Samples

Writing

Catering to your Pets
Find out how Geeta ended up home-preparing her pets’ meals. She shares recipes, money and time-saving tips as well as resources to help you get started.

Elements of Enlightenment
Filmmaker Deepa Mehta and her daughter, writer Devyani Saltzman on their quest for truth, each other and moksha.

Cheating: A Survivor’s Manual
If you’ve ever cheated or been cheated on, you know that nauseating inside-out feeling where your blood seems to coagulate in your veins and nothing makes sense any more. And if you don’t, may you never find out. Here’s how.

Profile: Sugar Sammy
He’s tall, dark and handsome, but you can’t take this Indo-Canadian comedian home to meet Mom!

Book review: Shooting Water
Shooting Water, by Deepa Mehta’s daughter Devyani Saltzman, takes precedence over everything. And Geeta’s sex life is suffering!”

Capsule Book Reviews
A collection of three ultra-short reviews of books Geeta enjoyed: Further Under the Duvet, Babyji and Dragonslippers.

TV

	The “P” Word As a girl growing up in Pakistan, Cheryl Braganza was encouraged to shut up and be beautiful. She moved to Montreal in 1967 and, through a series of events, found her voice. Cheryl paints a self portrait and she tells her story, forever rewriting the “P” word.

	Where are you From? A loaded question for millions of Canadians. One that leads to even more questions: does having a clear answer make life easier? What is ‘home’ exactly? And where do you lay down your hat when you’re a citizen of the world? We explore these questions (and others) through playback theatre, where the story of one is echoed by many. Using spoken word, music and movement, our players reveal their own quirky quest for the motherland.

	I’m Funny in My Country How difficult it is to make people laugh when telling a joke in another language.

CBC’s Be Green

	The Dark Side of the CFL Geeta talks about the dangers of CFL bulbs and the dirty electricity they produce.

	Green Eye for a Hip Guy Geeta visits Danny Lourenço, an ethical fashion guru who owns Rien a Cacher, a boutique on St Denis that sells locally produced, organic and recycled clothes.

	Greening your Hair Care Geeta gets to the root of hair colouring, eco-style.