Life’s an adventure: An Indian woman’s journey to Australia
Avanti Sinha was a professional table tennis player in India before she decided to start life anew in Australia. An immigration story from a...
A standout talent, this young cricketer has the smarts
Australia’s summer of cricket is no longer a sterile prospect with the women’s Test matches off to a start in Brisbane. Elsewhere in the...
Ajay Pasupulate has his own story to tell
Few weeks ago, Melton-based Ajay Pasupulate lost his job. He had a career as an IT professional and one that was built on incremental...
‘Lord Ram went on exile for 14 years, it took me the same amount...
From Ahmedabad to Bendigo: Kaumil Patel narrates his tale of becoming a permanent resident
In the early 2000s, Kaumil Patel says friends and peers in...
Melbourne’s oldest Heatherton Cricket Club looking for new innings
Just like there can be no winter without footy in Australia, there can be no summer without cricket. And although 2020 has been a...
Bendigo Strikers: How a community cricket club grew
Around 2010, Bendigo saw a few influx of Malayalees, or people originally from Kerala, India’s southern state. Quite a tight-knit community, and bound by...
At Bairnsdale, ‘charity man’ Kamaljit Rai navigates the pandemic
At Bairnsdale, a regional town in East Gippsland some 281 km from Melbourne, Kamaljit Rai Singh humbly acknowledges that people know him now. He...
Following the sun
There’s never a dull moment in the life of Sunod Shrestha, an actor, sportsman, graphic designer, entrepreneur—all rolled into one
Actor, model, brand ambassador for...
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...
Meet Jovia Prem, Melbourne’s young prolific author
Though little and just eight years of age, Jovia Prem has a lot going for her. For one, in the year of the pandemic,...