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March 15, 2025
Text on the left in black on white background reads: Happy Publication Day! On the right two images from the book We Are Cheesemakers. One is a fascera holding a cheese wheel to rest and the other is a brother and sister of Sikh heritage hiding under a blue checkered blanket.
Published by Navjot at March 15, 2025
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Happy Publication Day!

The image of the sister and brother hiding under a blanket in their little ‘tug boat’ will hopefully encourage conversations about migration and displacement journeys. There […]
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February 2, 2025
book cover shows a parmigiano reggiano cheese wheel in the centre with a label on the top showing the title We Are Cheesemakers in copper foil across the middle and an image of a sister holding up a pair of binoculars with one hand and a madaanī spoon in the other, stirring the milky waves below. Her brother wearing a blue dastaar is leaning over the edge with a spino, both covered in a dhurrie (traditional blanket) and sat in a 'tug boat' or traditional indian copper serving dish (mirroring the copper vats used for boiling milk). The background is a traditional phulkari pattern in muted yellows and browns.
Published by Navjot at February 2, 2025
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We Are Cheesemakers Cover Reveal

This is a project that has been difficult to ‘reveal’ given the heartache of the world. When we are witnessing harsher border divisions, trade wars, watching […]
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