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Navjot Kaur

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The United Kingdom

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http://www.saffronpress.com

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Navjot Kaur is the trailblazer behind Saffron Press - a socially conscious, small independent press, creating stories to inspire little citizens of change. She is a daughter of immigrants, sister to five siblings and cisgender Mum. Navjot has been advocating for greater equity and representation of the Sikh identity in children's literature for over a decade, through her books and professional facilitation sessions with school districts and undergraduate students. Throughout her years as a classroom teacher, Navjot strived to explore curriculum through an antibias antiracist lens, especially when amplifying issues of social justice with young persons. She continues that work, now as a publisher and author of three titles, with her first A L ...more

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Riaan’s Research Initiative: Incubator of Hope and Possibility

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Gurjot “Jo” Kaur’s advocacy as a civil rights lawyer was redirected to finding a cure for Cockayne syndrome when her son, Riaan was diagnosed with a devasting recessive disorder on March 12, 2021.

Cockayne syndrome is a rare and life-limiting neurogenerative disease, caused by mutations affecting either the ERCC6 or ERCC8 genes. Given there is no cure or kn

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	A Lion's Mane by Navjot Kaur (Goodreads Author), Jaspreet Sandhu (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams of Hope - a Bedtime Lullaby by Navjot Kaur (Goodreads Author), Gurleen Rai (Illustrator) 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden of Peace by Navjot Kaur (Goodreads Author), Nana Sakata (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I And The World Through My Eye by Rohit Sood (Goodreads Author), Navjot Kaur (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Syed Tabrez Hassan 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Moment: Belongs to You.. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Navjot Kaur and 5 other people liked Shefali Saldanha's review of The Last Queen: "Fascinating story but was disappointed with the writing. "
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Navjot Kaur and 10 other people liked Ranjit Powar's review of The Last Queen: "The book falls in the genre of historical fiction, so I will not find faults with historical facts. But there are occasional slips about cultural nuances which can be spotted by a Punjabi, robbing the story of an authentic ambience. It's a simple sto" Read more of this review »
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Navjot Kaur and 7 other people liked Aruna S's review of The Last Queen: "Fast and pacy read. However, lacks the punch and the humour of her previous books. Something was missing... It’s good that the queen isn’t over-glorified and is shown with her short-comings. However, you don’t get insights into the queen’s persona tho" Read more of this review »
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Navjot Kaur and 6 other people liked Lima's review of The Last Queen: "I am an ardent fan of Banerjee's the Palace of Illusions. Expecting the same from this book, I started reading it with a lot of expectations - the rise of glory of an ordinary woman to the Last Queen of one of the biggest empires. The book really tau" Read more of this review »
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Navjot’s Quotes

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

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“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

tags: conformity, individuality

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“The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence”
― Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

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“stay strong through your pain
grow flowers from it
you have helped me
grow flowers out of mine so
bloom beautifully
dangerously
loudly
bloom softly
however you need
just bloom”
― Rupi Kaur, milk and honey

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“Our backs tell stories
no books have the spine to carry”
― Rupi Kaur

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