mother. daughter of immigrants. granddaughter of refugees. immigrant and labor rights lawyer and co-founder @surlegal_atl. kidlit author: @agentsaba
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30 Nov 2023
Thank you @diversebooks for featuring my third picture book, In This Family! This ode to my Punjabi-Irish family comes out May 14, 2024. Please pre-order today! @SimonKIDS simonandschuster.com/books/Iโฆ
17 Nov 2023
We are so excited to reveal the cover of In This Family by Shelly Anand, coming from @SimonKIDS in 2024! Illustrated by Meenal Patel. Cover design by Lizzy Bromley. Preorder here: simonandschuster.com/books/Iโฆ
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6 Dec 2023
Really grateful and impressed with @NationalCOSH ensuring that attendees feel safe from sexual harassment at conferences. Would love to see @abalel adopt something similar as a survivor of abuse at your conferences.
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16 Dec 2025
The misinformation sheโs talking about is โthereโs no genocide in Gazaโ not โvaccines cause autismโ btw.
14 Dec 2025
Hillary Clinton: "Americans who engage in misinformation should be civilly or criminally charged."
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16 Dec 2025
After the Bondi Beach attack, the Australian PM chose empathy over propaganda and dogwhistle: stood with the Jewish community, met victimsโ families, rejected Netanyahuโs cynical two-state claim, and visited Ahmed Al Ahmed in hospital. This is what leaders do.
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12 Dec 2025
We go on about anti Indian racism online (as we must) but how many of us Indians even know what Dr. Suri has been put through by ICE?
This is real and material anti Indian racism in the US but because of his religion and his wifeโs nationality we donโt care.
10 Dec 2025
Dr. Badar Khan Suri was unjustly detained and disappeared and experienced absolutely horrific treatment while in ICE detention.
Listen to his story:
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10 Dec 2025
Elon Musk, a South African immigrant born in Africa who votes in Texas, is annoyed that Somali immigrants born in Africa get to vote in Minnesota.
There's only one thing he doesn't have in common with his fellow African immigrants in Minnesota.
10 Dec 2025
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
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6 Dec 2025
Never forget that 2025 is the year Elon Muskโs algorithm made anti-India garbage a cool revenue source for trailer trash like whoever this @ndcarson clown is.
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6 Dec 2025
"With all these Gringos coming here, Texas doesn't look very Mexican anymore" - a vaquero in the 1830s
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6 Dec 2025
This stuff is effectively indistinguishable from the kind of things they used to say about Italians 135 years ago.
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6 Dec 2025
RT @GeauxGabrielle: Birthright citizenship was established on the backs of Black people and they have been OPENLY calling for Black peopleโโฆ
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6 Dec 2025
Today marks the 33rd anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid - a black day in the history of independent India, when Hindutva fundamentalists launched one of the severest attacks on the secular and democratic foundations of our republic.
On this day, the CPI(M) pledges to continue the unwavering struggle against right-wing communal authoritarian forces and to resolutely defend secular constitutional values.
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6 Dec 2025
A pregnant Indian woman was forcibly expelled across the border on the โsuspicionโ that she was Bangladeshi. After enduring six months in a Bangladeshi jail, she has finally been brought home under orders from the Supreme Court. Democracy much !!
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5 Dec 2025
this is why minorities ask WHITE PEOPLE to speak up!!!
The White House have deleted their pro-ICE post using Sabrina Carpenterโs track โJunoโ following her comment.
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6 Dec 2025
Thanks to @SubwayTakes I just learned that blue whales are descendants of ancient deer from the Indus Valley who then evolved into blue whales. So Punjabis, Sindhis, Baluchis, blue whales are our cousins yo!!!! discovermagazine.com/how-ancโฆ
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4 Dec 2025
What is the name of this disease?
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4 Dec 2025
I was proud to support Starbucks workers striking here in Georgia for better wages. For context, their CEO made $95 million last year. Starbucks must come back to the table, negotiate, and raise worker pay.
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3 Dec 2025
TRUMP SPOKE WITH MAMDANI AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT โ ABC
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4 Dec 2025
โI am speaking in Bangla. @narendramodi and his government call Bangla โBangladeshiโ language. Now that I am speaking in Bangla perhaps they will call me Bangladeshi and try to throw me out.โ
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2 Dec 2025
This #GivingTuesday support @SurLegal_ATL in the fight for immigrant worker justice in Georgia and the Deep South! Help us reach our goal of $10,000 by the end of the year!
givebutter.com/5yearsofsur
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