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FROM ALL OF THE COMMENTS, LIKES AND LOVE
SHOWN ON SANGITA’S SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS,
IT’S EASY TO TELL THAT SHE HAS INFLUENCE.
PEOPLE RESPECT HER, ADMIRE HER AND ENJOY
KEEPING UP WITH HER DAILY MUSINGS.
Which is also why she feels the need to be a
voice for women in the entertainment indus-
try. (Or when it really comes down to it, any
industry.) She’s in a position where people
will listen to her—and not only when she’s
on-set, speaking to millions of viewers across
the country.
Being a South Asian woman on television
isn’t something that you see very often.
But Sangita is helping break away from the
norm. She’s had her share of struggles, but
it’s her passion for the entertainment business
that keeps pushing her forward.
“It’s been a journey, and I know I get held
back for opportunities because of the colour
of my skin unfortunately,” she says. “Just
recently you are seeing more Asians in the
entertainment world. We are not used to
seeing women of colour in certain marketing,
but thankfully that is changing, and change
is good.”
However, diversity in television doesn’t stop
there. It’s not only about being a South
Asian woman, or a woman of colour, for San-
gita—it’s also about just being a woman. Full
stop. “I still feel like I’m still trying to belong
in this world of media. It’s up to me to have
the confidence to use my voice and platform
to encourage others.”
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And this is something that she takes very
seriously. She tells me that she believes social
media can sometimes shine a negative light
on the support that women give each other,
but that doesn’t mean women aren’t helping
one another in real life, off of social plat-
forms.
“I know some incredible women in the
business, and we support each other,” she
explains. “If we can all help each other, we
should, because it would help women overall
just do better in whatever industry they are
in.”
Sangita lives her life by a single word:
passion. (“It has so much meaning!” she says,
full of, you guessed it, passion.) She always
strives to be genuinely herself in whatever
she’s doing. After all, that was a tip given to
her at the beginning of her television career,
and it’s stuck with her ever since.
“The best advice I got was on my third day in
a newsroom as a weather personality.
The anchor said to me, “Patel you don’t give a
f##k about the way you look on-camera.
You are just you… keep it that way!”
She has kept it that way, and that’s what we
love about her.