Selling Multiculturalism
Multicultural Australia means many things to many people. To Sheba N it was a business opportunity. Many years ago, she saw that companies were...
The Art of the Possible
The elections in Australia are another occasion for Indians to get excluded and marginalised. However, there are people who are working earnestly to move...
Heaven on earth
Sushil Suresh discusses the role of Christianity in contemporary Australia
The common belief today is that in public life the importance of religion has...
Race and rudeness
Never mind who exactly it was, but around 15 or so years ago, a president claimed that his best friend was a black man....
Good English? No thanks
Once upon a time, not very long ago, so the history books tell us, in certain parts of the world now known as Europe,...
The Cloaked Beat
There is something about Pataphysics that is a sign of the times, a voice from within the many winds of change sweeping through our...
Democracy? Or dictatorship?
Is Australia democratic? We normally would not even pose the question in this manner. Because we have it ingrained in us, that standard sophisticated...
Indians, settled and unsettled…
The bringing into the country of labour, aka international students: how else could we start talking about Indians, at this place and at this...
International student of the year
Amandeep Singh Bhinder has been awarded international student of the year by the Holmesglen TAFE. Bhinder did his diploma in horticulture, a two-and-a-half year...