systematic destruction of safety and security on the clock: 1. The Milwaukee Garbage Truck Explosion: We dissect the horrific incident where a city sanitation worker suffered severe eye injuries after improperly disposed oxygen tanks exploded during the truck's compacting process. We look past the administrative public relations to analyze the extreme, unpredictable physical hazards shifted directly onto laborers on the ground. 2. The Wisconsin DWD Fake Hearing Scam: We expose a sophisticated multi-state fraud campaign targeted primarily at Spanish-speaking injured laborers. Fraudsters staged elaborate, fake online workers' compensation "hearings"—complete with fake judges and bailiffs—to steal over $30,000 in bogus legal fees, demonstrating the ruthless victimization of non-white workers navigating administrative systems. 3. The Punjabi Immigrant Trucker Purge: We scrutinize President Donald Trump's aggressive proposal to explicitly replace 130,000 undocumented immigrant truck drivers—heavily consisting of Punjabi and Sikh workers—with American military veterans. We deconstruct this economic warfare to reveal how the state manipulates labor pipelines to strip independent livelihood away from targeted non-white communities. 4. The Nursing Shortage Gender Initiative: We evaluate a university's targeted campaign rolling out a "welcome mat" to actively recruit men into the nursing field amid a structural healthcare staffing shortage. We look at the systemic maneuvers that prioritize gender-balancing corporate initiatives over addressing the hyper-exploitative working environments on the floor. 5. The North County Restaurant Citation: We break down the camera footage and subsequent citation of a local establishment after an employee exploitation probe. We analyze the transactional mechanics of customer-facing environments where small businesses cut corners on safety and wage compliance, trapping non-white staff in volatile conditions. 6. The DeKalb County Sheriff Hostile Environment Verdict: We examine the federal jury verdict finding DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox guilty of creating a sexually hostile work environment for female jailers. We deconstruct the toxic institutional defense narrative that told female guards being subjected to sexual acts and rape threats by inmates was just "part of the job," highlighting the complete failure of management accountability. 7. The Ignored Shooter Warning Logs: We dissect unsealed email records revealing that a workplace shooter explicitly warned corporate management about escalating, volatile friction long before opening fire. This tragedy stands as a grim validation of our thesis: corporate management will willfully ignore everyday hostility and unaddressed HR complaints until they boil over into bloodshed. Between infrastructure explosions, fraudulent legal proceedings, structural economic purges, and unheeded workplace warnings, survival remains your only valid metric of success. Your absolute priority on the clock is no longer corporate validation or climbing a rigged ladder—it is implementing a strict "Workplace Matters Only" code, maintaining absolute silence on personal affairs, and limiting your daily footprint to survive your shift alive and in one piece. #SurviveYourShift #SafetyFirst #TheCOWS17Years #CounterRacism #WorkplaceViolence INVEST in The COWS! PayPal: [http://paypal.me/TheCOWS](http://paypal.me/TheCOWS) Cash App: [https://cash.app/$TheCOWS](https://cash.app/$TheCOWS) CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE: 564943# #EndStageWhiteSupremacy #TheCOWS17Years #CounterRacism #MediaLiteracy #NolanWells #SadeRobinson #DanielErving
What happens when God calls a physical chemistry scientist to become a world-class soprano — and she says yes?In this episode of Live Your Best Life, Liz Wright sits down with Saira Peter — British-Pakistani soprano, world's first Sufi Opera singer, founder of NJ Arts London and the Saira Arts Academy, and recipient of the She Leads the Nations Award at the US Congress, February 2026.Saira shares her extraordinary journey from science to song, her experiences performing in conflict zones, her commitment to using music as a tool for peace and cultural understanding, and what it means to live in total obedience to God's call. She is currently working on a Sufi opera and New Testament songs in Punjabi with a vision to reach millions.Connect with Saira Peter: Website: https://www.njarts.co.uk Saira Arts Academy: https://www.sairaarts.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SairaPeterRelated MaterialsJoin the International Mentoring Community IMC, to facilitate a safe environment where like-minded people at any stage of their walk can enter into a deeper experience of Jesus. Liz Wright will mentor you each week through revelatory teaching, powerful testimonies and the grace to step into life-changing encounters with Jesus.https://www.jointheimc.com/
This SBS Punjabi radio program brings you all the updates related to the Punjabi community living in Australia and across the world. From small businesses in Victoria struggling to stay afloat during the cost-of-living crisis to the latest laws related to photography in Australia, listen to the latest happenings in this program. Do not miss the updates from the FIFA World Cup in your mother tongue, Punjabi. Click on the audio button to enjoy all this and fun banter in Punjabi. - ਐਸ ਬੀ ਐਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਰੇਡੀਓ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਅਤੇ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਭਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਢੇਰ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਅਪਡੇਟਸ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਭਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਹਿਣ-ਸਹਿਣ ਦੇ ਸੰਕਟ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਛੋਟੇ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰਾਂ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਆਉਂਦੀਆਂ ਪਰੇਸ਼ਾਨੀਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਫੋਟੋਗ੍ਰਾਫੀ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਨਵੀਨਤਮ ਕਾਨੂੰਨਾਂ ਤੱਕ, ਸਾਡੇ ਆਲੇ ਦੁਆਲੇ ਵਾਪਰ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਤਾਜ਼ਾ ਘਟਨਾਵਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਵੇਰਵੇ ਸੁਣੋ। ਆਪਣੀ ਮਾਂ-ਬੋਲੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਫੀਫਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਕੱਪ ਦੇ ਅਪਡੇਟਸ ਵੀ ਸੁਣਨਾ ਨਾ ਭੁਲਣਾ। ਇਹ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਮਜ਼ੇਦਾਰ ਗੱਲਾਂਬਾਤਾਂ ਸੁਣਨ ਲਈ ਆਡੀਓ ਬਟਨ 'ਤੇ ਕਲਿੱਕ ਕਰੋ।
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Can a Punjabi course really make you fluent? Not by itself.In this episode, I explain why learning grammar rules and vocabulary isn't enough to speak Punjabi confidently. Just like reading a workout plan won't build muscle, knowing a language doesn't mean you can use it. Fluency comes from consistent practice—listening, speaking, making mistakes, and using Punjabi every day.If you've ever felt stuck despite studying, this episode will show you what actually works and how to make real progress toward speaking Punjabi like a native.This podcast is for people who want to learn real, conversational Punjabi and understand Punjabi culture.Here, you'll learn the difference between textbook Punjabi and the Punjabi people actually speak in daily life. I explain words, sentences, and expressions step by step, so even beginners can follow easily.If your goal is to speak Punjabi confidently, not just memorize grammar rules, this podcast is for you.Subscribe or follow to keep learning regularly.If you want to support my work or get extra Punjabi lessons and content, you can check out my Patreon.1 on 1 private classes/Patreon membership ⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/amrinder69 Get my Punjabi pronouns ebook ⬇️https://mailchi.mp/40bd16240e52/untitled-pageSupport through PayPal⬇️https://www.paypal.me/amrinder69Check out my Punjabi Roots & Routes podcast ⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/033uSIpdkis1U4Zq6PHOd5?si=WUsmaGsuRt6SfefvfEVT1wCheck out The Amrinder Singh Podcast (Punjabi podcast)⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/46YPbbiIk0BDhnO6QDSxVC?si=JBgiZf9rQMaWBnN0aM1LuA&dd=1Youtube ⬇️https://youtube.com/amrindermkInstagram ⬇️https://instagram.com/colloquial.punjabi?igshid=MDE2OWE1N2Q=Contact with me⬇️Email: amrinder.s.shergill@gmail.com Telegram : Amrinder_mk#learnpunjabi
What makes someone run towards places most people are desperate to escape?Long before Ravi Singh became one of Britain's most remarkable humanitarian figures, he was a child caught between worlds: born in Singapore, raised in a Punjabi village, and brought to Britain at 11, where he encountered racism, loss and dislocation almost as soon as he arrived. Years later, he would go on to found Khalsa Aid, the international relief organisation known for delivering aid in some of the most dangerous and devastated places on earth.In this episode of Full Disclosure, James O'Brien sits down with Ravi to trace the experiences that shaped his lifelong commitment to service - from a childhood marked by community, faith and hardship, to the moment he realised that compassion could become a form of action in the face of injustice.Ravi reflects on growing up in a village shared by Sikh, Muslim and Hindu families, losing his father at a young age, and arriving in Britain unable to speak English, where he was confronted almost immediately by racism and exclusion. He describes the values instilled by his mother, the discipline and belonging he found in the Air Cadets, and the personal and political awakening that followed news of atrocities in Punjab.They discuss faith, identity and activism; the Sikh principles of seva and Sarbat Da Bhala; the founding of Khalsa Aid during the Kosovo crisis; and what it means to deliver practical help in places devastated by war, displacement and disaster - from Iraq and Syria to Somerset and Slough.Passionate, reflective and deeply moving, this is a conversation about loss, service, solidarity and the moral courage required to see other people's suffering as your own.Find out more about Khalsa Aid here Full Disclosure is a Global ProductionListen or watch every Friday on Global Player, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.
In 1914 the British-built and Japanese-owned steamship Komagata Maru left Hong Kong for Vancouver carrying 376 Punjabi migrants. Chartered by railway contractor and purported rubber planter Gurdit Singh, the ship and its passengers were denied entry into Canada and two months later were deported to Calcutta. In Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire (Duke University Press, 2018) Renisa Mawani retells this well-known story of the Komagata Maru. Drawing on "oceans as method"—a mode of thinking and writing that repositions land and sea—Mawani examines the historical and conceptual stakes of situating histories of Indian migration within maritime worlds. Through close readings of the ship, the manifest, the trial, and the anticolonial writings of Singh and others, Mawani argues that the Komagata Maru's landing raised urgent questions regarding the jurisdictional tensions between the common law and admiralty law, and, ultimately, the legal status of the sea. By following the movements of a single ship and bringing oceans into sharper view, Mawani traces British imperial power through racial, temporal, and legal contests and offers a novel method of writing colonial legal history. The conversation also covers how the book, published in 2018, has shaped the author's more recent work as well as how historical methods and approaches have evolved in the years since publication. Helen Dewar is an historian of the Atlantic World and French colonization in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. She is a professor of history at the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada) and the author of Disputing New France: Companies, Sovereignty and Law in the French Atlantic, 1598-1663 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022). Helen's institutional website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
In 1914 the British-built and Japanese-owned steamship Komagata Maru left Hong Kong for Vancouver carrying 376 Punjabi migrants. Chartered by railway contractor and purported rubber planter Gurdit Singh, the ship and its passengers were denied entry into Canada and two months later were deported to Calcutta. In Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire (Duke University Press, 2018) Renisa Mawani retells this well-known story of the Komagata Maru. Drawing on "oceans as method"—a mode of thinking and writing that repositions land and sea—Mawani examines the historical and conceptual stakes of situating histories of Indian migration within maritime worlds. Through close readings of the ship, the manifest, the trial, and the anticolonial writings of Singh and others, Mawani argues that the Komagata Maru's landing raised urgent questions regarding the jurisdictional tensions between the common law and admiralty law, and, ultimately, the legal status of the sea. By following the movements of a single ship and bringing oceans into sharper view, Mawani traces British imperial power through racial, temporal, and legal contests and offers a novel method of writing colonial legal history. The conversation also covers how the book, published in 2018, has shaped the author's more recent work as well as how historical methods and approaches have evolved in the years since publication. Helen Dewar is an historian of the Atlantic World and French colonization in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. She is a professor of history at the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada) and the author of Disputing New France: Companies, Sovereignty and Law in the French Atlantic, 1598-1663 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022). Helen's institutional website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies
In 1914 the British-built and Japanese-owned steamship Komagata Maru left Hong Kong for Vancouver carrying 376 Punjabi migrants. Chartered by railway contractor and purported rubber planter Gurdit Singh, the ship and its passengers were denied entry into Canada and two months later were deported to Calcutta. In Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire (Duke University Press, 2018) Renisa Mawani retells this well-known story of the Komagata Maru. Drawing on "oceans as method"—a mode of thinking and writing that repositions land and sea—Mawani examines the historical and conceptual stakes of situating histories of Indian migration within maritime worlds. Through close readings of the ship, the manifest, the trial, and the anticolonial writings of Singh and others, Mawani argues that the Komagata Maru's landing raised urgent questions regarding the jurisdictional tensions between the common law and admiralty law, and, ultimately, the legal status of the sea. By following the movements of a single ship and bringing oceans into sharper view, Mawani traces British imperial power through racial, temporal, and legal contests and offers a novel method of writing colonial legal history. The conversation also covers how the book, published in 2018, has shaped the author's more recent work as well as how historical methods and approaches have evolved in the years since publication. Helen Dewar is an historian of the Atlantic World and French colonization in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. She is a professor of history at the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada) and the author of Disputing New France: Companies, Sovereignty and Law in the French Atlantic, 1598-1663 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022). Helen's institutional website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law
Preparations for the 17th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) are in full swing, with the event set to take place in Melbourne from 13 to 23 August 2026. This year, over 130 films in over 30 languages will be showcased, with Sitaare Zameen Par, Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1, and Saiyaara receiving the highest number of nominations. Notably, Punjabi cinema will also have a special representation at this year's festival, including Anmolveer Sidhu's film "Kikkran De Phull" featured in the lineup. - 17ਵੇਂ ਇੰਡੀਅਨ ਫਿਲਮ ਫੈਸਟੀਵਲ ਆਫ਼ ਮੈਲਬਰਨ (IFFM) ਦੀਆਂ ਤਿਆਰੀਆਂ ਪੂਰੇ ਜ਼ੋਰਾਂ 'ਤੇ ਹਨ, ਜੋ 13 ਤੋਂ 23 ਅਗਸਤ 2026 ਤੱਕ ਮੈਲਬਨ 'ਚ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ। ਇਸ ਸਾਲ 130 ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਫ਼ਿਲਮਾਂ 30 ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਭਾਸ਼ਾਵਾਂ 'ਚ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ ਜਾਣਗੀਆਂ, ਜਿੰਨ੍ਹਾਂ 'ਚ ਸਿਤਾਰੇ ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਪਰ, ਕੰਤਾਰਾ: ਅ ਲੇਜੰਡ ਚੈਪਟਰ ਵਨ, ਸੈਯਾਰਾ (Saiyaara) ਵਰਗੀਆਂ ਫ਼ਿਲਮਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਨਾਮਜ਼ਦ ਹੋਈਆਂ ਹਨ। ਖਾਸ ਗੱਲ ਇਹ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਇਸ ਵਾਰ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਿਨੇਮਾ ਦੀ ਵੀ ਖਾਸ ਨੁਮਾਇੰਦਗੀ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ, ਜਿਸ 'ਚ ਅਨਮੋਲਵੀਰ ਸਿੱਧੂ ਦੀ ਫ਼ਿਲਮ "ਕਿੱਕਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਫੁੱਲ" ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੈ।
In 1914 the British-built and Japanese-owned steamship Komagata Maru left Hong Kong for Vancouver carrying 376 Punjabi migrants. Chartered by railway contractor and purported rubber planter Gurdit Singh, the ship and its passengers were denied entry into Canada and two months later were deported to Calcutta. In Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire (Duke University Press, 2018) Renisa Mawani retells this well-known story of the Komagata Maru. Drawing on "oceans as method"—a mode of thinking and writing that repositions land and sea—Mawani examines the historical and conceptual stakes of situating histories of Indian migration within maritime worlds. Through close readings of the ship, the manifest, the trial, and the anticolonial writings of Singh and others, Mawani argues that the Komagata Maru's landing raised urgent questions regarding the jurisdictional tensions between the common law and admiralty law, and, ultimately, the legal status of the sea. By following the movements of a single ship and bringing oceans into sharper view, Mawani traces British imperial power through racial, temporal, and legal contests and offers a novel method of writing colonial legal history. The conversation also covers how the book, published in 2018, has shaped the author's more recent work as well as how historical methods and approaches have evolved in the years since publication. Helen Dewar is an historian of the Atlantic World and French colonization in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. She is a professor of history at the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada) and the author of Disputing New France: Companies, Sovereignty and Law in the French Atlantic, 1598-1663 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022). Helen's institutional website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies
APEX Express is a weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. This Thursday APEX Express proudly presents “South Asians and The Labor Justice Movement.” This episode highlights Sandhya Jha, a pastor, founder and former Executive Director of the Oakland Peace Center, and racial, housing, and labor justice activist. In the first half of the episode, we discuss Sandhya's life, their path into organizing, and what they're up to now. The second half is dedicated to their recent project with the South Asian American Digital Archive's Archival Creators Fellowship Program. This episode was interviewed, produced, and edited by Swati Rayasam Follow @Sandhya Jha on Facebook and check out Sandhya's website https://sandhyajha.com/ APEX Express is a weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Listen to the episode live on KPFA 94.1 in San Francisco, 89.3 in Berkeley, and online at KPFA.org. References throughout the Show and Links: Without Fear Consulting Interfaith Alliance Oakland Peace Center Book – Blueprint for a Revolution Book – The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad Podcast – Bending Toward Justice: Avatar the Last Airbender for the Global Majority The Alliance of South Asians Taking Action – ASATA Bay Area Solidarity Summer South Asian American Digital Archive Archival Creators Fellowship Program Sandhya Jha's project, you can listen to all of the oral histories here. Solidarity Forever Online Exhibit Arab Resource and Organizing Center Block the Boat No Tech for Apartheid University of California Labor Center Equality Labs California Trade Justice Coalition NAFCON – National Alliance for Filipino Concerns Filipino Community Center Madhvi Trivedi Patak Transcript [00:00:00] Miata Tan: Hello and welcome! You are tuning in to APEX Express—a weekly radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. I'm your host, Miata Tan. Tonight we're revisiting an episode from our archives, first aired January 5th, 2023. We're bringing it back this week in honor of South Asian American Heritage Month. This one centers Sandhya Jha — a pastor, organizer, and founder of the Oakland Peace Center — in conversation with APEX producer Swati Rayasam. The first half traces Sandhya's path into organizing, from a labor campaign at Johns Hopkins to two decades of interfaith and racial justice work. The second half digs into Sandhya's project with the South Asian American Digital Archive, where she spent a year interviewing South Asian workers inside the labor movement — collecting stories that don't usually make it into the archive. Here's Swati Rayasam in conversation with Sandhya Jha. [00:01:00] Swati Rayasam: I'm really excited actually today to talk to Sandhya Jha, who is a really close friend of mine. Hi Sandhya. Hi there. Sandhya is, a Pastor is a consultant and has been working on this really amazing project with the South Asian American Digital Archive that will get into later in the episode. But yeah, Sandhya I'm just really excited to learn more about you and to hear more of your story and, let's just dive in. [00:01:26] Swati Rayasam: Absolutely. [00:01:27] Swati Rayasam: We should first talk a little bit about how we know each other, you have this long organizing background. I've been in the Bay Area for the past seven years and I would be totally lying if I said I have not historically been, or I'm not even currently an active fangirl of yours. You are literally a pastor. You are a movement worker, how did you get involved in organizing? [00:01:53] Sandhya Jha: Yeah. So I am the product of my parents who were generous, compassionate [00:02:00] people who thought about the world beyond themselves, but were never involved in organizing or activism or anything like that. I think for anybody who comes from immigrant backgrounds, it's hard to tell our stories without naming who we come from. Right. And so my father was Sunil Kumar Jha from the village of Tildanga in West Bengal. My mother, who is still alive is Jeanette Campbell Jha. She is from Glasgow. So I come from a mixed religion and mixed race home. My parents chose not to name me Sandhya Campbell Jha not to give me that kind of grounding, but I was called Sandhya Rani Jha, which is a lot to live up to, well, yes, Rani does mean Queen. But it was actually handed down to me, part of the reason they wanted that middle name was it was my aunt's name, Durga Rani Upadhyay and she was the one who really [00:03:00] brokered my mother's acceptance into the Indian family and I think that there was something about being accepted on the Indian side of the family and not for many, many years on the Scottish side. That caused my parents and particularly my mother to double down on making sure I knew who I came from and who I came from was my people in the village of Tildanga. [00:03:23] Sandhya Jha: I grew up in Akron, Ohio, so we immigrated to this country when I was a toddler, in the late 1970s, which was a complicated time for Asian immigrants to be in the Midwest because it was a time that the rust belt was rusting and there was a growing sense that we were the reason. But also I grew up alongside folks who were trying to figure out how to put food on the table. So I think that landscape shaped me in a lot of ways. And I also come from people who grew up in poor working communities. And[00:04:00] when I went off to college, there was an organizing campaign. The board of directors of the university had created a for-profit corporation with the exact same board. [00:04:15] Swati Rayasam: Oh wow. [00:04:16] Sandhya Jha: So that the universities could subcontract all of their catering, all of their custodial work to this… basically Shell corporation. [00:04:28] Swati Rayasam: Are we telling on the university? [00:04:29] Sandhya Jha: Mm, Yeah. Why not? It was Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and I think that's relevant because the tension between Black communities next to Johns Hopkins Medical School and the school itself were very real because this was part of a very long history of exploiting community members. So the workers were organizing, and you know, I had read about activism, I cared about it. I paid as much attention as I could for a high school student. But when I got to college, this organizing [00:05:00] campaign was going, and the workers were really clear, Hey, college kids who are excited about this, we do have a role for you. It's to fill the crowd. It's to cheer us on. It's to when we ask you communicate to the university that our well-being matters to you because they will listen to you in different ways. But the campaign centered the workers and was really clear with us about what our role was because we were the folks with all the privilege by getting to be there, right? We had tons of privilege and it was a really good lesson for me. I am so grateful. The first organizing campaign I was a part of was a labor campaign that understood what it meant to center the people who were the most impacted by injustice and I think that shaped the rest of my career. [00:05:46] Swati Rayasam: And that's so special too because I think for many people who come into organizing, and I will definitely cop to this myself, like coming up and organizing through high school and college level organizing. When you are a student, nobody ever [00:06:00] tells you that actually you are the least useful kind of organizer that exists. Right. You are in this incredibly enclaved community. Your oppressor, the university, all they have to do is wait for you to graduate institutional memory will not keep you. Yeah. Right. And I think that it is, it's this perfect storm of, you have actually sometimes cool ideas, sometimes very rudimentary ideas, but you also have this turnover issue and you have this sense of self import, which often comes with your teens, early twenties. Yep. As you're just figuring all of that out. So Yeah, self differentiation, right? It's a narcissistic phase in our development. . [00:06:46] Swati Rayasam: It absolutely is and I think that's so important, and I can't imagine how my life would be shaped if I didn't have to spend a lot of time unlearning the self import and narcissism that I had gained through student [00:07:00] organizing. [00:07:00] Sandhya Jha: Yeah. No, I am really, really grateful for it. [00:07:02] Sandhya Jha: My first job outta college was working for a member of Congress, which sounds super fancy and pretentious, but, a member of congress from Akron, Ohio. So put that all in perspective. His name, believe it or not, was Tom Sawyer. Oh, wow. What I loved about Tom was back in those days, he believed very strongly that 80% of legislation was nonpartisan and that was the part that he spent most of his time on. He would weigh in with his party, when they were dealing with that 20% pretty consistently. But he was more interested in the stuff that everybody could agree on and I remember for about 15 years after I worked for him, I looked back and found myself thinking that was so naive. How did he not understand where we were about to head with the divisions between the political parties? But at this point in my life, I realize the people I respect most in organizing work keep pointing out that the binary of [00:08:00] left and right actually doesn't serve us very well. One of my biggest heroes in the movement right now is the Reverend Dr. William Barber, [00:08:07] Swati Rayasam: Hometown hero of mine. Yes. [00:08:09] Sandhya Jha: Poor People's campaign from North Carolina. And he always talks about how it's not about right and left. It's about right and wrong. And it turns out that when we engage in organizing with the awareness that there are huge swaths of things that most of us are well served by, we can do better organizing. And that was actually how Tom was legislating. And at a certain point I realized that my deep passion was around racial justice, but the distinct experience I had in a multi religious household was an awareness of how religion was being used as a weapon. I had an obsession. Every paper in college I wrote was about the Christian coalition, this right wing, organizing body in the nineties. So a friend of mine [00:09:00] said, You know, there's an interfaith organization working against the Christian Coalition. And it was called the Interfaith Alliance. Her mom had been a superintendent in Washington state in eastern Washington and was a pretty conservative person by my standards. [00:09:18] Sandhya Jha: But, Dr. Chow believed in multiculturalism and believed in teaching evolution. And the Christian coalition had organized to push her out of her position as superintendent and the Interfaith Alliance of Washington State had supported her in that time. [00:09:38] Sandhya Jha: And so Liz said, you know, they've got a national chapter, a national office. And that's where I ended up, cutting my adult organizing teeth which was great because talk about learning lessons for our current moment where religion is being weaponized in ways that are anti-trans, that are anti-queer, that are anti-women, that [00:10:00] are anti reproductive rights, that are anti-immigrant and refugee. I am really grateful to have experienced the power of multi-faith organizing, around a lot of those same issues. So that was what I did in the early two thousands and then I went to seminary and public policy school, and then I ended up out here pastoring a congregation of 10 people in a building of 40,000 square feet. [00:10:29] Sandhya Jha: And long story short, that's how the Oakland Peace Center was born, was out of this dream of cultivating deeper collaboration among nonprofits who were dedicated to a shared cause. The Oakland Peace Center, which is a collective of 40 different nonprofits committed to dismantling the root causes of violence in our community. I was the founder of that organization and it was when I was pastoring First Christian Church of Oakland that I asked the handful of folks who were members of that church, what they wanted to [00:11:00] contribute to the community, and they said they wanted to contribute peace in the midst of violence. And for a dozen folks to have given birth to a space that in non pandemic years, saw over a hundred thousand people do things like the Lawyers for Black Lives Conference and to do Kingian non-violence training and to be a part of food and clothing distribution, to participate in all the very diverse ways that we can create peace is pretty impressive. [00:11:30] Sandhya Jha: And a couple of years ago, I left the Oakland Peace Center because a colleague of mine said, Anybody can run a non-profit. We need you to do what you're actually good at, and what she meant by that was we need more people of color doing diversity, equity, and inclusion work that is actually grounded in power analysis. That isn't just how do we be nicer to each other in the workplace, but how do we recognize the ways that systems of white supremacy [00:12:00] unconsciously often shape the culture of our workplaces? And what do we do to dismantle that white supremacy culture so that we can be building nonprofits and institutions of higher education and faith organizations, and even corporations that are dedicated to our full liberation, our liberation, the lands liberation. [00:12:23] Swati Rayasam: I mean coming, especially from the place that you come in grassroots organizing and in faith based organizing, what is it actually to transition into this kind of consulting space around racial justice and really interface with a lot of people that I feel like as organizers, we don't really talk to? [00:12:42] Sandhya Jha: One of my favorite things about this shift in my work is I love getting to work with folks who don't think of themselves as organizers, who, it turns out are organizers, Right. I think we sometimes create a cult of here's what an organizer looks like, you [00:13:00] have to be a Martin Luther King or a Cesar Chavez and what I love is getting to work with moms and with teenagers and with folks who think of themselves as caring, compassionate, individuals, and when I go into an organization and work with their handful of folks who care about this issue, the DEI team, I get to teach them how to strategically organize. I get to teach them how do you create culture shift over time? I get to teach them how do you figure out who your allies are? How do you figure out how to move people who are neutral? It turns out that there are a lot more organizers out there than we realize if we don't create one definition of what an organizer needs to look like. [00:13:45] Swati Rayasam: I have been reading this political scholar Eqbal Ahmed, who really talks about the way the burden is on those of us who are deeply committed to movement work, narrow definition people, the burden is really on us to try and [00:14:00] create a liberatory future that feels both achievable. Mm-hmm. and safe for everybody. Because when people engage in mass struggle and in revolution, there are people who are a hundred percent willing to put their lives on the line. People who are willing to die for the cause. And we absolutely need those people. And there are many people along the spectrum who, if you can create a future that feels like it's within their grasp, they will come with you. [00:14:30] Sandhya Jha: Yep. I teach a lot of organizing classes and have gotten a chance to teach alongside my beloved colleague BK Woodson at Allen Temple Baptist Church, they have a leadership institute there. And one of the books we use is Blueprint for a Revolution by Srđa Popović. And I feel like I learned a lot as we read that book together and thought about how to apply it to the work we're doing in Oakland. They talked about how by engaging in nonviolent direct action, [00:15:00] they created space for elders to be a part of their work and youth to be a part of their work and families to be a part of their work. By making the movement playful. They gave people hope and gave people courage because dictators are terrified of being mocked. [00:15:17] Swati Rayasam: Yeah, exactly. And I think by being really restrictive or narrow about who we view as actually valuable organizers. And I think labor movements teach us this a lot, right? We really cut ourselves off at the knees on our ability to build a network or to be in touch with the general population, many of whom are more connected than we ever give them credit for. [00:15:41] Sandhya Jha: Yeah. Yep. it's part of why I love labor organizing. I talk with a lot of people who are disenchanted with organizing who ask me how I can have stayed involved for the past 25 years. And why I've been able to stay in it is cuz I'm organizing alongside workers and they have [00:16:00] full lives. And the work that they're doing in the movement is so that they can live their full lives. And there's something about having that perspective and recognizing the why all the time instead of getting lost in the weeds of the what. Is so important in this work. I think that has been a big theme of my organizing life is how do we build to the greatest common denominator? As my friend BK often says how do we build towards those shared values that often get erased when we are engaged in the right versus left debate. [00:16:39] Swati Rayasam: Yeah. I think that it is so important and I also think that it's really hard in this moment of what feels like constant trauma and re trauma. [00:16:51] Swati Rayasam: And to some extent especially when we're talking about the left right dichotomy there are real concerns [00:17:00] about safety. Yep. And there are real concerns about security and who you are in community with and who you can find even the smallest level of acceptance from to ensure that you won't have violence visited upon you. And I think that these conversations of united front organizing, Right. trying to bridge across difference mm-hmm. for a shared goal, for a shared liberatory future Yep. Are really important. And they feel kind of impossible to achieve right now. [00:17:31] Sandhya Jha: It's interesting cuz I think that in many ways that is true. There are a lot of conversations that I think people with privilege expect, people who are marginalized to engage in. And those expectations are unfair, what I found very frustrating was the number of people with a lot of privilege who would be like, Ugh, I just can't talk to those people. And I'm like, Then who's going to? Exactly. and so I do think that some of this is about being willing to have [00:18:00] hard conversations in the places where we have privilege and recognizing who's at actual risk and showing up in ways that are protective of who is at risk. But that doesn't mean walking away from people who aren't where we are. Right. Because the fact of the matter is everybody's on a journey. And I have watched at the same time some of the disposability culture in movements write off people without giving them any way to address harm, repair harm, and find a pathway back into community. [00:18:41] Swati Rayasam: Yeah. And I think that's why, at least I am feeling really hopeful about, what I've seen over the past couple of years, this really important track into transformative justice and restorative justice, to acknowledge that there is harm that has happened, there are harms that happen every day between people. [00:19:00] And also we are all on our own journey to unlearn the things that we have been taught either directly or indirectly by our upbringing, by our environment and that you cannot easily dispose of people and that people are able to come back into community. Now that comes with a very important caveat that like they recognize the harm. Mm-hmm. that. They have done or how they've been party to it, that they acknowledge that there is healing work that needs to be done both with the person that they harmed and also probably in internally. [00:19:35] Sandhya Jha: Well, and the community, folks who don't do RJ on a regular basis tend to skip the community aspect. Yeah. That there is actually repair that needs to be done with community and there's work community needs to do to figure out how to re-embrace reabsorb people who have done harm in ways that still protect the person who's been harmed. [00:19:55] Swati Rayasam: Exactly. In ways that do not erase the harm that has happened, but [00:20:00] acknowledge, contextualize it and say, Okay, we are patching this and we are working to move forward in step with each other. Absolutely. [00:20:09] Sandhya Jha: Can I just say that one of the other things that I think you and I have in common is a real passion for bringing joy back into the work of Justice I quote Fabiana Rodriguez a lot on this particular thing, because I was at an event she was doing eons ago, and she looked out at us and most of us were activists and she said, Listen, y ‘all you keep inviting people to a struggle. I'm on your side and I don't wanna join a struggle. I want to join a party. And that was like a call to arms for me when I heard her say that. I was like, Oh my gosh, you're right. We are so much more fun. Like, I've hung out with people who are anti-trans and anti queer and anti-immigrant and anti refugee. They are not fun people. No, no. We have all of the best parties. So I don't know why we don't [00:21:00] capitalize on that more. So I think the role of joy and justice is so important. And this is why I was so excited to have you on the podcast that I launched recently. [00:21:11] Sandhya Jha: Right. Bending Towards Justice Avatar the last Airbender for the Global Majority. [00:21:15] Swati Rayasam: So literally like bringing it together. Two of my favorite things right, is like TV shows, wholesome TV shows like Avatar, The Last Airbender that I deeply love and organizing. Yes. All the work that I love. And I think it's true You know, what is actually really the important work is to work to build toward a future that is desirable Yep. That people want to be a part of. Yeah. That people can see happen. Yeah. And I think that is a lot of the difficulty that I have seen in some organizing circles. We are so well versed in what we are against and all of the things that are bad that so many people have a really hard time seeing or visioning or communicating [00:22:00] what it is that we are fighting for. Yeah. Right. And it's not enough to say, I'm fighting for a world where we can all be safe. Right. Yeah. I'm not, I'm fighting for a world where we can all take long naps in the middle of the day if we'd like to do that. Right. Yeah. But like really building and visioning that future of like, in this world in which we are all safe, there will be harm that happens. How do we deal with that? Yeah. What do we do with that? How do we make sure that it is able to keep everybody safe and also able to account for the times in which it is not able to keep everybody safe. [00:22:38] Sandhya Jha: Visionary does not have to mean naive. And we need it to be visionary. And sometimes I forget to do the visionary stuff. I've got a colleague, Dave Bell, he's a farmer who is also an anti-racism trainer and we do a lot of work together. He's a white guy who lives in White Swan, Washington, on the reservation and I remember being at a training with him and I [00:23:00] was all fired up and I was so excited about the conversations we were having and the people were really ready to do the hard work and roll up their sleeves. And Dave says to them, I would like to not have to do this work. And I'm like, What is he talking about? This is amazing. We're doing such good work. And he says, I would like for us not to have to talk about racism all the time. I would rather be farming. I would rather be, taking care of the cows in my field. [00:23:26] Sandhya Jha: I would rather be talking about my pottery work that I'm doing badly but learning how to do, I would rather be doing anything than have this conversation. But I don't get to be on the farm with the wheat, with the cows, with my bad pottery until we figured out how to do this anti-racism work. And it was a really humbling moment for me because I also get into that like I'm an organizer, that's my identity space. And it was this reminder of Dave's doing this. So he gets to live in a world where he gets to hang out in the fields and he [00:24:00] gets to, love on the cows. There's something about being reminded that we're doing this so that eventually we don't have to do it. That I think is actually visionary in its own way and it's important. [00:24:12] Swati Rayasam: Moving into a little bit more of the grit of like why I asked you to be on the show today. I met you originally when I moved to the Bay Area when you were the executive director of the Oakland Peace Center because At that time I was doing organizing work with the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, which is a 20 year old bay area based organization, that was really founded around the Laki Reddy Bali Reddy sex trafficking. Yep. Caste and labor exploitation case that happened in Berkeley in 1999. And I was just so thrilled to be around and have in community so many rad desis. And you also did work with ASATA, right. Historically and are actively doing work with us. [00:24:56] Sandhya Jha: Absolutely. One of the places I think I invested the most [00:25:00] energy in where we got to spend a lot of quality time in the kitchen was one of the projects, Bay Area Solidarity Summer, an organizing institute, camp, however you wanna refer to it. [00:25:10] Swati Rayasam: Political education, Summer camp. [00:25:12] Swati Rayasam: Yeah, exactly. For young South Asian Americans who are committed to activism. What I think was the most beautiful part of that program when I was involved in it, and it's still the case today, is for young South Asians who think that they're the only ones who care about justice issues, who haven't met other people, who are South Asian, and identify as justice seekers first to meet each other and realize that there are people just like them. Then to look around and realize that those of us who are usually 10, 15, 20 years older than them are also committed to the work and have been doing it for decades. And then for them to get exposed to the long history of radical visionary organizing and activism of South [00:26:00] Asians here in the US and also in the homelands of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and diasporic countries all over the world. [00:26:13] Sandhya Jha: There's something about realizing, Oh, you have contemporaries, oh, you have elders, oh, you have ancestors. Mm-hmm. Especially in the face of the model minority lie that so many of us have had imposed on us, this lie that all we are all we're supposed to be is cogs in this larger capitalist machine that are non disruptive, which is why we're allowed to survive. And if we are non disruptive enough, we might even be able to be comfortable. And to discover that there's more to our story than that is so exciting and I love, love, love being a part of that. [00:26:52] Swati Rayasam: Yeah. I think that is like fundamentally one of the most important kind of activities that [00:27:00] happens in the ASATA universe, I was a kid who also grew up thinking that there were no other South Asians like me, or there were no other folks who were interested in justice. I spent a lot of time doing, reproductive and queer justice in the south; I always think about what would it have meant if I came in, BASS for 18 to 24 year olds. Yep. what would it have meant if I had come in at a fresh 18 and been able to basically be apprised of the fact that I have this history Yeah. That it's not just me. And that actually, immigration and white supremacy and neo-colonial culture has created this project of assimilation that all of our parents have been in on, in a way to survive Yeah. And to be safe. And I tell my, I tell my mom that a lot because she's always a little surprised about the organizing work that I do. And I was just like, Your job was to survive. My job is to liberate. Yeah. [00:28:00] You know? Yeah. And I could not do that if you were not so focused on creating that environment for me. [00:28:07] Swati Rayasam: I love that. [00:28:07] Swati Rayasam: we'll drop in the show notes, but, BASS – Bay Area Solidarity Summer is solidaritysummer.org. So we'll put that in the show notes as well as ASATA, the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action is ASATA.org. And yeah, I think that is a really good segue into how we got involved in this amazing project. [00:28:31] Swati Rayasam: You're tuned in to APEX express at 94.1 KPFA and 89.3, KPFB in Berkeley. And online@kpfa.org. [00:28:43] Swati Rayasam: I think it was Fall 2021 that you and I were talking. Yep. And you were telling me that you were involved in this amazing archival fellowship project. Is run by the South Asian American Digital Archive and [00:29:00] that you were going to do your project about labor. Mm-hmm. and South Asians. Yep. And my immediate, incredibly naive response was, how many South Asians are there in labor? [00:29:12] Sandhya Jha: Exactly. And it's not naive. It's interesting cuz I think that this project actually emerged out of my favorite part of BASS, which was when the young adults would ask what their opportunities were in the world of justice. And I would say, you know, there's a place for us in labor justice. It had never crossed most of their minds. Right. We don't think of ourselves as having a role especially in formalized unions. And so SAADA, the South Asian American Digital Archives has an archival fellows project. And the whole purpose of it is to diversify their archives and collect the stories that are usually overlooked in the telling of South Asian American stories. [00:29:56] Sandhya Jha: And they have done a great job over the years of collecting the [00:30:00] stories of informal organizing, like the Punjabi Taxi Drivers campaign, the Bangladeshi Nail Workers Campaign. Those were informal labor organizing campaigns. That have been really well archived and they're amazing stories. I wanted to make sure that the next generation of South Asian activists knew about the South Asians who were actually part of the formal organized labor movement. [00:30:30] Sandhya Jha: And so I spent this past year interviewing, maybe a half a dozen or so South Asian American workers. Generally, not always, but mostly what would be classified as low wage workers who found a pathway into formal organizing bodies, unite here or the building trades or any number of the formal unions that keep [00:31:00] the labor movement alive across the country today. And I'm really proud of the fact that we do have South Asian workers who have moved up the ranks to be official organizers or to be at negotiating tables. And so that's part of the story I thought it was worth us telling. [00:31:19] Swati Rayasam: And I am, I'm so excited that we get to dive deeper into this project and I really love your framing too, around the three large bins that you have, solidarity, spirit and struggle. [00:31:34] Swati Rayasam: Right? Yeah. Yeah. [00:31:35] Sandhya Jha: I started out with certain assumptions about what I was going to learn, partly because I've been doing labor solidarity work for 25 years at this point. I really thought I knew what I was gonna hear. And what I discovered was there were these consistent themes across, the interviews. that there were these notions of, Oh, what's meaningful to me is [00:32:00] getting to organize across cultures, getting to organize with people who, on the surface and even deep down are very different than me, but we share this vision of what our lives can be. And so that solidarity message I found really powerful. Also, and admittedly because I come out of a spiritual background, was probably looking for it. I was really struck by how many of the interviews ended up talking about the role of spirituality and shaping people's values. And in a couple of instances, organizers said, what my religion taught me was that religion needs to be challenged. And building up that muscle was what helped me challenge systems of injustice in other places. But others said that their journey with their faith tradition was what guided them into the work of labor organizing. [00:32:52] Sandhya Jha: And then that third bucket of struggle, I think is the lived experience of how [00:33:00] hard it is to take on oppressive systems of capitalism, how hard it is to take on decks that are stacked against us and what it means to have somewhere to turn in the midst of those struggles. I will say there were also a couple of lessons I was surprised by because my South Asian identity is so central to my organizing work, I was expecting to collect stories of people who were proud South Asians, who were also proud to be involved in the labor movement. And I assumed that they would see connections between those things because I certainly do. But what I discovered is for the most part, they were like, Yeah, I'm South Asian. I'm not saying that doesn't matter, but it's not super relevant to my organizing work. My organizing work is about [00:34:00] our cross-cultural solidarity. And that was something I hadn't been expecting that emerged as I did those interviews. Interesting. And I'm really grateful that the South Asian American Digital Archives likes telling all of the stories because I think I promised them that what they were going to get was, we're proud to be South Asian organizers. And what I got was, yeah, we're South Asian, we're proud to be organizers. And the that SAADA is like, yeah, that's part of our story too. [00:34:28] Swati Rayasam: Yeah. And I think that's, that I think is incredibly important. We have this really, amazing series of audio clips from your SAADA interviews that really represent a lot of the themes that you were highlighting about solidarity, spirit, and struggle. And I'm just really excited to play them as we talk through these larger themes in your larger project and the experience of South Asian labor organizers. [00:34:55] Swati Rayasam: This clip is from somebody that you and I both know, which [00:35:00] is Prem Pariyar. I was so thrilled that Prem was a part of your project. I think Prem is an incredible organizer, so yeah tell our listeners a little bit about Prem. Prem [00:35:09] Sandhya Jha: It was pretty exciting to get to work with him you know, he moved here from Nepal and in Nepal he had been a Dalit activist and he came to the United States and had this notion that in the United States there is no caste and he was disabused of that notion very quickly as a restaurant worker dealing with anti Nepali bias in Indian restaurants, dealing with caste bias in Nepali restaurants, well dealing with Caste bias in all the restaurants. [00:35:35] Swati Rayasam: Hey, everyone, Narrator Swati here, I just wanted to put in an explanatory comma, a la W Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu to talk about some terms you just heard. Sandhya referenced that Prem was a Dalit activist and also talked about Caste bias. For those of you who don't know, Caste is a violent system of oppression and exclusion, which governs social status in many south Asian countries, although it is [00:36:00] most commonly associated with India. It works on an axis of purity and pollution, and it's hereditary. At the top of the caste system are Brahmins, by the way Sandhya and I are both Brahmin, and not even at the bottom, but completely outside of the system are Dalits who were previously referred to by the slur untouchable and Adivasis who are indigenous to South Asia. [00:36:25] Swati Rayasam: Despite being “illegal” Caste bias, Caste Oppression, Caste apartheid, are still prevalent, both in South Asia and as Sandhya references, in the United States. It manifests in many ways that people experience racial injustice, via socioeconomic inequality, systemic and interpersonal violence, occupation, and through the determination of marriage and other relationships. You can learn more at EqualityLabs.org and APEX currently has a show in the works that delves into this more deeply. Now. Back to Sandhya [00:36:58] Sandhya Jha: What is [00:37:00] delightful to me is Prem went on to get an MSW and is building out amazing mental health resources for Dalit communities for the Nepali community. Seeking to build out a program where there are more and more people in Nepal who are trained with MSW skills. [00:37:21] Sandhya Jha: I met with one of his professors from CSU East Bay where he got his degree and she said, You know, that the entire Cal State system is adding caste to its anti-discrimination policies thanks to the work he started at CSU East Bay. And it was really beautiful to hear that because the focus of my conversations with him were more around how his experiences in the restaurants led him into the solidarity work with nail salon workers. [00:37:53] Swati Rayasam: To just, kick back to the caste abolition work that Prem has been doing, that caste abolition work [00:38:00] at CSU East Bay has been such critical work in these ongoing conversations around caste that have been in the South Asian community primarily, but have been percolating elsewhere. [00:38:13] Swati Rayasam: You know, the state of California filed a lawsuit against Cisco systems Yep. For caste discrimination in their workplace and there have been all these conversations around caste and tech work and interplay that with the no tech for apartheid work. Right. That has been happening in Palestinian liberation circles. Yeah. And really building that solidarity movement. So I think that Prem is an absolute powerhouse Yeah. In that regard. But yeah, let's listen to this clip. [00:38:42] Prem: During that time, I got connected with other community organizer, like workers group. I got connected and so I was connected with nail salon workers, who were exploited at their workplace and with them, [00:39:00] I got to go to the capital in Sacramento. And so I thought I need to advocate for the restaurant workers. that was my first experience, like working with other workers and with the assembly members and like other other policy makers I shared what is happening what kinds of discrimination happening at the workplace. So I advocated for the restaurant workers at that time. I shared my stories and I supported the rights of nail salon workers. I was there to support them and they supported me as well, and it was wonderful. And finally that advocacy worked. And the bill was drafted and it was passed finally. And so it was huge achievement at that time. [00:39:49] Swati Rayasam: I love that. I think that is such a perfect story of when you win, we all win. [00:39:56] Sandhya Jha: And what I also love about it is he goes on [00:40:00] to talk about how he has remained in relationship with those nail salon workers. That they show up for each other, that they take each other food, that they show up to each other's baby showers and birthday parties, and there's this sense of community that emerges out of this shared struggle. And so that's a cross-cultural campaign. They were mostly Vietnamese. There were some Bangladeshi nail salon workers, but it was mostly people from a different culture than his. [00:40:27] Sandhya Jha: But somebody at the Asian Health Services program that he was at, saw his gifts, saw his passion, and he really responded to that in exactly, the most powerful way. I can imagine. [00:40:38] Swati Rayasam: And I think one of the nice things as well about that is that person at Asian Health Services connected Prem in and the Nail Salon Worker group, California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, Prem came from Nepal, I'm not sure, but the extent to which his organizing background and how comfortable he was in the US organizing space around labor [00:41:00] issues was probably significantly less that worker group took it upon themselves when they saw Prem come in to say, Oh, you are advocating on behalf of restaurant workers. Great. Why don't you join us? Let's help support and so the nail salon workers saw Prem, saw solidarity with Prem and said, It is our responsibility mm-hmm to bring you into this space to connect you in and to move in, struggle together. Yeah. Toward our shared goals of safety, of health, of rights. Yep. [00:41:35] Sandhya Jha: Exactly. [00:41:36] Swati Rayasam: So, we have this clip from Daljit, tell me a little bit about Daljit. Daljit [00:41:42] Sandhya Jha: Yeah. Daljit was an attorney who now reads tarot for people because she needed a break from the toxicity of that career and how it was taking her away from her family. Daljit is a deeply spiritual person and, [00:42:00] as I mentioned before, this theme of spirit showed up in some really beautiful ways in some of the interviews. I loved the way she understood her Sikh tradition as foundationally being connected with the land and foundationally connected with the people who work the land. [00:42:15] Daljit: Agriculture is our culture and the religion that I was born into, Siki, the founder of that faith was a farmer. And so a lot of the scripture, the analogies, the metaphors, the poetry, the music, the songs, the boon, the traditional folk songs, that can be taunting and teasing banter, all that stuff the land is the framework for that. And my most favorite line from the Guru Granth Sahib, our holy book, is, [speaks Punjabi] and that basically means that, the waters our guru, the airs our father, but our mother is Earth. And that's the greatest of all , and that's adherence to ecosystem. That's the [00:43:00] indigenous Cosmo vision that should be paramount. And that's what I try to teach my children. And so I think that's what I was taught as a kid without necessarily being able to pinpoint it, but it was just infused throughout our songs, our music, our food, the Harvest, there's two times a year that our celebrations, whether it Baisakhi or Lohri. It's so connected to the harvest and what is coming out of the soil or not. And you're connected to the cycles of nature. [00:43:28] Swati Rayasam: The connection between nature land, spirituality the way that it shows up in so many faith backgrounds and so many faith organizers, I think is really, really beautiful. [00:43:41] Sandhya Jha: And I love that Daljit Kaursoni who was raised in this tradition, has found her way to Buddhism and is raising her kids with those connections, but without ever losing this grounding in the liberation of the land, the liberation of the [00:44:00] people. [00:44:00] Sandhya Jha: And for that to be a key element of her spirituality, even as her spirituality evolves, I think it's pretty powerful. Tafadar [00:44:08] Sandhya Jha: One of the other people I got to interview ,Tafadar, he's a Bangladeshi American in the building trades and is a deeply committed Marxist. For me, this was a particularly exciting interview because I'm Bengali, so from West Bengal, before partition, Bangladesh and what's now West Bengal, were one state. And so it was fun to get to talk with him and to say, Hey, this is our legacy as Bengalis is radical worker organizing. [00:44:40] Sandhya Jha: And I remember saying to him, Some people in the building trades are not super excited to be working with brown people. And some people in the building trades are a little biased against women. And as a very, very progressive South Asian? How do you navigate that [00:45:00] space? [00:45:00] Sandhya Jha: And he said, Here's the thing is, yeah, I organize alongside some moderate to conservative white folks from New Jersey and he said, but in the building trades, if that moderate to conservative white guy from New Jersey decides he doesn't like my feminist politics, or he doesn't like my brown skin, if he decides that's a reason not to train me, he might die. And it was really interesting because even though I've been doing labor justice work for a long time, it was one of those moments I was like, Oh, right. Your work is very dangerous and you all have to rely on each other whether you like each other or not. That is the magic of organizing that no one ever talks about. This is why we can do cross class, cross-cultural work because literally you have to trust each other with your lives. Right. That was a really clarifying moment for me. And it was one of those interesting moments where I was like, [00:46:00] Solidarity is not a romantic thing. Uh, it is very much a matter of life and death. [00:46:05] Sandhya Jha: And I think that is really important and that exact thing that you brought up, you don't even have to necessarily trust somebody. Right. But you do need them. Yep. Right. And like that really clear understanding that like your fates are intertwined and it is truly in everybody's best interest. If you are trained well, irrespective of whether or not at lunch, I'm interested in sitting anywhere near you. I think that's really great. [00:46:32] Sandhya Jha: One of the things that was really exciting about talking with Tafadar was the reminder that labor organizing and formal union organizing at its best can be in solidarity with other movements really worker justice and housing justice and racial justice are inseparable, on some level. And so, one of the most inspiring stories I got to hear across all of these interviews [00:47:00] was a campaign that brought together folks across the anti- gentrification, the immigrant rights, and the labor justice movement. [00:47:14] Tafadar: It's ironic, building affordable housing with deadly exploitation. And, um, to do this, the de blassio administration, they embark on massive major rezonings of poor areas to relax the local zoning laws to be able to bring in these developments. And a couple of years ago, my, my union in local 79's. Took a very sharp turn towards a community organizing approach because labor can't win on our own, and that's the perspective that all of labor should adopt. In order to fight against the sweatshops in our industry. We united with a lot of community organizations in the South Bronx. [00:47:53] Tafadar: We formed the South Bronx, Safe Southern Boulevard Coalition. And along with these groups, we [00:48:00] protested and did a whole lot of activism, lobbying, community organizing to stop the rezoning of Southern Boulevard, which is a massive stretch in the South Bronx, while the De Blassio administration had succeeded in another part of the Bronx where there's like massive displacement still underway right now. And we were determined to stop it there. And it was a beautiful thing that we can unite because on our end as labor, we had to prevent all these trash companies from coming in and exploiting workers. And we were working with these tenants who are afraid of being displaced. And people generally, we do need revitalization of our neighborhoods. We do need investment. We do need things to be changed and made better. For us. If it's not for us, if it's done without us, then eventually we're not even gonna be here anymore. So we had that alliance going on and not only did we manage to stop that rezoning, we also educated the local city councilman on why his position was wrong and supporting the rezoning. And he eventually completely flipped this [00:49:00] position. And now chairs the land use committee of the city council from the perspective that we educated him on, which it's just been a very interesting dynamic. But, there's a lot of rezoning battles all over the city that's like the main front of anti gentrification struggles. And I've been watching those kinds of campaigns go on since I began organizing about 15, 16. I've seen very different approaches to them, but I've never seen any model really work until that one kicked in where Labor and the community came together. So that was one of my favorite campaigns because of that lesson that we were able to concretely put into practice and set as an example for not only for community movements all over New York City, but also for Labor. [00:49:43] Sandhya Jha: I think this hit me in particular because I've done so much work around antis displacement in Oakland, and my experience has been. [00:49:53] Sandhya Jha: That while for most of us on the ground, the connection between housing justice and labor justice is really clear. When you [00:50:00] start getting into the technical policy issues and the funding issues, the folks who are running labor and housing justice or affordable housing, struggle to find ways to collaborate. And it's been one of my consistent heartbreaks for at least a decade at this point because I work at the intersection of those things and sometimes I despair of us being able to find ways to move forward together. And so to hear a story like this one and to be reminded at core, those justice issues can and must be we already knew, must be, but actually can function together to build a better community. That was actually really life giving for me to hear. [00:50:45] Swati Rayasam: Yeah. I a hundred percent agree. And I think the point that Tafadar as well brings in the clip of just saying we knew that we could do this, but we knew we couldn't do this without community organizing. Right? Yeah. That labor couldn't do this alone. Yeah. [00:51:00] And I think that is a lot of what, when we talk about solidarity politics, it's not just a backdoor way of inclusion for inclusion's sake, we have to all do this. Actually, it is integral that all of us are involved in any of these campaigns because it impacts all of us. And because we are not going to win with only a single constituency and in the very same way that, Tafadar was identifying that labor couldn't do that alone. in community organizing spaces that you and I have been in mm-hmm. , like we are constantly talking about how we cannot do any of this without labor. Yep. And I think a beautiful example of that is the Block the Boat campaign yeah that the Arab Resource Organizing Center, started back in 2014 and then again during 2021 to block the Zim ship from the port of Oakland. And like this community organization [00:52:00] AROC could not do that without working with the longshoreman to collaborate with the port workers. And I think that when we see the marriage of community organizing and labor organizing, that is when we get the power of grassroots organizing. [00:52:16] Sandhya Jha: Something I wanna mention about the SAADA Fellowship that I was really grateful for: two things. First off, they did a really good job of making sure we got trained in grassroots oral history. So they took really seriously what it meant for this to be justice work. And they made sure we had exposure to methodology that was gonna lift up and honor and foster the voices of people whose stories don't get heard often enough. And that was a really big deal to me. The other thing is they made sure that we had an advisory board, people who are in this [00:53:00] work who could help us, figure out who to talk with, who could help us build out an event strategy. And you helped me build out my advisory committee. Anibel Ferris-Comelo who is with the University of California Labor Center, [00:53:14] Swati Rayasam: Prem Pariyar, a Nepali Dalit restaurant worker, organizer pushing for Caste as a protected category with Equality Labs, a Dalit feminist organization, and a social worker supporting the mental health needs of his and many other South Asian communities in Alameda county. [00:53:31] Swati Rayasam: Will Jamil Wiltchko with the California Trade Justice Coalition, Terry Valen who I did a lot of organizing with at the beginning of the pandemic, around the struggles that seafarers were facing with the onset of COVID-19. And he's the organizational director of the Filipino Community Center in San Francisco. The president of NAFCON which is the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns and just an all in all amazing organizer [00:53:57] Sandhya Jha: the last thing I wanna mention [00:54:00] is SAADA also helped me set up a digital exhibit with Art by Madhvi Trivedi Patak and I wanted to give them a shoutout because they're an incredible artist, but also they grew up in a working class family and didn't get exposed to what it looks like to do labor justice. And so as they developed the artwork to go with the digital exhibit, they got to experience the possibilities of labor solidarity that they hadn't gotten to experience as a child. And so I really loved that Madhvi was a part of this project as well [00:54:38] Swati Rayasam: All of the clips that you shared really identifying, again, these like huge fundamental pillars of solidarity and spirit and struggle. these clips were amazing. They are so rich and so layered with all of these people's varying and different experiences. Really showing in [00:55:00] all of these different walks of life at all of these ages with all of these experiences, that all of these people have this unified and shared identity in struggle, in spirit, and in solidarity for liberation. [00:55:14] Sandhya Jha: And one of the things that I think is worth celebrating is whether they see it as part of their South Asian identity or not. People who do identify as South Asian now have this resource that says there's a home for you in the labor movement. Yes, there are. There is a value to your voice. There is a value to your wisdom, there's a value to your experience in the labor movement. [00:55:36] Swati Rayasam: I think it's a beautiful project. Sandhya, I think it has been an amazing amount of work I've watched you do over the past year. These stories are so wonderful. I really encourage people to check it out. Where can they find your project? [00:55:49] Sandhya Jha: The website's www.saada.org/acfp [00:56:00] /exhibit/solidarity-forever. We'll put that in the notes. We'll definitely put that in the show notes. [00:56:05] Swati Rayasam: I just wanna make sure that we replug your podcast Bending Toward Justice Avatar, The Last Air Bender for the Global Majority and you can find that at tinyurl.com slash ATLA podcast, Capital P (tinyurl.com/ATLAPodcast). And then the last thing that I also wanna make sure that we plug is Without Fear Consulting. [00:56:27] Sandhya Jha: I love working with folks who know that their organization could be a little more liberative, and are, just not quite sure where to start. I love working with a team of folks who want to be about the work of incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion into the DNA of their organization and I love setting them up so that they can keep doing that long after I'm working with them. So please do find me withoutfearconsulting.com. If you're interested in that. [00:56:58] Swati Rayasam: Amazing. Sandhya [00:57:00] Jha, Pastor, Racial Justice consultant, podcast host, archivist, singer songwriter, amazing cook. You can do it all. I think you deserve a nap. it has been amazing talking to you. I am so glad to be able to hear about your project and also to hear a lot more about your life. [00:57:23] Sandhya Jha: Yay. Thank you so much. [00:57:25] Miata Tan: That was Swati Rayasam in conversation with Sandhya Jha. As Swati mentioned, you can learn more about her work in the show notes at kpfa.org/program/apex-express. Speaking of Swati — she's currently working on an episode marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11, out in early September. It'll cover the work of the South Asian Coalition, a national network of organizations working together on South Asian American movement building. Keep an eye out for that one. This episode originally aired January 5th, 2023 — we're re-airing it this week in honor of South Asian American Heritage Month. This is APEX Express on 94.1 KPFA, airing every Thursday evening at 7pm. Thank you for tuning in tonight. APEX Express is a proud member of Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality. A network focused on long-term movement building, capacity infrastructure, and leadership support for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders committed to social justice. Learn more at AACRE.org This program produced by Ayame Keane-Lee, Anuj Vaidya, Isabel Li, Jalena Keane-Lee, Miko Lee, Miata Tan, Preeti Mangala Shekar and Swati Rayasam. Tonight's episode was produced by Swati Rayasam. Get some rest y'all. The post APEX Express – 7.16.26 – South Asians and The Labor Justice Movement appeared first on KPFA.
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In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Canadian journalist Sameer Kaushal about what happened to the Hindus of Punjab. Punjabi history is often reduced to just one panth, i.e Sikhs. But the history of Punjab is incomplete without Hindus. Also, what did the Khalistanis do to the Hindus of Punjab? Follow them: X: @itssamonline YouTube: https://t.co/R4UtONc7Lg #satluj #diljitdosanjh #khalistan #kpsgill #punjab ------------------------------------------------------------ Listen to the podcasts on: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kushal-mehra-99891819 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rVcDV3upgVurMVW1wwoBp Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-c%C4%81rv%C4%81ka-podcast/id1445348369 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-carvaka-podcast ------------------------------------------------------------ Support The Cārvāka Podcast: Buy Kushal's Book: https://amzn.in/d/58cY4dU Become a Member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKPx... Become a Member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/carvaka UPI: kushalmehra@icici Interac Canada: kushalmehra81@gmail.com To buy The Carvaka Podcast Exclusive Merch please visit: http://kushalmehra.com/shop ------------------------------------------------------------ Follow Kushal: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kushal_mehra?ref_... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KushalMehraO... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecarvakap... Koo: https://www.kooapp.com/profile/kushal... Inquiries: https://kushalmehra.com/ Feedback: kushalmehra81@gmail.com
Saade Aala Radio | Punjab vs Himachal? Punjab vs Uttarakhand? Or Just Stupid People?Every time a fight breaks out involving people from different states, social media does what it does best...It stops looking for facts and starts looking for teams.In this episode, we discuss how individual crimes and clashes are quickly transformed into State vs State or Community vs Community narratives, making the situation far worse than it actually is.We begin with the recent clash involving Nihangs in Uttarakhand.Within hours, social media had already decided the story.Some called it Punjab vs Uttarakhand.Others turned it into Sikhs vs Uttarakhand.But was it really?We discuss how a dispute involving a few individuals suddenly becomes a battle between millions of innocent people who had absolutely nothing to do with the incident.We've seen this pattern before.Whenever an incident happens between Punjabis and locals in Himachal Pradesh, social media immediately turns it into Punjab vs Himachal.Instead of discussing what actually happened...People begin defending "their side."Facts disappear.Logic disappears.Only emotions remain.One of the biggest points we make in this episode is simple:If someone commits a crime...They should face legal action.Not become the representative of an entire state, religion or community.Crime belongs to individuals.Not geography.We also discuss a worrying trend seen in several incidents.Instead of informing the police or allowing the legal system to work...Groups of people decide to punish others themselves.Public beatings.Mob justice.Instant verdicts.We ask a simple question:When did ordinary citizens become the courts of India?Justice cannot exist if every crowd starts making its own law.Today people don't wait for investigations.They wait for someone to blame.One video...One headline...One viral clip......and suddenly millions of people start fighting online over something they know almost nothing about.This episode is about breaking that cycle.Because every incident deserves facts—not hashtags.At Saade Aala Radio, we believe stupidity has no religion, no state and no nationality.When someone does something wrong...Call out the individual.Not an entire community.That's how societies stay united.
Environment Canada has issued alerts for at least five provinces and one territory. Extreme heat, wildfires, and tornadoes are making for more volatile weather across the country. And: Public health experts in the U.S. are trying to track the source of an outbreak of cyclosporiasis. It's usually food- or water-borne. The outbreak has spread to 30 states, and while it's not usually fatal, it can be very unpleasant. Also: President Donald Trump backtracks on his plan to charge transiting ships a fee, as the U.S. and Iran each claim control of the Strait of Hormuz. Plus: The Assembly of First Nations criticizes the prime minister's major projects plan, Canadian connection to the murder of a Punjabi singer, the campaign to free a Palestinian doctor, home insurance costs rise in Canada, and more.
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This episode dismantles the Bhaichara myth by exposing centuries of Hindu-Muslim alliances against Sikhs, from the Mughal era to 1984 and beyond. Drawing on Gurbani, Sikh historical sources and geopolitical analysis, it argues that Sikh survival requires strategic clarity not interfaith sentimentality. Click to listen to more!
In this episode, you'll learn essential FIFA World Cup vocabulary and everyday football phrases in natural, conversational Punjabi. Whether you're watching matches with Punjabi speakers or simply want to expand your Punjabi vocabulary, this episode will help you understand and talk about the beautiful game with confidence.This podcast is for people who want to learn real, conversational Punjabi and understand Punjabi culture.Here, you'll learn the difference between textbook Punjabi and the Punjabi people actually speak in daily life. I explain words, sentences, and expressions step by step, so even beginners can follow easily.If your goal is to speak Punjabi confidently, not just memorize grammar rules, this podcast is for you.Subscribe or follow to keep learning regularly.If you want to support my work or get extra Punjabi lessons and content, you can check out my Patreon.1 on 1 private classes/Patreon membership ⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/amrinder69 Get my Punjabi pronouns ebook ⬇️https://mailchi.mp/40bd16240e52/untitled-pageSupport through PayPal⬇️https://www.paypal.me/amrinder69Check out my Punjabi Roots & Routes podcast ⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/033uSIpdkis1U4Zq6PHOd5?si=WUsmaGsuRt6SfefvfEVT1wCheck out The Amrinder Singh Podcast (Punjabi podcast)⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/46YPbbiIk0BDhnO6QDSxVC?si=JBgiZf9rQMaWBnN0aM1LuA&dd=1Youtube ⬇️https://youtube.com/amrindermkInstagram ⬇️https://instagram.com/colloquial.punjabi?igshid=MDE2OWE1N2Q=Contact with me⬇️Email: amrinder.s.shergill@gmail.com Telegram : Amrinder_mk#learnpunjabi
This SBS Punjabi radio program is a special edition for NAIDOC Week. Learn about Australia's First Nations peoples, understand the significance of a Welcome to Country, and hear firsthand accounts from members of the Stolen Generations, sharing their experience. The program also features an interview with Melbourne's Satinder Sanghera, who has dedicated more than four decades to football, along with the latest news, Punjabi music, and engaging conversations. - ਐਸ ਬੀ ਐਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦਾ ਇਹ ਰੇਡੀਉ ਪ੍ਰੋਗ੍ਰਾਮ, NAIDOC ਹਫ਼ਤਾ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਦੇ ਮੂਲ ਵਾਸੀਆਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਜਾਣੋ। ਸਮਝੋ ਕਿ ਵੈਲਕਮ ਟੂ ਕੰਟਰੀ ਕੀ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ? ਅਤੇ ਸੁਣੋ ਫਸਟ ਨੇਸ਼ਨਜ਼ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਜ਼ਬਰਦਸਤੀ ਵੱਖ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ 'ਸਟੋਲਨ ਜਨਰੇਸ਼ਨ' ਨੀਤੀ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰ ਹੋਏ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਜ਼ੁਬਾਨੀ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ ਚਾਰ ਦਹਾਕਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਸਮਰਪਿਤ ਮੈਲਬਰਨ ਦੇ ਸਤਿੰਦਰ ਸੰਘੇੜਾ ਨਾਲ ਮੁਲਾਕਾਤ, ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਗੀਤ-ਸੰਗੀਤ, ਅਤੇ ਗੱਲਾਂਬਾਤਾਂ, ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਸੁਣੋ...
Growing up, we didn't see enough people who looked like us on screen and the representation we did get was often stereotypical and wasn't one we recognised ourselves in which is why this episode means a lot to me as I sit down with the cast and director of a new British South Asian film called Never Had a Chance. Never Had A Chance is an award-winning British Asian film set in the heart of the Punjabi community in Hounslow, West London. It is directed by Jazz Bhalla and stars Tina Sharma and Amar Chaggar. The film follows Ravi (Amar Chaggar), a young man navigating the weight of his past while trying to build a future. When a new connection offers a glimpse of something more stable and meaningful, he finds himself at a crossroads but those closest to him threaten to pull him back into the life he's trying to leave behind.In this episode we talk about:
From being fascinated by cartoons as a child to editing blockbuster Punjabi music videos, Jalandhar-born Dilpreet Singh is the creative force behind some of the most imaginative visuals on Punjabi pop culture screens. His notable work includes Karan Aujla's 'Ink', 'Admirin' You', 'Mexico', along with several hit videos for Tegi Pannu, Parmish Verma, Mani Sandhu and many other Punjabi music stars. Now based in Australia, the post-production professional credits his wife as his biggest source of strength. Listen to this podcast to hear Dilpreet's journey from a curious teenager to one of the Punjabi music industry's most renowned VFX artists. - ਦਿਲਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਨੇ ਕਦੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੋਚਿਆ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਬਚਪਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਾਰਟੂਨਾਂ ਲਈ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਸ਼ੌਕ ਇੱਕ ਦਿਨ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮਿਊਜ਼ਿਕ ਇੰਡਸਟਰੀ ਦੇ ਮਸ਼ਹੂਰ VFX ਕਲਾਕਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਕਰ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ। ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤੀ ਦੌਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਈ ਵਾਰ ਰਿਜੈਕਸ਼ਨ ਦਾ ਸਾਹਮਣਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਦਿਲਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਦੀ ਕਿਸਮਤ ਉਦੋਂ ਬਦਲੀ ਜਦੋਂ ਡਾਇਰੈਕਟਰ ਰੂਪਨ ਬੱਲ ਅਤੇ ਗਾਇਕ ਕਰਨ ਔਜਲਾ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਭਾ ਨੂੰ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਕਰਨ ਔਜਲਾ ਦੇ 'Ink', 'Mexico', 'Admirin' You' ਸਮੇਤ ਤੇਗੀ ਪੰਨੂ, ਪਰਮੀਸ਼ ਵਰਮਾ, ਮਨੀ ਸੰਧੂ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਕਈ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਿਤਾਰਿਆਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਹਿੱਟ ਮਿਊਜ਼ਿਕ ਵੀਡੀਓਜ਼ 'ਤੇ ਕੰਮ ਕੀਤਾ। ਐਸ ਬੀ ਐਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਪੌਡਕਾਸਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁਣੋ ਦਿਲਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੇ ਸੰਘਰਸ਼, ਸਫਲਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਰਚਨਾਤਮਕ ਸਫ਼ਰ ਦੀ ਦਿਲਚਸਪ ਕਹਾਣੀ।
Why does your Punjabi still feel unnatural, even after weeks or months of learning? In this episode, I share the five most common mistakes Punjabi learners make and, more importantly, how to fix them. Avoid these mistakes, learn more efficiently, and start speaking Punjabi with greater confidence.This podcast is for people who want to learn real, conversational Punjabi and understand Punjabi culture.Here, you'll learn the difference between textbook Punjabi and the Punjabi people actually speak in daily life. I explain words, sentences, and expressions step by step, so even beginners can follow easily.If your goal is to speak Punjabi confidently, not just memorize grammar rules, this podcast is for you.Subscribe or follow to keep learning regularly.If you want to support my work or get extra Punjabi lessons and content, you can check out my Patreon.1 on 1 private classes/Patreon membership ⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/amrinder69 Get my Punjabi pronouns ebook ⬇️https://mailchi.mp/40bd16240e52/untitled-pageSupport through PayPal⬇️https://www.paypal.me/amrinder69Check out my Punjabi Roots & Routes podcast ⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/033uSIpdkis1U4Zq6PHOd5?si=WUsmaGsuRt6SfefvfEVT1wCheck out The Amrinder Singh Podcast (Punjabi podcast)⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/46YPbbiIk0BDhnO6QDSxVC?si=JBgiZf9rQMaWBnN0aM1LuAⅆ=1Youtube ⬇️https://youtube.com/amrindermkInstagram ⬇️https://instagram.com/colloquial.punjabi?igshid=MDE2OWE1N2Q=Contact with me⬇️Email: amrinder.s.shergill@gmail.com Telegram : Amrinder_mk#learnpunjabi
From maximising your tax return to understanding all the changes coming in the new financial year starting July 1, this SBS Punjabi radio program has answers to all your tax season questions. Tune in for key updates on July 1 changes, major announcements, and how they could impact you. The program also features an interview with tax expert Deepika Sharma, who shares the most effective ways to save more and maximise your return. Enjoy all this, plus the latest Punjabi music and lively conversations, only on SBS Punjabi. - ਵੱਧ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਟੈਕਸ ਰਿਟਰਨ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ, 1 ਜੁਲਾਈ ਤੋਂ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੋਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਨਵੇਂ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਸਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਟੈਕਸ, ਸੁਪਰਐਨੂਏਸ਼ਨ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਨਿਯਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਬਦਲਾਅ ਆ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਘਰੇਲੂ ਬਜਟ 'ਤੇ ਕੀ ਅਸਰ ਪੈ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ? ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਸਾਰੇ ਸਵਾਲਾਂ ਦੇ ਜਵਾਬ ਜਾਣਨ ਲਈ ਸੁਣੋ ਅੱਜ ਦਾ ਐਸ ਬੀ ਐਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦਾ ਟੈਕਸ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ। ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਟੈਕਸ ਮਾਹਿਰ ਦੀਪਿਕਾ ਸ਼ਰਮਾ ਨਾਲ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਇੰਟਰਵਿਊ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਟੈਕਸ ਬਚਾਉਣ, ਸਹੀ ਕਟੌਤੀਆਂ ਦਾ ਦਾਅਵਾ ਕਰਨ ਅਤੇ ਵੱਧ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਟੈਕਸ ਰਿਟਰਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਅਹਿਮ ਸੁਝਾਅ ਸਾਂਝੇ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸੰਗੀਤ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਦਿਲਚਸਪ ਗੱਲਾਂਬਾਤਾਂ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਆਨੰਦ ਮਾਣੋ।
What happens to tradition, personal identity, and creative freedom when an artist decides to completely rewrite the rules of the musical game in real time? In this episode of TRUST ME I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, I sit down with the phenomenal award-winning Indian singer and musician, Rashmeet Kaur. Known widely for her boundary-pushing fluid artistry, Rashmeet has carved out a completely unique sonic footprint by effortlessly bridging centuries-old traditional Punjabi root music with contemporary house, techno, hip-hop, and Afro beats. Rashmeet pulls back the curtain on her creative philosophy and what keeps her deeply in love with the limitless nature of music. She explains why she actively practices spiritual detachment from her studio work to protect her creative sanity, and why chasing safe commercial "hit records" is a dangerous trap that completely kills artistic experimentation. We also dive deep into what the modern music industry must urgently unlearn to create safe and empowering spaces for independent creators, the divine raga-driven origin story behind her debut hit "Kahaan," and how she is fiercely connecting with her live audiences to genuinely live in the moment. Rashmeet shares insights on:• The Power of Detachment: The harsh realities of Bollywood playback singing and why learning to let go of creative attachments anchors her independent career. • The "Hit Song" Trap: Why she refuses requests for sequels to hits like "Ishq Nachaawe" or "Bajre Da Sitta" in order to keep her artistic intimacy fresh. • The Divine Roots of "Kahaan": How she channelizes Sarang Raag to build an emotional environment that transforms a deeply personal journey into a live pop community. • Vocal Cord Preservation: Bouncing between high-energy stage extroversion and entering a strict, isolated "mute mode" to protect her instrument. • Unlearning the Hustle Trap: Why industry gatekeepers need to stop replicating past hardships and instead build safe, accessible community spaces for the next generation. Whether you're an aspiring artist trying to navigate the modern digital music landscape, a fan of cutting-edge global fusion, or someone looking to practice deep mindfulness in a hyper-connected world, Rashmeet's masterclass in creative conviction provides an invaluable blueprint. If you enjoyed this deep dive, please hit that subscribe button, leave a comment, and share this video with someone looking to scale their own vision! --------------------------Chapters00:00 Introduction and Welcome02:35 Backstage Rituals and Introversion/Extroversion05:29 The Early Training: Learning from the Gurus and Finding Endless Limits07:55 Unlearning Playback Attachments & Finding Independence in Songwriting10:17 What the Music Industry Must Unlearn to Provide Free, Safe Spaces12:11 Escaping the "Hit Song" Trap: Embracing Imperfection and Experimentation15:02 Sponsor Break: Lotus Lane Coffee and Travelopod16:01 Preserving Musical Intimacy 21:12 Storytelling, On-Stage Comedy, and the Heavy-Light Balance22:46 The "What's Next" Mindset & Reimagining the Kaura Live Sessions23:32 Singing for Her Pets: The Eager Listeners and Longest Companions24:52 Allowing Your Audience to Live in the Moment26:51 Conclusions and Shout Outs
In the latest SBS Punjabi radio program, learn how a risky decision made more than 20 years ago set Yackandandah, a small town in northeast Victoria, on the path to becoming 100 per cent renewable. Listen to an exclusive interview with Daljit Singh Dhami, the newly appointed president of the Australian Sikh Games 2027 National Committee, as he discusses what will be different at next year's Games. Don't miss the latest FIFA World Cup updates in Punjabi and our weekly segment, Bollywood Gossip. To enjoy all this and more, listen to this podcast. - ਐਸ ਬੀ ਐਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁਣੋ ਕਿ ਇੱਕ ਛੋਟਾ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆਈ ਕਸਬਾ, ਯੈਕਾਂਡਾਂਡਾਹ, ਕਿਵੇਂ ਊਰਜਾ ਅਤੇ ਭਾਈਚਾਰਕ ਏਕਤਾ ਦੀ ਮਿਸਾਲ ਬਣਿਆ। ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਗਲੇ ਸਾਲ ਹੋਣ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਸਿੱਖ ਖੇਡਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਨਵੇਂ ਗਠਿਤ ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਕਮੇਟੀ ਦੇ ਨਵ-ਨਿਯੁਕਤ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਦਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਧਾਮੀ ਨਾਲ 2027 ਦੀਆਂ ਖੇਡਾਂ ਸਬੰਧੀ ਚਰਚਾ ਵੀ ਸੁਣੋ। ਮਾਂ-ਬੋਲੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਕੱਪ ਦੀ ਤਾਜ਼ਾ ਅਪਡੇਟ ਅਤੇ ਹਫਤਾਵਾਰੀ ਬਾਲੀਵੁੱਡ ਗੁਪਸ਼ੁਪ ਵੀ ਨਾ ਭੁੱਲਣਾ।
SBS On Demand is a platform where you can watch global entertainment content. It also features Pakistani, Bollywood Hindi, and Punjabi films, documentaries, and dramas. Those familiar with Urdu and Hindi can also enjoy Bollywood cinema. The films and dramas available on SBS On Demand for viewers to enjoy include English-language films and documentary series, such as Ray Martin's “The Last Goodbye”, which may interest you. - ایس بی ایس آن ڈیمانڈ ایک ایس اپلیٹ فارم ہے کہ جہاں آپ دنیا بھر کا فن دیکھ سکتے ہیں۔ اس پلیٹ فارم پر پاکستان ، بالی وڈ کی ہندی، پنجابی فلمیں اور ڈرامے بھی موجود ہیں ۔ جو اردو اور ہندی زبان سے واقفیت رکھتے ہیں وہ بالی وڈ سیمنا کا لطف بھی اٹھا سکتے ہیں اس سہ ماہی میں جہاں ایس بی ایس آن ڈیمانڈ پر جو فلمیں اور ڈرامے شائقین کو لطف اندوز کرنے کے لئے موجود ہیں ان میں رے مارٹن کی دی لاسٹ گُڈبائے سمیت کچھ انگریزی فلمیں اور سیریز بھی ہیں جوآپ کی دلچسپی کا باعث ہو سکتی ہیں۔Explore more ways to listen to the Urdu program here: Listen to SBS Urdu. Install our mobile app “SBS Audio” on Apple (iPhone) or Android devices: SBS Audio App. Download on Apple App Store, Download on Google Play. Follow us on social media: SBS Urdu on Facebook and on SBS Urdu on Instagram. - جانئے کس طرح ایس بی ایس اردو کے مرکزی صفحے کو بُک مارک کریں ہر بدھ اور جمعہ کا پورا پروگرام اس لنک پرسنئے, اردو پرگرام سننے کے دیگر طریقے, “SBS Audio”کےنام سےموجود ہماری موبائیل ایپ ایپیل (آئی فون) یااینڈرائیڈ , ڈیوائیسزپرانسٹال کیجئے۔ ہمیں فیس بُک اور انسٹا گرام پر فالو کیجئے۔
Javed Akhtar and Pervaiz Alam come together at Jashn-e-Rekhta for a sharp, necessary conversation on the Urdu script debate, Rasm-ul-Khat, and the relationship between Hindi and Urdu.Javed Akhtar begins with a clear argument. There is no problem with the Urdu script. The real confusion lies in mixing up script with language. Through examples from Punjabi, English, French and German, he explains how grammar, not script, defines a language. He also challenges the idea that Urdu is foreign or belongs to one religion, while reflecting on Bangladesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam, everyday Hindustani vocabulary, Bollywood's shrinking language, and the class snobbery around speaking one's own language well.The conversation also looks at Nastaliq, Devanagari and Roman scripts, the role of Rekhta in digital preservation, and the danger of losing access to literary heritage. The session closes with Javed Akhtar reciting his nazm “Zindagi.”
Wolf Hall composer Debbie Wiseman and boogie-woogie pianist and singer Tom Seals are Jeffrey and Anna's final guests of the current series as they add the final five tracks, taking them from a Prince classic via the First Lady of Song to Bob Geldof's ticking clock and a Punjabi bhangra megahit.Add to Playlist will be back on air on 14 August.For details of the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield and for free tickets for the recording of Add to Playlist and other Radio 4 shows, visit https://crossedwires.live/fringeProducer Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:When Doves Cry by Prince Slap That Bass by Ella Fitzgerald La Valse by Maurice Ravel Like Clockwork by The Boomtown Rats Mundian To Bach Ke by Panjabi MCOther music in this episode:West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys Billie Jean by Michael Jackson Africa by Toto In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins L'Enfant et les Sortilèges by Maurice Ravel Time by Pink Floyd Hung Up by Madonna Knight Rider theme by Stu Phillips & Glen A. Larson Turn It Up/Fire It Up by Busta Rhymes
In this episode you will learn useful Punjabi sentences for a shocking or a dispointed situationsThis podcast is for people who want to learn real, conversational Punjabi and understand Punjabi culture.Here, you'll learn the difference between textbook Punjabi and the Punjabi people actually speak in daily life. I explain words, sentences, and expressions step by step, so even beginners can follow easily.If your goal is to speak Punjabi confidently, not just memorize grammar rules, this podcast is for you.Subscribe or follow to keep learning regularly.If you want to support my work or get extra Punjabi lessons and content, you can check out my Patreon.1 on 1 private classes/Patreon membership ⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/amrinder69 Get my Punjabi pronouns ebook ⬇️https://mailchi.mp/40bd16240e52/untitled-pageSupport through PayPal⬇️https://www.paypal.me/amrinder69Check out my Punjabi Roots & Routes podcast ⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/033uSIpdkis1U4Zq6PHOd5?si=WUsmaGsuRt6SfefvfEVT1wCheck out The Amrinder Singh Podcast (Punjabi podcast)⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/46YPbbiIk0BDhnO6QDSxVC?si=JBgiZf9rQMaWBnN0aM1LuAⅆ=1Youtube ⬇️https://youtube.com/amrindermkInstagram ⬇️https://instagram.com/colloquial.punjabi?igshid=MDE2OWE1N2Q=Contact with me⬇️Email: amrinder.s.shergill@gmail.com Telegram : Amrinder_mk#learnpunjabi
Diljit Dosanjh has become the face of a global Punjabi music wave. From the Met Gala to the Billboard charts, he's taking the language, culture, and sound of Punjab to the biggest stages in the world. In a rare English conversation, Diljit joined Tom Power to reflect on his journey from singing hymns at his local gurdwara in Punjab to becoming the first Punjabi artist to sell out Madison Square Gardens. They talk about his ambition, faith, and how he always knew he'd be famous.
In this episode of Sikh Renaissance, we examine the political philosophy of Maharajah Ranjit Singh and challenge popular narratives that portray him as a purely moral ruler. Drawing on Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha's Raj Dharam Granth, Guru Nanak's vision of the Gurmukh ruler, and examples from Sikh history, this discussion explores power, statecraft, political strategy, and leadership in the Sikh tradition.The episode analyzes the actions of Nawab Kapur Singh, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, and Maharajah Ranjit Singh to investigate how successful rulers balanced ethics, survival, and sovereignty. It also examines the influence of Raja Harishchandra as a model of kingship, the role of Sada Kaur, the management of competing interests within the Sikh Empire, and the political lessons that modern Sikhs can learn from history.For those interested in Sikh history, Sikh political thought, Khalsa Raj, Maharajah Ranjit Singh, and contemporary Sikh leadership, this episode offers a provocative and deeply researched perspective.
In her first address to the National Press Club during her 30-year political career, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson criticised multiculturalism and argued that Australia should be viewed as a monocultural but multiracial society. Her remarks drew criticism from those who said they undermine decades of migrant contributions to Australian society, while others questioned what a single national culture would look like in a diverse country like Australia. What is a monocultural society, and how do members of the Punjabi community across Australia view the debate? Listen to this podcast to learn more. - ਵਨ ਨੇਸ਼ਨ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਦੀ ਆਗੂ ਪੌਲੀਨ ਹੈਨਸਨ ਨੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਦੇ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਮਸ਼ਹੂਰ ਰਾਜਨੀਤਿਕ ਪਲੇਟਫਾਰਮ, ਨੈਸ਼ਨਲ ਪ੍ਰੈਸ ਕਲੱਬ ਵਿਖੇ ਇੱਕ ਤਿੱਖੇ ਭਾਸ਼ਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਐਲਾਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਮੋਨੋਕਲਚਰ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੋਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਉਹ ਦਾਅਵਾ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਬਹੁ-ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ ਮਾਡਲ ਅਸਫਲ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਇਸਦੀ ਬਜਾਏ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਮੋਨੋਕਲਚਰਲ ਪਰ ਬਹੁ-ਨਸਲੀ ਸਮਾਜ ਵਜੋਂ ਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਜਿਥੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਬਿਆਨ ਦੀ ਕਈ ਪੱਖਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ, ਕੁਝ ਲੋਕ ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਏਕਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਮਜ਼ਬੂਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ ਤੌਰ ‘ਤੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਜੋੜਨ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਵੀ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਸਦੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਕੀ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਹਨ? ਸੁਣੋ ਇਸ ਪੌਡਕਾਸਟ ਰਾਹੀਂ...
Rupert Lowe's recent report on Muslim grooming gangs in the UK has confirmed what Sikh communities have known for decades. This is not a cultural problem. This is a theological one. The Koran and Hadith provide explicit theological justification for the targeting of non-Muslim women. This episode examines what Islamic scripture actually says, how it applies directly to the documented grooming of Sikh women in the UK and what the Rupert Lowe report reveals about the scale of institutional cover-up that allowed this to continue for decades.Sikh women were disproportionately targeted by Muslim grooming gangs in the UK. This was not random. It was theologically motivated and institutionally protected. The Sikh community deserves an honest theological accounting of why this happened and what it means for Sikh communities in the west going forward.
If you're a sports lover, this SBS Punjabi program is for you! Hear an exclusive interview with Sarpreet Singh, the second-generation Punjabi New Zealander who became the first Punjabi to play at the FIFA World Cup 2026. We also speak with Nikhil Chaudhary, who has made history by earning a place in Australia's T20 cricket team after impressing in the Big Bash League (BBL). Listen to these exclusive conversations, along with the latest news and Punjabi music, in this SBS Punjabi catch-up podcast episode. - ਜੇਕਰ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਖੇਡ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੀ ਹੋ, ਤਾਂ ਇਹ ਐਸਬੀਐਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਹੈ! ਸੁਣੋ ਫੀਫਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਕੱਪ 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਖੇਡਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਊਜ਼ੀਲੈਂਡ ਦੀ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਟੀਮ ਦੇ ਸਿਤਾਰਾ ਖਿਡਾਰੀ ਸਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਾਲ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ, ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਕੱਪ ਦੇ ਸਫ਼ਰ ਅਤੇ ਤਜਰਬਿਆਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹ ਕੇ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ। ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ ਦੇ ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਹਾੜਾ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਤ ਨਿਖਿਲ ਚੌਧਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਵੀ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ ਸੁਣੋ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਆਸਟ੍ਰੇਲੀਆਈ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਟੀ-20 ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ ਟੀਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ ਬਣਾਕੇ ਇੱਕ ਵੱਖਰਾ ਮਾਣ ਹਾਸਲ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹਨਾਂ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਗੱਲਬਾਤਾਂ, ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸੰਗੀਤ ਦਾ ਆਨੰਦ ਲੈਣ ਲਈ, ਇਸ ਕੈਚ-ਅੱਪ ਐਪੀਸੋਡ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਐਸਬੀਐਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦਾ ਰੇਡੀਓ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਸੁਣੋ।
Learn Punjabi through one of the most popular Punjabi songs!In this episode, we're exploring "Morni" by Diljit Dosanjh and breaking down the lyrics step by step. You'll learn what the song really means, pick up useful Punjabi vocabulary, and hear how native speakers use Punjabi in real life.Instead of memorizing grammar rules, you'll learn Punjabi through authentic music, culture, and everyday expressions.In this episode: • Meaning of the lyrics explained in English • Important Punjabi words and phrases • Cultural context behind the song • Real conversational Punjabi examples • Tips for improving your Punjabi listening skillsIf you want to understand Punjabi songs without constantly looking up translations, this episode is for you.
Ahead of the upcoming state elections in Victoria, the SBS Punjabi team visited Shepparton, one of the state's major regional centres. Members of the Punjabi community involved in agriculture, business, education, language services and community life shared the key challenges facing the region and their expectations of the government. - ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ ਦੀਆਂ ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਰਾਜ ਚੋਣਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ SBS Punjabi ਦੀ ਟੀਮ ਨੇ ਖੇਤਰੀ ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਮੁੱਖ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਸ਼ੈਪਰਟਨ ਦਾ ਦੌਰਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ। ਖੇਤੀਬਾੜੀ, ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰ, ਸਿੱਖਿਆ, ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਅਤੇ ਖੇਤਰੀ ਜੀਵਨ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਇਲਾਕੇ ਦੀਆਂ ਮੁੱਖ ਚੁਣੌਤੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਤੋਂ ਉਮੀਦਾਂ ਸਾਂਝੀਆਂ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਖਾਸ ਰਿਪੋਰਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਐਪ ਦੇ ਸੰਸਥਾਪਕ ਸਰਮੁਹੱਬਤ, ਕਿਸਾਨ ਗੁਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ, ਮੈਲਬੌਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਸ਼ੈਪਰਟਨ ਆ ਵੱਸੇ ਸੁਖਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਅਧਿਆਪਕ ਜਗਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ, ਮੋਟਲ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰੀ ਸੁੱਖਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਧਨੋਆ ਅਤੇ ਸਥਾਨਕ ਐਮਪੀ ਸੈਮ ਬਿਰਲ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹਨ।
Over the last several years, God has been saving thousands of people in one state in South Asia - all glory to God! Glenn and Rhonda have led out in this work, and have some helpful keys that contributed to this growth. Two keys in particular are easy access to the Scriptures (in audio form on SD cards) and extraordinary prayer. Also listen in to hear how simple tracking methods are not primarily used to "count churches," but in order to provide a road map for believers, and a symbol of their significance in God's Kingdom. Ordinary believers are empowered to know God's Word well, mature in their faith (including practice and theology), and lead many others to faith in Jesus Christ. Praise God for how HE is working to seek and save the lost. Glenn and Rhonda have some excellent resources to share (in English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujrati, and Nepali). For access to their Ek Rasta materials (story set from Creation to New Creation), and to learn more about their reporting technique using simple church circles, visit their website: https://southasiansands.wixsite.com/ekrasta 10-minute video of Rhonda explaining the simple church mapping tool: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IFnYlwYiO3UPxY3s92brEN5leejdNYm_/view?usp=drivesdk Free Ek Rasta app downloads for your Apple or android devices:https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ek-rasta/id1517191653 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.rajasthan.ekrasta.multi Connect with us: The Coworkers Podcast website Email: coworkersstudy@gmail.com
In this SBS Punjabi radio program, listen to an in-depth report on the illegal practice of sham contracting, which is impacting thousands of young migrants. If you are planning to go on a trip this snow season, there is a special report for you too. Do not miss the weekly segment of Bollywood gupshup. To enjoy all this and more, listen to this catch-up podcast. - ਐਸ ਬੀ ਐਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਵਿੱਚ, ਸੁਣੋ ਸ਼ੈਮ ਕੰਟਰੈਕਟਿੰਗ ਦੇ ਗੈਰ-ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਅਭਿਆਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਸਥਾਰਿਤ ਪੜਚੋਲ, ਜੋ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਾਂ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਿਤ ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਜੇਕਰ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਸਰਦੀਆਂ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਸਨੋਅ ਯਾਨੀ ਕਿ ਬਰਫੀਲੇ ਖੇਤਰਾਂ ਵੱਲ ਘੁੰਮਣ ਜਾਣ ਦੀ ਯੋਜਨਾ ਬਣਾ ਰਹੇ ਹੋ ਤਾਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਵੀ ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਪੇਸ਼ਕਾਰੀ ਹੈ। ਹਫ਼ਤਾਵਾਰੀ ਸੈਗਮੇਂਟ ਬਾਲੀਵੁੱਡ ਗਪਸ਼ਪ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਣੋ ਸਾਡੀ ਨਵੀ ਪੌਡਕਾਸਟ ਲੜੀ ਸਹਿਤ ਸੰਭਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਬਹੁਤ ਕੁੱਝ ਇਸ ਰੇਡੀਓ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਰਾਹੀਂ।
A boy with a dream of playing football in Europe is now representing New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup 2026. Born to a migrant Punjabi family in Auckland, 27-year-old Sarpreet Singh has earned his place on football's biggest stage at the FIFA World Cup. He previously represented the Kiwis at two FIFA U-20 World Cups and played as an attacking midfielder for New Zealand at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Driven by his passion for football, Sarpreet shares how injuries and several setbacks couldn't keep him from living out his dream. - ਇਸ ਸਾਲ FIFA World Cup ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਖ-ਵੱਖ ਪਿਛੋਕੜ ਦੇ ਖਿਡਾਰੀਆਂ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਵਾਰ ‘ਸਿੰਘ' ਨਾਮੀਂ ਜਰਸੀ ਵਾਲਾ ਸਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਵੀ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਆਵੇਗਾ। ਨਿਊਜ਼ੀਲੈਂਡ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਆਕਲੈਂਡ ਦਾ ਜੰਮ-ਪਲ ਇਹ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ FIFA World Cup ਵਿੱਚ ਖੇਡਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਪਹਿਲਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਖਿਡਾਰੀ ਬਣ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ। Europe ਵਿੱਚ ਫੁੱਟਬਾਲ ਖੇਡਣ ਦਾ ਸੁਪਨਾ ਦੇਖ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਇਹ 27-ਸਾਲਾ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਪੈਰਿਸ 2024 ਓਲੰਪਿਕਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਇਕ ਵਾਰ ਫੇਰ ਨਿਊਜ਼ੀਲੈਂਡ ਵਲੋਂ ਖੇਡਦਾ ਅੰਤਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਪੱਧਰ ‘ਤੇ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਆਵੇਗਾ। ਸੱਟ ਲੱਗਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਚੁਣੌਤੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਰ ਕਰਦਿਆਂ ਕਿਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਿਊਜ਼ੀਲੈਂਡ ਦਾ attacking midfielder ਬਣਿਆ ਸਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ, ਜਾਣੋ ਇਸ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ ਵਿੱਚ।
The Noahic Covenant - Genesis 9:8-17 Chris Moore The Noahic Covenant Genesis 9:8-17Message SlidesFor the bulletin in PDF form, click here. A covenant (berit) is “a relationship between two parties involving permanent and serious commitments of faithful, loyal love, obedience, and trust” (Gentry and Wellum). The Noahic Covenant reminds us of God's commitment to His good creation. -Enjoy Creation! -Enjoy Marriage! -Enjoy Food! -Enjoy People! The Noahic Covenant reminds us of the seriousness of sin. The Noahic Covenant reminds us of our need for something more. Resources:Kingdom Through Covenant by Gentry & Wellum (900 pages)God's Kingdom Through God's Covenants by Gentry & Wellum (300 pages)Theology for the Church Podcast (especially episodes on 7/7/25-8/25/25)Pray for the Unreached: The Tarkhan in IndiaThe Tarkhan are a Punjabi-speaking people group in India, traditionally known as carpenters, with many now working in construction or the military. Most follow Sikh traditions, seeking closeness to God through good works, equality, and devotion, yet few have heard the gospel clearly. Though Scripture and resources are available, there are no known believers among them. Pray for a spiritual hunger to grow, for the message of Jesus to be clearly understood, and for the first believers to boldly share Christ within their communities.FinancesWeekly Budget 34,615Giving For 05/31 19,095Giving For 06/07 76,526YTD Budget 1,696,154Giving 2,007,079 OVER/(UNDER) 310,925 Men's Fellowship Smoke OffNothing brings men together like BBQ! Join us for the Men's Ministry Smoke-Off on Saturday, June 20, from 5–8 PM at The Venue at Fellowship — great food, baggo, board games, and conversations that matter with men worth knowing. Want to compete? Sign up when you register. RSVP today. Register at fellowshipconway.org/men.New to Fellowship?We are so glad that you chose to worship with our Fellowship Family this morning. If you are joining us for the first time or have been checking us out for a few weeks, we are excited you are here and would love to meet you. Please fill out the “Connect Card” and bring it to the Connection Center in the Atrium, we would love to say “hi” and give you a gift. Father's Day Slide ShowWe will share a slide show of Fellowship fathers during both services on June 21. Please send one high-resolution photo (per family) to Lisa at lgerdes@fellowshipconway.org by tomorrow June 15. Automate the ImportantWe understand that the summer months can be a whirlwind of new schedules and travel. To ensure the continuous growth of Fellowship's ministry, we encourage you to simplify your giving process by automating it. It's a straightforward and hassle-free process. Just visit fellowshipconway.org/give, click “Ready to Give?” then “Recurring,” and fill out the necessary information. If you need any assistance, feel free to reach out to John in our office at 501-327-3444 between 8:30 and 4:30, Monday through Thursday. Fellowship Women's Watercolor NightPut Wednesday, July 29th at 6 pm on your calendar! Please bring yourself and a friend. All materials are supplied. We will all be practicing different watercolor techniques and participating in some fun watercolor activities! This will be fun for participants of all levels of experience. Remember: it's about the process, not the product! Register at fellowshipconway.org/register. RSVP to Shanna at 501-336-0332 for childcare.Fellowship Women's Recipe SwapSunday, July 12th, at 6 pm, join us at the home of Gale Allen: 63 Moseley Lane, Conway, for a fun evening of sharing favorite recipes, delicious food, and great fellowship! Tara Brown will be there to do a cooking demo! Bring a dish to share and a copy of your recipe. Feel free to invite a friend! Register at fellowshipconway.org/register.Help us Bless our VBS Volunteers!We're looking for people to sign up to provide snacks and treats throughout the week to keep our amazing volunteers energized as they serve. If you'd like to help please contact Ashley, Aoverstreet@fellowshipconway.org or Heather, Hfulmer@fellowshipconway.org Thank you for supporting those who are investing in the lives of our children! Widows' America 250 Luncheon Wear your red, white, or blue as we enjoy our special guests Colonel C. Jason Carter, USA Retired and Rebecca Carter Thursday, July 16 at noon, 3680 Gresham Dr. RSVP by July 2 to Judy, 501-329-3535 or Ambra, 501-730-6795.
Want to learn real Punjabi while enjoying Punjabi music?In this episode, we're breaking down the song "Burberry" by Sidhu Moose Wala line by line. You'll learn the meaning behind the lyrics, understand important Punjabi vocabulary, and discover how Punjabi is actually spoken in everyday conversations.This isn't textbook Punjabi. It's the kind of Punjabi you'll hear from native speakers, friends, family members, and Punjabi music fans.In this episode: • Punjabi vocabulary explained in simple English • Line-by-line meaning of the lyrics • Common Punjabi expressions and phrases • Cultural references behind the song • The difference between literal and natural translationsWhether you're a beginner or an advanced learner, this episode will help you improve your listening skills and expand your Punjabi vocabulary through authentic Punjabi music.
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Have you been learning Punjabi for months—or even years—but still struggle to understand native speakers or speak confidently?In this episode, we're talking about the real reasons most Punjabi learners never become fluent. It's not because they're not smart enough or because Punjabi is too difficult. More often, they're simply following the wrong approach.You'll discover:• The biggest mistakes that keep learners stuck• Why textbook Punjabi isn't enough for real conversations• How native speakers actually use Punjabi in everyday life• The habits that help learners become fluent faster• A practical roadmap to improve your Punjabi starting todayIf your goal is to understand Punjabi speakers, join family conversations, and speak Punjabi naturally and confidently, this episode is for you.And if you'd like personalized help on your Punjabi journey, I'll also share how you can work with me one-on-one to accelerate your progress.
Ghazi Salahuddin is a Pakistani journalist, writer and literary figure, as well as a scholar of political science. He has written widely on political and social issues, contributing analytical columns in both Urdu and English to The News International and Daily JangThe Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/joinChapters:0:00 Introduction1:41 Gwadar Lit Festival and Balochistan8:00 Thinkfest, Academic Festivals and Universities11:56 Reading, Science Fiction and Imagination19:34 Apathy, Diversity and Identity Politics30:00 Creation and History of Pakistan37:41 Karachi lost its culture in 194753:00 Lack of basic services in Pakistan57:31 Who destroyed Karachi?1:05:30 Urdu, Punjabi, and the Language Issue1:19:10 Audience Questions
First, we spoke with a handful of candidates from opposite sides of the aisle who are running in the 48th Congressional District race. Also, we'll tell you why some UCSD faculty are calling for a return of standardized testing. Next, food banks are bracing for an uptick in demand as stricter federal food assistance rules go into effect today. Then, we spoke with a local author who is releasing a book on Punjabi history and traditions in the U.S. And, one local independent book store may be forced to relocate after multiple rent hikes.