A homelessness story & the urgent need for refuge
Ravi* is a permanent resident. Although he has finished his Master’s in Accounting, he lost his job during the pandemic. But his woes did...
From Kerala to Victoria: Santosh Nambiar’s ‘inner journey’
When Santosh Nambiar left an executive position at a biotech company in India in 1996 to start a career in New Zealand from the...
Visually impaired tabla student Nathaniel Schmidt’s journey
Melbourne resident Nathaniel Schmidt’s fascination for the tabla (the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music) began one weekend in 2009. He was watching...
How Sydney’s lockdown became Kavita Nandan’s poetry
The pandemic did different things to different people. For Sydney-based Kavita Nandan, it was veering from prose and turning to poetry for its sublime...
ELECTIONS 2022: Meet some of the Indian faces
This November, as Victoria goes to the polls to elect the next Parliament, the number of Indians, albeit small, participating in the elections certainly...
How Diwali has now become a rich Australian story
Diwali, the festival of lights, is a now rich Australian story involving culture, migration and multiculturalism
Arvind Shrivastava came to Australia in 1968. And for...
Films or theatre, Prakash Belawadi has a perspective to success
From Madras Café to The Kashmir Files to web series Mumbai Diaries 26/11 to the latest Aussie project The Jungle and the Sea (to...
The first time an Australian cricket team toured India during the Raj
In 1935-36, the first team of Australian cricketers set foot in India on the invitation of the then Maharaja of Patiala, Bhupinder Singh. Nearly...
The year that was. What happened. What next.
As 2022 comes to a close, this is not the type of story I usually write. But we all know what this year has...
Sex Magick: Why masculinity in India seems different
In 2007 when Nicholas Brown moved to Mumbai from Sydney, he found himself toggling between two worlds, each with its distinct environment. Brown, with...