Chhatt Puja & the Bihar Jharkhand community in Victoria
Shiv Gulam Mishra, originally from Munger in Bihar, who came to Australia in 1991 jests, “None of the Biharis are businessman. We are hundred...
Embracing Golu, the festival of dolls, with an Aussie twist
For Shruthi Mangalaganesh, every year the nine-day festival of Navratri is a memorable one. It is a time when the family engages in the...
Maharashtrians in Australia: Sammelan & a 28-year journey
In the early 1980s, there were around 30-40 families from the western Indian state of Maharashtra trickling into Victoria. Like any diasporic community, the...
Pandemic conversation: How can we stay relatively safe?
With a highly infectious Omicron third wave, the pandemic conversation is now shifting to how communities and individuals can keep themselves safe.
On an average,...
Why we need to talk about Covid vaccine & children
Ten-year old Akash*, who goes to a school in Melton, is not vaccinated. His mother Supriya* says she is happy with not going ahead...
How this small community language school in Clayton is thriving
That every community views its heritage as a source of pride is a no brainer. And when settling abroad, often, the older members want...
Sri Lankans in Melbourne on the political disenchantment
On 21 April 2019, in what is now infamously known as the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, Monash University’s Mathematics Lecturer Dr Ranjith...
Federal elections: What does the community want?
The Indian Sun speaks to some members of the community on what they want from this federal election. Read on.
ELVIS MARTIN, Expert Advisory Panel...
Melbourne’s spectacular granite temple hosts chariot festival
As Melbourne’s Sri Vakrathunda Vinayagar Temple in The Basin enters its milestone 30th anniversary this year and having set its own history of housing...
Jaya Manchikanti: Making her mark
It was in the 1970s that Jaya Manchikanti came to Australia along with her parents as an eight-year-old from India. The family settled in...