TCK short-film project "I AM HOME"

LONDONERS: The short "modern day nomad" film I was featured in recently - I Am Home - will be shown for the month of June at an exhibition in Central London. 8th June - 30 June 2012, WC2N 5BW. 

If interested, "like" my Facebook page and I'll send you an event invite: 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Home-Keeps-Moving/100736426650226

I am constantly amazed at how "Home Keeps Moving" continues to travel far and wide. I receive incredible e-mails from people it has touched and am alerted to positive book reviews such as the one below. Thank you all for taking the time to give me feedback and for helping spread TCK awareness.

Book Review: 

“Home Keeps 

Moving” 

by Heidi Sand-Hart

"Summary: Heidi shares her life as a TCK/MK from India moving from country to country from continent to continent, and from culture to culture. She shares the joys, the excitement, and the hard ugly truth of the pain from her experiences. She uses many quotes from other TCK related books and then shares stories as examples. Some stories are her own, others are from fellow TCKs who have written about their own experiences. She discusses issues such as loss, grief, education, and “rootlessness”.
My thoughts: Loved it! I checked it out from the library and had a hard time not writing in it – so I am ordering my own copy soon..." 

Continue reading: http://raisingtcks.com/2012/05/08/book-review-home-keeps-moving-by-heidi-sand-hart/

Empire

It occurred to me recently, whilst watching BBC's "Empire", that most of the countries I've lived in have a strong British influence. Whether colonised as India was, or a member of the commonwealth, the British influence is strong and recognisable. India. Canada. New Zealand.

But it is the entanglement of Indian and British culture that is of most interest to me. I often get asked which country feels like home and although I can never find the elements of my upbringing in just one place, I usually answer "England". In truth, it is both India and England that have always had the strongest semblance of "home" and since both cultures are laced with tangible traces of the other, it makes sense to my soul. I grew up in England wearing Punjabi suits and eating curry, surrounded by Indians...and lived in India surrounded by the remnants of British rule, attending a British boarding school, having afternoon tea and living in cottages built by the British. 





Although my parents' Scandinavian roots have been ever present in my upbringing, it is the combination of British and Indian which has the strongest connection to the fabric of my existence. They go hand in hand for me. It is while devouring a dosa in South London or riding the extensive Indian railway put in place by the British that I feel most complete.

The Charlotte Leatherbarrow Foundation

The charity I work for - The Charlotte Leatherbarrow Foundation - officially launched on Tuesday the 20th March and our website went live. 


You can now read all about us at: 
http://www.charlottefoundation.org/


AND there are some fabulous videos about Charlotte which will give you a better idea of what we do. Watch them here:


http://www.charlottefoundation.org/about-us/charlottes-story


For more info or if you want to donate, e-mail me at: heidi@charlottefoundation.org

Horse & Rider

A film that I'm really looking forward to...filmed partly in my hometown of Ooty, India. You can pre-order the film at: http://freedomfirm.storenvy.com/products/179432-horse-rider-a-journey-towards-freedom

Please support their worthy cause to "free the daughters of India"...

Another project worth checking out

Introducing my dear friends and their fabulous idea for helping Thailand. 

Track the Pallister's story at: http://teampallister.com/

Snowy London...

Well the big news over here in London is that it actually SNOWED!! I don't quite understand why people get so surprised, I've experienced snow almost every winter I've lived here. But still...it's a welcome change from the dreary grey of February. The city really does look quite beautiful under a blanket of white.