Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa i(14526462 works by)
Born: Established: 1994 ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Indian
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1 y separately published work icon Fully Sikh : Hot Chips and Turmeric Stains Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa , Perth : Upswell Publishing , 2025 29170362 2025 single work autobiography

'Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa knows a thing or two about telling a story. From her experience on stages and in front of live and television audiences, she now offers us her first book. Sukhjit reflects on her own experience as a Sikh-Australian woman, performing it against a backdrop of comfort and calamity: how we live our lives in a messy and multi-layered society.

'Using the staging of meals as her mode, Sukhjit explores presumptions and the nuances of all that we can bring to the table. She plays with the etiquette of what is carried into public arenas and what stays in our private worlds: our aspirations and heritage, and all our baggage.  

'There are no exclusionary zones for this courageous, passionate, irreverent, and very funny, writer'  (Publication summary)

1 Gurdwara Day Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa , 2024 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Growing Up Indian in Australia 2024; (p. 185-190)
1 Two Hands i "Hands up", Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging Online 2020;
1 2 Fully Sikh Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa , 2019 single work drama

'Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa shot to fame in Australia and around the world with her poetry on Australia's Got Talent. But before she went viral, Sukhjit was a brown, hairy Sikh girl growing up in the suburbs of Perth. Fully Sikh is her story.

'The show is a hilarious and heartfelt poetic procession through Sukhjit's life, her family and her faith, all told with her trademark lyrical flow. Fully Sikh will be a sensory feast for audiences, full of music, dance, poetry and food.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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