love letter

an overdue love letter to my Soul House in the Himalayas. i was only 19 a staunch little Richard Dawkins loving atheist secretly leaving home with nothing but a backpack alone i boarded a bus in a chaotic station in Chandigarh the wrong bus somehow we still found each other you were my last resort my mind plagued with thoughts …

Panjabi and Indian Soldiers in WW1 – Remembrance Day

Panjabi and Indian Soldiers

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day and I want to pay tribute to our Sikh & Panjabi great grandfathers who served time for the British empire that colonised them. My great grandfather Sardar Chajja Singh Mann (Ludhiana district) was a signalman in WW1 and during WW2 he was a Sikh priest (Giani) at the cantonments. Over 1.3 million Indian soldiers fought and …

How to direct message your way into a job

800+ people have told me they are looking for work. Less than 5 have applied for project-based digital jobs I’ve informally advertised here on Linkedin over the last 3 months. Most people are still looking for secure stable jobs – and haven’t woken up to the new reality that project-based digital work IS the new normal. Here’s how it works …

The two types of workplaces you can get a job

There are two types of places you can work. The first you get * a clear structure * very clear roles and responsibilities * told exactly what you need to do and how to do it, * will rarely get credit (esp equity) or recognition for your contribution here esp juniors * to feel comfortable * you mostly “follow the …

A Love Letter to My Soul House

an overdue love letter to my Soul House in the Himalayas. i was only 19 a staunch little Richard Dawkins loving atheist secretly leaving home with nothing but a backpack alone i boarded a bus in a chaotic station in chandigarh the wrong bus somehow we still found each other you were my last resort my mind plagued with thoughts …

Taking a strategic approach to activism and advocacy through revolutionary love

Taking a strategic approach to activism and advocacy through revolutionary love. Recently, after The Australian newspaper published a cartoon dismissing Kamala Harris as “a little brown girl” I emailed a few folks to see if we could take action. I joked and titled the email “angry little brown girl” referring to how unimpressed I was about this. A concerned mentor …

Let’s talk about Aussie media

Let’s talk about Aussie media… and our token multiculturalism and diversity. From 19 000 segments on Australian TV, only 6 % had non-European presenters. Whereas 24% of the population isn’t European (Media Diversity Australia). When it comes to actual representation it’s as aussie as Yeah…. Nah. She’ll be right Our telly ain’t great mate. “100% of free-to-air television national news …