Dr Savi's Media Watch

This week an Archive show - when we met Jaspal Singh from Virgin Atlantic back in 2014/5. He walks us through his amazing job and outlined the opportunity / initiative that Virgin have offered via their 'Virgin Atlantic Future Flyers Programme'.

It was great to meet him and we're grateful for him sharing his career passion to fly. He's an inspiration to all of us.

Jaspal continues to do some incredible charity work all around the world through the international charity: KhalsaAid.

Welcome to Season 5 Episode 19 of Dr Savi's Media Watch

A few years ago we had an opportunity to interview the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

At the time Dr Savi was asked by a close friend of his, a CEO of a major UK housing trust to interview Jesse Jackson during Jesse's short stop over in London.

Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997.

He is also the founder of the organisations that merged to form Rainbow Push. Rainbow Push is a nonprofit organisation formed as a merger of two nonprofit organisations: People United to Save Humanity. and the National Rainbow Coalition. Both organisations pursue social justice, civil rights and political activism.

The recording took place just after the last stock market crash, with many losing their homes with the banks rushing to reclaim their loans to everyday people.

Some of the points raised at the time are still relevant today.

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It was great to meet Indy and discuss challenges the economy faces at the moment. 

We also covered his passion for sustainability and podcasting especially in a corporate context.  In addition, we spoke about his love for home gardening/farming. He even built an awesome full functioning gym at home during lockdown.

Indy Hothi CA is currently the co-founder of Upside Projects, a consultancy and venture builder which provides strategic advice on digital transformation, innovation and sustainability to public and private sector clients.  

Prior to Upside Projects, Indy was a senior economist with EY in London. He worked across a number of high-profile economic impact studies which influenced public policy and included clients such as the Premier League and Rugby World Cup.  

Through his passion for social and humanitarian causes, Indy was a trustee of Khalsa Aid International, a charity which provides humanitarian aid in disaster areas and civil conflict zones. His work has led him to the frontline on a number of projects including Iraq, DR Congo, Lebanon, Nepal and Haiti. 

Indy is the Vice President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), the worlds oldest accountancy body, representing over 20,000 members worldwide.

Bringing back an archived episode to share some great tips on motivation, drive and passion for success.

Tan has a bachelor's degree in mathematics with management studies from University College London, studied applied statistics at Keble College, Oxford, and has a Master of Philosophy in the history and politics of South Asia from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Slough in 2017. Recently, he's been appointed Shadow Minister for the Railways by Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer in April 2020.

It was great to spend some time with Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Member of Parliament UK at his Slough party HQ.

This week we met Captain Ramneek Kaur & Rajvinder Singh from Shepherds Busch Gurdwara who are running some great strategic projects, including Well Being support, Langar outreach and considering new & imaginative services.   We were also honoured to have on the show Ex Dep Mayor of Hounslow, Veteran charity worker/leader and board adviser to a number of regional co-operative credit union banks: Mukesh Malhotra.  During this 'un-lockdown' period we discussed the need for more services required to support people in need.

This week we met Jasvir Singh OBE, one of the founders of City Sikhs and now progressing an incredible initiative known as South East Asian Heritage (SAHM) Month. He shares with us its aims.  SAHM seeks to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures, histories particularly the intertwined histories of the UK and South Asian communities and how South Asian cultures are present throughout the UK and indeed London. 

The month begins on the 18th July, the date that the Indian Independence Act 1947 gained royal assent and ends on the 17th August, Partition Commemoration Day.