Meet Henna Bakshi

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HennaBakshi

April 25, 2012, 12:19:25 AM
Hey, hey Metro Jacksonville viewers!

Let me take this opportunity to introduce you to myself.

I am Henna Bakshi, a reporter, public speaker, anchor, show host, poet and traveler. I am very excited to join the Metro Jacksonville family. I will be making videos with Andy Leverett about the hidden cultures of Jacksonville.

Let me begin with a little bit of my past and then I'll dwell into the current.

I was born and raised in New Delhi, India. Living in India helped me learn several languages, including Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, French and English. If I could pick out one sole thing I cherish most about my culture, it would be the food. Indian food is home, comfort, spice and true fulfillment for me.

Having a rich Indian heritage, I moved to the US for higher education and opportunities. I attended Douglas Anderson School of the Arts with a major in Creative Writing. I loved pursuing writing in the forms of poetry, fiction, playwriting and journalism. I worked for the high school paper and started my own food column called "The Skillet." The column has now grown into a cooking series I produced at University of North Florida (UNF) with Andy Leverett. I currently attend the university.
 
Producing and starring in my cooking show, “The Skillet” has been my favorite project yet. I am a foodie at heart and combining that with my other loveâ€"media, was a dream come true. I made the show with Andy Leverett last year and it currently airs on the Osprey TV network on campus. Andy helped me give life to “The Skillet” and here we are again, embarking on another project, this time with Metro Jacksonville.

Apart from that, I anchor and report for the show, “Inside Jacksonville” airing on channel CW17. This summer, I will be reporting in correspondence with The Washington Post and Florida Times Union about the Presidential Campaign 2012. For more information about me, including links to episodes of “The Skillet,” news packages I have made, articles I have written, feel free to visit www.hennabakshi.blogspot.com.

Cheers,
Henna Bakshi

BridgeTroll

#1
April 25, 2012, 06:39:51 AM
Welcome Henna! :)
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

thelakelander

#2
April 25, 2012, 06:52:58 AM
Welcome to Metro Jacksonville Henna.  Glad for you to come on board.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

Garden guy

#3
April 25, 2012, 07:45:47 AM
Welcome Henna...tell your other Indian  friends that riverside needs a nice Indian restaurant. I cant figure out why it hasnt happened.

Tacachale

#4
April 25, 2012, 08:23:57 AM
Welcome Henna!
Do you believe that when the blue jay or another bird sings and the body is trembling, that is a signal that people are coming or something important is about to happen?

bmllyd

#5
April 25, 2012, 08:30:50 AM
Welcome Henna....I just joined this morning too. My son will start at Douglas Anderson in the Creative Writing program this fall. I don't know who is more excited, me or my son!
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