Applied for a Canada tourist visa and the IRCC got back to me saying I still hold a PR of Canada?! Apparently my parents had Canadian PR (yes, I spent some years growing up in Canada). They came back to India in 2002, but never formally gave up their PR. Any advice for how to handle this situation?

For your #Oscar consideration for Best Short #Documentary - "Far from Home" is now viewable on the @theacademyusa.bsky.social Awards portal. When #Afghans are being demonized in the US, this award-winning short tells the humanizing story of one woman’s fight for a safe home for her family.

Afghans leave Afghanistan in the hope of a better life, but what happens when their country of refuge doesn't want them? I encourage you to watch Far from Home at the National Press Club in DC on December 3. (1/2)

A big thank you to the extraordinarily talented @ankitakumar.bsky.social for speaking to my @medillschool.bsky.social class about her award-winning documentary "Far from Home". You can catch the film in #WashingtonDC next on 12/3 @pulitzercenter.org: pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...

Please join us #WashingtonDC! 'Far From Home' Oscar Consideration Screening #Afghanistan #India #refugees pulitzercenter.org/event/far-ho...

#WashingtonDC friends - please join us for a very special screening of the award-winning documentary "Far from Home." (I'll be joining virtually!) Director @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person! FREE event - Please RSVP below. Thank you to the National Press Club and @pulitzercenter.org

Are you in LA this weekend? Then come watch my film, Far from Home - a documentary on Afghan refugees in India! Far from Home is produced by @brenthuffman.bsky.social and Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah is its Executive Producer. RSVP for either screening below by scanning the QR code:

Thank you Screen Magazine for the wonderful story about the Academy Award/Oscar qualification of "Far from Home" and the recent news about legendary thespian Naseeruddin Shah (“Monsoon Wedding”) joining the #documentary as executive producer: screenmag.com/afghan-refug...

Incredible news - legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah has joined the award-winning documentary "Far from Home"! We are thrilled to have his support. You can view the trailer for this documentary (just recently Oscar qualified) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyka...

🎉SPJ has honored a select group of chapters in its annual Circle of Excellence Awards. The winners were recognized during the Open Membership Meeting Wednesday evening at #MediaFest25, in Washington, D.C. 🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-chapters...

Scenes from last night's screening of Far From Home: An Afghan Refugee Story with filmmaker @ankitakumar.bsky.social. It was a beautiful moment to be in community, and hold a discussion afterward about covering refugees in media.❤️

Spent my birthday getting bullied on X. Just because I said journalists were an important resource for public information during COVID and we shouldn’t stand by while tech bros decimate and denigrate us. I truly wish these bots find peace in their life.

All my friends want to know what I plan to do today. My response literally is, I just want to sleep and rest. I guess this is how birthdays look like once you turn 33?

Thank you to the Burqas and Beer podcast for featuring me and my film, Far from Home! Check out the episode on Spotify. We are currently on an Oscar campaign and your support will help bring this film to more people across the world! @brenthuffman.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/13lR...

Grateful for another year around the sun!

There are many million-dollar #Oscar campaigns. Not this one. This effort is run on passion and will to make a positive difference for the subjects of the documentary, #Afghan refugees facing persecution in #India.

If you want me to believe that this administration isn’t against Indians and Mexicans then you clearly don’t know anything about America

There's a very good movie I think you should watch called "Judgment at Nuremberg". It's largely concerned with how fascism grows by convincing people to collaborate right up until they reach their redlines, and then quietly replacing them once the fascists decide they're ready to cross the redlines.

I’m excited to announce that @kalwradio.bsky.social is hosting a special screening of Far from Home! Meet me at the KALW space in SF on October 7 for the screening and a discussion on refugee rights. www.eventbrite.com/e/far-from-h...

"Far from Home" is now an Oscar-qualified short #documentary! Please join me in supporting this beautiful and moving award-winning film chronicling the situation for #Afghan refugees in #India!

Our beautiful short doc, Far from Home, is now Oscar® qualified! We started this film 3 years ago with a vision to tell the world the untold story of Afghan refugees in India. There is more exciting news coming your way and we can't wait to share it! @brenthuffman.bsky.social @pulitzercenter.org

☀️Congratulations to the 2025 Sunshine Award Winners! - Jason Leopold, Bloomberg - The Chicago Headline Club - St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project 🔗Read the full press release: www.spj.org/spj-announce...

Tomorrow in #palmsprings! Don’t miss this amazing doc about the harrowing situation of #Afghan refugees in #India. Filmmaker @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!

India has put into force a new immigration act. This means Muslim refugees are at IMMEDIATE risk of persecution. The subjects of my film, Far from Home, are in danger. They need your support. Watch Far from Home in LA if you can. It’s screening till September 25: bit.ly/far-from-home-la-screening

This situation back home has made me realize one thing - you can't trust TV channels in India. My trust in the media has been completed eroded.

Please be considerate. Some of us have families back home. We are unable to sleep, eat or work. War does not bring peace - it only brings destruction. Please, for the love of God, please de-escalate now. Please! #IndiaPakistan

Ankita Kumar's award winning @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary "Far From Home" continues its incredible winning streak winning a Best Documentary award at the New Delhi Film Festival in #India: jiffindia.org/delhi/

Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now

I interviewed the lovely Leslie Kean for SPJ New England last week and we had a fascinating conversation about UFOs, death and the afterlife! Do check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuq-...

I am excited to announce that my film, Far from Home, has won an award at the New Delhi Film Festival! I am excited to bring my film to India & hope to host some in-person screenings soon. Thank you to @pulitzercenter.bsky.social & @brenthuffman.bsky.social for making this film a reality!

When I lived outside Silicon Valley, I never understood people's dissatisfaction with it. Now that I am here, I totally get it. I know the East coast has its own share of bad people, but SV people have no empathy - and that makes them incredibly dangerous in our society.

The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem

Our thoughts are with all journalists covering or impacted by the Southern California wildfires and we hope they remain safe during these unpredictable times. 💙 (🧵1/3)

There's just so much hate out there for the H1B visa. As a spouse being supported by an H1B visa holder, I can tell you not everything about this visa is bad. It gives well educated people an opportunity to legally immigrate to the US. If you close this pathway, it will adversely affect your country

Been reading in horror about the wildfires in LA. My heart goes out to all those who lost their homes and lives to the fire. I know it will take time to rebuild, but I have deep faith in the community of LA. They will bounce back.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

Wanted to post a rant about the loss of critical thinking. Back in my time (yes, I am gonna say it that way), there were no phones and we were forced to read and critically analyze everything we read. Now, attention spans are so low that people don't have the bandwidth to read or critically analyze.

Okay. So, I am here. What's new?