About Sujata and Jeff, our Fierce Travellers
The romance of the voyage and the excitement of discovering a different culture don't come to an end with a stroke.
Meet Jeff and Sujata, a newlywed couple adamant about continuing their nomadic lifestyle. Despite Jeff's stroke in 2016, they are determined to hit the road again after the worst of the pandemic.
As they embark on their adventures, they'll share tales of exploration, seeking out offbeat cultures and reveling in the diverse tapestry of our world. Embracing religious, cultural, and physical diversity, they'll also share insights from their Indian and Jewish backgrounds. Sujata and Jeff are determined to face obstacles and embrace whatever serendipitous encounters come their way. Come travel with them!
Our Latest Adventures
Two Queen Cities Face Off: Nelson and Regina
Two cities. One crown. In this Queen City Showdown, we pit Regina against Nelson to ask which place truly deserves the title.
One claim comes from royal symbolism. The other comes from local identity, performance, and pride. Who wears it better?
Hollywood Rebranded My Hometown | How a Movie Transformed Nelson, BC
Sujata grew up in Nelson, British Columbia, a small mountain town in the Kootenays. Long before it became a film location, it was a mining town, a railway town, and later a refuge for draft resisters and counterculture communities.
Then in 1986 something strange happened. Hollywood arrived.
Sujata returns to her hometown to explore how film, myth, and memory reshaped Nelson’s identity.
Jeff Returns Home — to the Hidden World of the Hotel Saskatchewan
Behind the chandeliers and polish of the Hotel Saskatchewan lies a hidden world — one Jeff knows through his grandfather Moshe who arrived in Regina in 1946 and worked as a porter and bellman.
He wore his crisp CP uniform with pride, serving guests upstairs while a secret life thrived below — bellmen’s lockers hiding whiskey bottles, jokes traded in the halls, and the quiet rebellion that defined the prairie spirit.
This episode is about Jeff’s Regina: the streets where he grew up, the people who raised him, and the stories that make the prairies shine beneath the surface of elegance.
A Bollywood Take on Sukkot, the Jewish Harvest Festival
As Durga Puja, the Bengali festival honouring the goddess Durga, comes to a close, and as Sukkot, the Jewish festival of pilgrimage, begins tonight, we’re sharing a glimpse of Jeff and Sujata’s sukkah from past years.
During Sukkot, Jews build a sukkah, a temporary outdoor structure covered with branches, to commemorate the 40 years of wandering in the desert after the Exodus and to celebrate the harvest season. Their sukkah blends Jewish wisdom and tradition with Sujata’s Indian cultural aesthetics—a vibrant meeting of two worlds. 🌿🌸
A Non Hipster’s Guide to the Real Mile End
After years of filming stories from Kolkata to Lisbon, Sujata decided to turn the camera on her own neighbourhood: Mile End, Montreal.
Yes, it’s famous for bagels and hipster cafés — but behind the Instagram shots are hidden histories and layered communities. Guided by her friend, Leslie, Sujata explores the synagogues turned schools, Ukrainian cultural centres, Greek churches, pierogis, souvlaki, bagel rivalries, and Glen LeMesurier’s secret sculpture garden.
Lisbon: Not Just a Postcard
From Alfama’s fado to São Domingos’ secrets, from the Jewish quarter to Goan kitchens — this is the Lisbon you haven’t seen before.
We all carry a postcard of Lisbon in our minds: trams and tiles, fado and flowers. But behind the sepia tones are stories that span continents — and centuries