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 I am encouraged and deeply moved to know and see in Navraaz a powerful emerging voice, much like Amrita Pritam, the venerated nightingale
of India and a gifted poet with a deep and sensitive soul, for the plight of the weak, dispossessed, disadvantaged, forgotten, ignored, and those suffering incredible hardships caused by man or nature. I see in Navraaz,
the work of humanitarian and saint, Bhagat Puran Singh, being taken to other dimensions and placing before us other areas of human suffering.
We see a social conscience; a gentle spokesperson through her media for the
plight of those who need a voice and reminder to jolt us out of our indifference to others on our life-journey. She tells a story and brings it
home for us to ponder. In her work: words, work, music, song, visuals of Navraaz, a deep sense of moral responsibility and accountability is evident. We admire
her raising the social problems in the Indian continent is courageous and timely and has a resonance of similar problems everywhere. In the pursuit of her stories,
she is traveling for and sacrificing much to give her a sense of how deeply
she feels for others. Her production company, Navraaz Kaur Production Inc, may be young but it is already is producing quality work and having impact on select
audiences in India, U.S.A. and other places.
Navraaz is making us all aware, that in this time of such abundance and promise, colossal waste and unreasonable selfishness on the part of few at the expense of so many, deserves a call to immediate attention and actions.
We must end the incredible suffering of our fellow human beings. Navraaz through her films, which she not only directs and produces, but often writes and plays a many roles as a narrator, singer, musician, and educator, seems to do that without preaching and with great sensitivity and respect for her subject and the social issue before her that she is trying to tackle.
Then, I am not surprised. she is the talented daughter of Thakar Singh Basati, a community pillar in the Chicago land, a sevak of the Sutguru, a leader with a vision and sight towards the future of the next generation. The spirit of Navraaz is guided by the light of her Sikh faith, the spirit of the soil of the Punjab, the "Cultural and Spiritual Crossroads of India," and by her
upbringing in the United States.
I can imagine her going far with her creative media and because of the rich composite of her personal, cultural and spiritual make-up tempered by her family, faith, and sense of humanity. Navraaz is a pioneer among the daring trailblazers at what I call the "Global Holla Mohalla" competing and excelling in the new unimagined endeavors, arts, creations, space explorations, and innovations that are right for our times, our generations.
I join her many admirers in wishing her great success and look forward to her getting the major national and international breakthroughs that her work deserves. I am certain that it will happen in time. We will be following and celebrating her achievements in the years ahead. We thank her for spotlighting an extraordinary cause that touches all humanity in many distinct and profound ways. With her multi-faced gifts and multi-textured cultural and spiritual foundation, we may seeing the emergence of a star within and outside her chosen profession.
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