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...
Of cricket & culture: breaking down barriers
2020 was a rough year on all fronts. But Vernon Tissera, Uday Chandran, Adam Tucker, Brijal Parikh and Johann Jayasinha managed to achieve something...
Valentine’s Day: If the sweets do not work, eat them yourself
Just for the record, I am not big on Valentine’s Day. Never have been.
When I moved to Delhi in my early 20s, you could...
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...
Dolly Kikon’s four continent life experience
From being a first-generation Indian female tribal anthropologist to make it in the international academy to her new role as Deputy Associate Dean (India...
India: A personal journey of an intimate stranger
Colours and faces of India, a book by David Krasnostein AM, is so organised that there is a great elegance to the presentation. As...
Meet Shilpa Hegde, part of the Liberal Party’s top echelon
After Kamala Harris’s ascension in the United States, it has suddenly become an exciting time to be talking about women, particularly Indian-origin women, in...
Meet Veena Sahajwalla, 2022 NSW Australian of the Year
Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Professor Veena Sahajwalla has been named the 2022 NSW Australian of the Year. New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet...
Sukhjeet Singh brings jubilation to Canberra’s business community
After living in Australia for 14 years now, Sukhjeet Singh draws on his experience as a businessman that also suits the different demographics of...
What shaped Aarti Vincent’s path to comedy
In 2007, just a year old in Melbourne and relatively new, Aarti Vincent was out with a friend strolling the CBD on a 40-plus...