a story is born from the heart.

Educator . Poet . Leader

The writing and performances curated are reflections of raw humanity. Some are on love, loss, and healing. Some are on justice, restoration, and empowerment. All are stories born from the heart of a brown girl with big hair and a leaky pen.

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Competition:

  • Canadian Individuals Poetry Slam

  • Canadian Festival of Spoken Word

  • Vancouver Poetry Slam

  • Breathe in Poetry

Features and Publications:

  • Mad Artist (Madness Canada; York University)

  • Urban Legends Poetry

  • Kwantlen Poetry Project

  • Delta Literary Arts Festival

  • Vines Festival

  • Indian Summer Festival

  • Vancouver Outsider Artist Festival

  • Hot Damn Queer Slam

  • Re: Place (The Body Orchestra and It’s Not a Box Theatre)

  • Vancouver Poetry House

  • Mango Butter (Cotyledon)

  • Voices of Today

  • Vancouver Writers Fest

  • Karmapseudical Industry (Bloom Zine)

  • Richmond World Festival

  • Red FM

  • Slamapalooza

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Cardamom is a memoir of love, heartbreak, and the search for freedom and justice. Find solace and sorrow, empowerment and emotion in this compilation of poetry.

Cardamom (2019)

Follow my story.

 
|The Dichotomy. A reminder to be kind to yourself. You will feel better; you will find joy again. We only know and feel joy because we experience hurt and break. Healing is hard, and self-care requires intention. Happy Sunday :) #healing #loveyours
| West Coast Trail πŸ„ Thank you to the keepers of this land, Pacheedaht, Ditidaht, Huu-ay-aht, and Nuu-chah-nulth nations. One way to save Earth: 1. Fall in love with it, the way you love your caregiver. 2. Take care of it, the way you do to peo
| New years, new beginnings. • Longing is what keeps pulling us forward in life; we long for healthier lifestyles, better relationships with ourselves and others, satisfying experiences. We are lost without longing, for we are nothing without mo
|Nch’kay’: Winter Camping Edition Canada continues to dishonor Nch’kay’ history by maintaining the name a British naval officer chose for it, with the irony that Garibaldi was a “freedom fighter” nationalist Itali
| Carbon One day, we will become earth, and from earth, we will become Earth. We are on a narrow precipice as humanity. We have a far greater responsibility than any of our anthropocentric desires. We will recover economies, we will fight and love
| Sardar Amrik Singh · You carried mom, and mom carried me. All we are is you.
| Human Rights Pulse: Decolonizing Education Human rights, decolonization, and a brown woman all walk into a zoom call. Tune in next Sunday at 9 AM (PST) or 4 PM (UTC) to hear what happens. Audience link in bio.  @humanrightspulse is a UK bas
| Vaisakhi · Activism and protest is the reason why Sikhs still exist, and its fortified by our industry and agriculture. The absence of Nagar Kirtan again this year has left me feeling down, but pensive. We celebrate coming together in the
| Dark Roast. · "Don't be a hard rock when you truly are a gem/ Respect is just the minimum" - Lauryn Hill #fennel #darkroast γ€Š γ€Š γ€Š γ€Š #instapoet #instaquotes #poetry #lovepains #selflove #love #heal #heartbroken #desibaddie #me
| Peeling the Mango. · Come vibe with your South Asian sisters. I'll be delivering some new new 🍯 Time for some #maza. @anothernisha @myers.cass @illluminami @franz_poet #instapoet #poetry #lovepains #selflove #love #desibaddie #heal #men
| . I’m angry that the power of my period has been kept away from me for so long. In being educated by Invisible Women and @sammoorestrong about menstruation and physiology, I am approaching my period with a new power and kindness to push myse
| cash in. • Brown parents telling their daughters that they can 'do whatever they want once they're married' is just a post dated cheque thats going to bounce. Cash in now babes πŸ’° #doit γ€Š γ€Š γ€Š #instapoet #instaquotes #poetry #lovepains #selflov
| we eat because of Punjabi Farmers. • In an attempt to modernize the agricultural industry, Indias government is leaving farmers to a free for all for large corporation to buy directly from farmers. This sounds great, however the execution of t