Darebin councillor Tim Singh Laurence is six times lucky
With his recent win in the Darebin Council elections, Tim Singh Laurence marks his sixth victory (never having been defeated) and is perhaps on...
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...
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...
How the Malayalees in Bendigo are keeping together
“If you go to any hospital in India, you are sure to find a Malayalee (native of Kerala) nurse,” says Allen Joy, who is...
Adelaide’s Bengali community celebrates Durga puja
In 1998, the Bengali community in Adelaide celebrated Durga pujas for the first time with two idols which were brought all the way from...
Woodend’s only Indian restaurateur finds cohesion & support
In this small regional town of Woodend, everybody knows Sam or Sammy as he is fondly called. Not because Sizzler Restobar is the only...
Young Indian-origin footballer in Perth scores dream goal
When Praneel Mukherjee kicked the ball from the halfway line, it bounced upward and reached its goal into the net, leaving him and everyone...
How one man is vitalising Bendigo’s Sikh community
Every first Sunday of the month, the burgeoning Sikh community members in Bendigo meet at the St Mary's Anglican Church in Kangaroo Flat. It...
A young girl’s social enterprise in Melbourne lockdown
Anika Herath-Redmond has created her own social enterprise to help raise funds for the education of girls in Sierra Leone
At just 12 years of...
Stirring a spicy Indian menu in quiet Kenmore
In the leafy suburb of Kenmore in Brisbane, two Indian chefs Reagan Nongkhlaw and Urvik Bhalani are beating the pandemic creating a spicy Indian...