โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉโ – ๐๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ 
We are so happy to share with you our “๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก” – the incredible Shushma Datt, legendary broadcaster and entrepreneur, founder of not one but two radio stations in the lower mainland, and an inspiration for women everywhere.
๐ค: ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ / ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐?
I met Aneet in Surrey, I aired a โwomen in focusโ radio program on her salon. We connected because I could see her passion in her job and in her work, I saw this young woman who is a mother and a wife and trying to start her own business, and thought what a beautiful thing she is doing. Her perseverance is what made me look at this young woman and say weโve got to tell her story!
๐ค: ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ?
My mother. When I got my order of British Columbia in 1992, people were congratulating me and I was saying โthank you Iโm so humbledโ, on our way home she looked at me and said โyou’re not that big yet to be humbled, you still have a lot to do.โ She kept my feet on the ground.
๐: ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐จ?
Believe in yourself and forge ahead. You have to believe and you have to dream. The universe is waiting for you to ask and it’s ready to deliver whatever you want. There is nothing in this world that you cannot do. But you have to be very determined. And if youโre determined, and you have the passion, and you can dream. The sky is the limit.
In 1972, I was looking for a job and the CBC and other radio stations would not hire me because I was a woman of colour, so I forged my own path and got into ethnic broadcasting. Whenever someone says โyou can’t do somethingโ, some people would just stop and take it at that, and some people would go ahead and do it anyway! And that’s what I did.