Harsiddhi Mody’s musical revolution at the heart of Melbourne
Growing up in Mumbai in a family of academicians and doctors, Harsiddhi Mody was fortunate to be surrounded by a blend of intellectual pursuits...
Why the row over naming of Guru Nanak Lake in Berwick Springs?
In 2019, during the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, the Sikh community in Victoria proposed establishing a landmark...
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...
From Kerala to Victoria: Santosh Nambiar’s ‘inner journey’
When Santosh Nambiar left an executive position at a biotech company in India in 1996 to start a career in New Zealand from the...
India’s hijab row leads to exploration of certain memories
As a child, visiting my maternal village Singerband in Assam, India, during school holidays, I remember the long Barak River (we called it turen)...
How the coronavirus reshaped this family’s wine business
When Shashi Singh started making wines at her Red Hill Estate property in the Mornington Peninsula nearly two decades ago, she toiled for years...
Of an Indian prisoner of war, his Australian liberators & friendship
As a child in India, Narinder Singh Parmar remembers collecting Australian stamps from the many Christmas cards sent to his father Chint Singh from...
From politics to business, Neelam Rai reinvents herself
In 2018, Neelam Rai had an abrupt exit as Liberal Party candidate for the Upper House in Northern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne (more on...
In conversation with Shoojit Sircar
Shoojit Sircar, prominent Indian film director and producer, films his character’s landscape with an eye that is at once joyful and marvellous. His latest...
Meet Samarveer: Large heroism in a small frame
The coolest young man right now is this eight-year old from Williams Landing. As the youngest volunteer in humanitarian work around Victoria, Samarveer Singh...