The journey of Tamil Festival Australia
K Sivasuthan remembers when Thai Pongal in Melbourne started as a small gathering in the outer south-eastern suburbs at Balla Balla Community Centre, Cranbourne,...
Indian community groups invited to take part in media training project
Victoria’s growing Indian diaspora will be the focus of a new free media training project rolling out over the next five months, with workshops...
Many Cultures, One Message: Keep our waters safe
It was a Monday afternoon, and yet more than 90 people packed the room. That alone said something. Organiser and community leader Dr Harpreet...
Media workshop empowers community leaders at Officer Gurudwara
A media training workshop conducted by The Indian Sun and supported by the Victorian Government brought together 18 participants from four diverse community organisations at the...
After the Graffiti: Hindu temple attack reignites questions on hate & healing
The red spray paint that stained the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir in Boronia may have been washed off, but the unease it left behind hasn’t...
Danish Sheikh: The lawyer who wrote his verdict on stage
The courtroom in New Delhi was packed, but quiet.
It took a few minutes for the meaning of the words to sink in. Judges were...
Giving multicultural mental health workers a stronger voice
The Indian Sun recently held a workshop to help community workers and mental health advocates improve their media skills. People from five different organisations...
How Umeed became a mental health safe pace for South Asians
In 2021, when the world was in the thick of COVID, Anushka Phal was fresh out of university and working as a school psychologist...
Telling Their Own Stories: BAV joins media training drive
The Bengali Association of Victoria (BAV) joined the growing list of organisations to take part in the media training offered by The Indian Sun...
In Bondi’s darkest week, Turbans 4 Australia serves compassion
As grief hung heavy over Bondi this week, a quiet act of compassion unfolded in the area, offering comfort where words often fell short....