Samosa Chats

Amrit Matharu, a producer and model, takes us through her career journey with the BBC and the obstacles she's had as a brown woman in a creative industry. Additionally, we talk about body positivity and body image within the brown communities.

You can catch her at @amarettosworld across all usual social media platforms.

Davinder Singh Toor, author of "In Pursuit of Empire" and art collector joins Preet to discuss Art patronage under the Sikhs. Art flourished under the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and these pieces made their way into the Western World after the annexing of Punjab by the British in the mid-1800s.

Davinder recounts his anecdotes of finding certain Art, the challenges he faces and also covers the stories behind some of the most prominent and mysterious pieces in his collection.

Davinder's Links:

@Davinder.s.Toor

@kashihousecic

https://www.kashihouse.com/books/in-pursuit-of-empire

Our links:

@comedypreet

@samosachats

Pav Singh, author of "1984 India's Guilty Secret", stops by to chat about his understanding and work on exposing the 1984 Genocide by the Indian Government towards the Sikhs. 

Following the assassination of sitting PM Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards (Bawant & Satwant Singh), the streets of Delhi and India erupted into violence. Murder, torture, and mass rape were officially chalked up as "communal riots", however in the years since illuminators like Pav, Jaswant Singh Khalra and Amnesty International describe an organised, well funded genocide. 

Pav details his own personal memories of the time as a diaspora Sikh and the lengths at, which he went to too uncover this secret. 

Follow Pav:

Twitter: @pavsingh84

Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/1984-Indias-Guilty-Pav-Singh/dp/1911271083

Samosa Chats:

@samosachats 

@comedypreet

International pornstar, Sahara Knite discusses her journey in Porn. The backlash, coming out to her strict Indian-Muslim parents, and let's us take a peek behind the porn curtain.

Having accumulated billions of views on her videos and now moving into mainstream TV work (Game of Thrones, Brave New World) she is one of the most famous and recongisable porn stars in the world. Dick injections, death threats, and weird requests from producers/fans.

This one is to not be missed!

Sahara's Links:

https://saharaknite.co.uk

Twitter: @saharaknite & @HijabiBhabhi

Instagram: @iamsaharaknite & @saharakniteishijabibhabhi

Samosa Chats:

Insta: @samosachats

Twitter: @ChatsSamosa

Facebook: @SamosaChats

Preet:

@comedypreet

NHS Dr. Meenal Viz opens up about the reality of working in the NHS during a Global Pandemic.

Just how bad is the crisis? What will the reality be once CoVid-19 cases peak? How are frontline staff coping?

From everyone at Samosa Chats we’d like to thank the NHS workers and frontline staff helping the country get through this crisis.

Go follow Dr.Meenal:

Insta: @meenals_world

website:www.meenalsworld.com

Podcast can be found on itunes, spotify, any podcast app.

Search: Meenal's World

Follow Preet:

Insta:

@comedypreet

@samosachats

Twitter:

@comedypreet

@ChatsSamosa

Sunny (of Sunny and Shay fame) discusses his journey from The Family to multiple hit radio shows.

Sunny and Preet discuss philosophies on life, the impact of culture and sexuality.

Go drop them a follow!

@sunnyandshay

Catch us on:

@samosachats

@comedypreet

Shay from the BBC and “The Family” sits down with Preet to chat her experiences of being a woman pushing on in a successful media career.

Shay gets in depth on balancing being a new mum with her high profile job and how she deals with the traditional views of those around her.

She details how she and Sunny managed to turn an appearance on TV into a successful career in the media with a hit Radio show featured on multiple BBC platforms.

Part 2 next week with Sunny!

Go drop them a follow!

@sunnyandshay

Catch us on:

@samosachats

@comedypreet

This week we’re joined by Nav, Kiran and Pri the team behind Apneh in Football, who share their emotional journey of discovery and the positive effect football can have in some of the most vulnerable communities in India.

Nav (The Football Scientist) has built a career behind the scenes in elite football but his drive to carry out Sewa (selfless service) saw him enlist Kiran and Pri for a trip to YUWA school (Jharkhand, India). The lads share the relationships they built and the talent on display.

While Nav lead elite coaching sessions for the girls, Pri was busy interviewing and delving into the girls stories, and Kiran was there to capture the stills. Each of them utilised their talents, which will be displayed in a series of documentary episodes.

The lads have also come back with a goal. To raise enough money to build the school a state of the art 4G football pitch. A donation of just £3 will go a long way to that goal.

Donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aif-empower-yuwa?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

YUWA: https://www.yuwa-india.org/school/#about

AIF: @apneh_in_football

You may recognise Nikita from last years Take Me Out but this presenter, actress and model is much more than just a pretty face.

With an increased focus in after care for TV/Reality stars Nikita shares her journey on Take Me Out, her goal to bring more brown people into the mainstream, and modern dating. She even spills the tea on the famous slipping into her DMs.

Sandy from Sikh Forgiveness discusses the relationship between religion and mental health in traditional communities.