A different ardor for this Melbourne Bengali theatre group
In 2019, five Bengali families in Victoria got together to create Actomania, a theatre group. Quite a silver lining to the pandemic that followed...
Melbourne’s spectacular granite temple hosts chariot festival
As Melbourne’s Sri Vakrathunda Vinayagar Temple in The Basin enters its milestone 30th anniversary this year and having set its own history of housing...
Jaya Manchikanti: Making her mark
It was in the 1970s that Jaya Manchikanti came to Australia along with her parents as an eight-year-old from India. The family settled in...
How Melbourne’s Rajasthan Kutumb has evolved over time
In 2001, a group of seven families formed the Rajasthan Kutumb in Victoria. It would represent a microcosm of the northern Indian desert state...
How Saleha Singh is making connections & building bridges
There is something very refreshing about Chai Chat & Community, a webcast that tackles various South Asian issues. Founded and presented by Saleha Singh,...
Melbourne writer Nishant Kaushik on his books & a coveted deal
Melbourne-based author Nishant Kaushik is a prolific writer. You would wonder how writing literary fiction fits into his life being a busy father of...
Five women. Diverse stories. Celebrating womanhood.
It is the International Women’s Day on 8 March and we take this opportunity to reflect on five personalities, who by dint of their...
From Hyderabad to Melbourne: Finding moral purpose
Syeda Bahadur is proud of where she comes from. Hyderabad, the city of pearls and biryani, she exclaims. After all, it is where she...
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)...
Meet RAAF dentist Ajitha Sugnanam whose charity treats thousands
Growing up, Ajitha Sugnanam mostly focussed on her studies and went on to complete her Bachelor of Oral Health, Graduate Diploma of Dentistry and...