As a South Asian American and a pediatrician, when I first heard that a children’s book called Fauja Singh Keeps Going had been written about the resilience and determination of a 100 year old Sikh marathon runner, I was grateful to see this story and what it represented. But I was even more thrilled to meet and chat with the author, Simran Jeet Singh, who is a writer, professor, and activist living in New York. His expertise is diverse, and he leads conversations on equity, justice, and compassion. His course on “Anti- Racism as Spiritual Practice”, is being taught at Columbia University and has a companion web-series called Becoming Less Racist. Simran grew up as a Sikh American in San Antonio, Texas, and now serves on President-Elect Joe Biden’s AAPI Faith Advisory Committee. In tackling the deep work of building empathy in our communities, Simran has many roles and we started chatting about how that dynamic couples with being an effective listener…