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The Breaking Free Show TM:
April 15th Guest: Vishavjit Singh
Vishavjit Singh's bio:
Change is the only constant in life. Born into a Sikh family in the US I had an instant proclivity to the arts. I was doodling, sketching, panting in my free time. My first teenage year it was reasoned upon me to choose sciences, practicality, professional career and money over the passion for arts. In 1984 I survived a genocidal wave of killings in India that consumed thousands of innocent members of the Sikh community. Life went on and I moved back to the land of my birth to be an engineer then a doctor. Neither manifested into reality. Lost in a sea of humanity in college that looked so different from my turbaned and barely bearded looks, I took off my turban and chopped my unshorn hair to get lost in the crowd. Then I eased into atheism. Discovered Buddhism on the shelves of bookstores in Santa Barbara. Delved into Taoist meditations in Berkeley. Finally for the first time befriended the faith I was born into, Sikhism. A month before 9/11 with my hair long enough donned the Sikh turban. After 9/11 I was the target of ignorance and ensuing hate from fellow Americans who only saw my turban and beard.
The response of some American editorial cartoonists to 9/11 and subsequent events created the spark to embrace my long lost passion. I started cartooning about Sikhs armed with my laptop and right index finger. My evenings and weekends have since been consumed by capturing Sikh frustrations and aspirations around the globe. My cartoons, writings and interviews can be accessed at Sikhtoons.com
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Past Guests
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4/22 - Alice Osborn
4/15 - Vishavjit Singh
4/4 - Aaynne Lamy, Dr. Glenda Clare
3/18 - Josh Balk
3/11 - Stephanie Hester & Daughter Britini
3/4 - Lillian Brummet
2/18 -Melissa Peil
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/10 - Barton and Megan Cutter
2/3 - Rose Marie Swanson
1/28 - Margaret Placentra Johnston
1/21 - Professor Bejan
1/14 - Lillian Brummet
1/7/2013 - S. Kelley Harrell
12/17 - Kristen Iversen
12/10 - Tanya Stockton, Martin Strel
12/3 - Carrie Silkowski
1
1/26 - Chef Njathi Kabui, Betsy Polk Joseph and Maggie Chotas
11/19 - Tonia Zampieri, Dr. Elyn Saks
11/12 - Lisa Brown
11
/5 - Richard Hughes, Gabriele Amersbach
10/29 - Roberta Gratz, Anne McKinnell
10/22 - Steve Halaszi, Rachel Minihan
10/15 - Jennifer Partridge, Nancy Nelson
10/8 - Leslie Flowers, John C. Parkin
10
/1 - Alisha Whiteway, Stuart Whiteway
9/24 - Mary P Byrne-Halaszi, Heather Barnhardt
9/10 - Karen Raines, Elise Johnson
9
/3 - Phil Okrend, Tobi Bowen
8/27 - Sandra Dubois-Gibson, Sherrie Wilkolaski
8/20 - Suzanne Frindt, Dr. Solomon Huriash
8/13 - Jeanna Gabellini
8/6 - Lauryn Oates, Sandra Carrington-Smith
6/18 - Bill Patt; Jennifer Hendrix and Laura Schmitt
5
/28 - Nancy Bolt and Emy Louie
5/21 - Jualeah Early, Michael Reznicek, MD
5/7 - Paul Shapiro
4/30 -
Dominique Beaudry
4/23 - Michele Howe Clarke, Allan Wilson
4/2
- Oliver Wade, Bobby Heinline
3/12 - The Vogels
3/5 - Rita Rocker
2/27 - Maryphyllis
Horn
2/20 - Leslie Greeenman
2/13 - Rebecca Kimbel
1/30 - Kristin Seibert
1/23/2012 - Margaret O'Conner
10/10 - Blake Steele
9/5 - J.D. Masterson
8/22 - Joy Askue and Crissy Rollins
8/15 - Arman Khodaei
8/8 - Derrick David Holmes, Stephen Gallup
8/1 - Adele and Vincent Rosati
7/28 - Kim Norton
7/18 - Michele Little and Phran Gacher
7/11 - Dr. Arlene Taveroff and Dr. Eileen Cummings
7/4/2011 - Gloria Lipman