Enrolled in Australian, stranded in India: Tale of desperation
Last year, when the coronavirus reared its ugly head, Anagha Ganore, an Indian student studying in Griffith University, literally boarded the last flight out...
A Melburnian Indian model’s exotic dance with fame
Chennai-born Sangeetha Singh’s chic is striking, and her beauty is classically ‘exotic’. She admits the epithet ‘exotic beauty’ is how, most often, people from...
An Indian, what becoming Australian means to me
More than 27,000 people will mark this Australia Day by becoming Australian citizens—the largest ever number to make the pledge today, January 26
I arrived...
Unapologetically transgender: Naavikaran on the contours of her life
Naavikaran has her name tattooed on her shoulder. “It is a name I gave myself,” she says. Born Shaun D’ Souza, she is not...
Veena Gandhi on her entrepreneurial journey in Australia
Veena Gandhi calls herself a serial entrepreneur. Perhaps not surprisingly. The Jamia Millia Islamia Delhi alumnus started her career in advertising straight after completing...
Active Citizenship Award for a man who sees beyond himself
Gurjinder Singh’s ambitions seem quite modest. He came to Adelaide in 2009 and all he wanted to do was work hard and lead a...
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...
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...
To connect to nature in every way, walk the Living Root bridge
ADVENTURE TOURISM
In Shillong, in north east India, the bridge is one of nature's greatest engineering feats
Shillong, a pine-wooded British era hill town famous for...
In the internet era, what is the future of the ethnic media?
Every Friday night, Jews in Melbourne observe the traditional Sabbath dinner, a traditional Jewish practice the world over when families get together, enjoy food...