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Desiland

Aug 13, 2019

After a summer break and vacation with the kids, Niru is back and looking inward on the subject of Branding Desis; stereotypes, assimilation and the brown glass ceiling, with motivational speaker Bobby Umar, a five-time TED veteran and ranked among North America's top 100 speakers by Inc.com. His book is called "How to...


May 14, 2019

Niru speaks with two Canadian journalists who have reported extensively over decades on the Khalistan movement, as well as the bombing of Air India Flight 182 in 1985. Niru followed Terry Milewski's coverage of the disaster as a youth in the mid-80's, and Terry Glavin discusses his experience covering Indo-Canadian...


May 14, 2019

In the first installment of Desiland's Currying Votes series, Niru examines the origins of the Khalistan movement for independence in the region of Punjab and its supporters' influence in Canadian politics. She tells the story of her friend Seema and the Air India disaster of 1985then chats with Balraj Deol, editor...


Feb 13, 2019

Welcome to Desiland! This podcast by Toronto-based journalist Niru Kumar in collaboration with TNKR Media explores modern Desi life in North America.

In this first episode, Niru chats with quadrilingual Desi-Canadian comic Sugar Sammy about his Desi influences, family, love, "going white" and more!

Sugar Sammy is...


Feb 11, 2019

Welcome to Desiland! This podcast by Toronto-based journalist Niru Kumar in collaboration with TNKR Media explores modern Desi life in North America. In this preview, Niru discusses episodes and guests to come, and we hear from quadrilingual Desi-Canadian comic Sugar Sammy, who weighs in on Canadian Prime Minister...