What did the pandemic do to friendships?
When COVID-19 came along, the mantra to get by for almost everyone was, “We are all in this together”. But as the lockdown and...
Dalit author Yashica Dutt’s crusade against caste
In 2016, Rohith Vemula, an Indian PhD scholar at the University of Hyderabad, took his own life as a result of alleged institutional casteism...
Circular economy: Neeraj Das with Ojas Australia paves the way
When Neeraj Das, an electronics and communications engineer, came from India to Australia in 2007 on an employer-sponsored visa for a reputed company, he...
Meet Veena Sahajwalla, 2022 NSW Australian of the Year
Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Professor Veena Sahajwalla has been named the 2022 NSW Australian of the Year. New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet...
Rashida Tayabali on her debut novel & tackling stereotypes
Rashida Tayabali is a fourth generation Indian who has lived in different continents. Born in Kenya and settled in Australia now, Tayabali admits to...
How dance entrepreneur Jaya Karan took on the pandemic
One of the absurdities of teaching dance is giving classes online and embracing technology, reflects Jaya Karan, a dancer, and founder of Sapphire and...
Of an Indian prisoner of war, his Australian liberators & friendship
As a child in India, Narinder Singh Parmar remembers collecting Australian stamps from the many Christmas cards sent to his father Chint Singh from...
Why the lack of diversity in Australian politics
Few weeks ago, the proposed parachuting of Labor Senator Kristina Keneally into the federal seat of Fowler in New South Wales, one of Australia’s...
How Liza Pavlakos turned her life into a success story
Liza Pavlakos’s life story is the stuff films are made of. Raped and abused as a young adult, single mother at 21, kidnapped and...
The exuberance of Indian origin singer Jessie Hillel
If the lockdowns have allowed people to take a pause to whatever they are doing, for Jessie Hillel, 20, born to Malayalee parents and...