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Joshna maharaj biography

          Joshna Maharaj was an idealistic year-old graduate of religious studies facing an existential crisis and no job prospects when she left home.

        1. Joshna Maharaj is a chef, two-time TEDx speaker, and activist.
        2. Joshna Maharaj is a.
        3. Canadian chef Joshna Maharaj (born in South Africa to an Indian family) is known for her passionate activism (in her teaching, writing and recipe development).
        4. I had a history working in non-profit and food advocacy at Stop [Community Food Centre].

          5. Joshna Maharaj is a....

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          Joshna Maharaj was an idealistic 24-year-old graduate of religious studies facing an existential crisis and no job prospects when she left home in Toronto to live in an ashram in the remote foothills of the Indian Himalayas.

          She found herself that year — not in the mountains where she expected to but in the kitchen.

          At the end of her year in India, Maharaj traded in a pious white sari and the chance to become a nun for a professional chef jacket and an admission to culinary school — the start of a long career as a chef and activist fighting for Canadians’ right to healthy, scratch-made and delicious food in public institutions such as community food centres, hospitals, schools and prisons.

          Maharaj spoke to Claire Sibonney about food justice, her new book, Take Back the Tray, and what it’s like being the “loud brown woman” in the room.

          CS: What is the connection between spirituality and food for you?

          JM: In a Hindu context, which is what I was born and raised i