by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 3, 2018 | Recent Publications
India’s obsession with light skin has followed us to Canada and everywhere that desis have settled, and it has to stop! I was standing in line at my local Indian grocery store with two of my children. It was a quick run for fresh eggplants and ginger for a curry...
by Taslim Jaffer | Feb 28, 2018 | Wellness
When I hear the words ‘heart attack’ I automatically think of a man. Not necessarily an older man, because young men (in their 30s and 40s) in my family have had heart attacks. And my father-in-law died suddenly from coronary artery disease just after his...
by Taslim Jaffer | Feb 26, 2018 | The Arts Scene, Theatre
On February 15, I was invited to enjoy just over an hour of live piano music at Surrey Civic Theatres, skillfully delivered by Surrey-based pianists Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann. The 129-seat Studio Theatre is intimate and comfortable and exactly the place you want...
by Taslim Jaffer | Feb 20, 2018 | Authenticity, Books
Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes was showing up everywhere on my social feeds last year. Truth be told, I didn’t know who Shonda Rhimes was; I just knew she wrote a book that a lot of people were paying...
by Taslim Jaffer | Feb 16, 2018 | Authenticity
Over the recent Family Day long weekend, my family and I spent a night in Whatcom County. It was sunny and clear but there was quite a nip coming off Lake Whatcom. Perfect weather for sitting in a window seat, watching the small ripples chase each other toward the...
