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‘Seek mental health support that is available’

An actor, emcee and a former Mrs India International winner, Kamini Saberwal has been the face of many national ad campaigns such as the...

The ‘tricky’ question of mandating vaccines in small business

At his restaurant in the CBD, *Shyam has been sitting since 10 am and by 2 pm as the clock ticks away, he has...

Melbourne to Amritsar: A Punjab resident narrates repatriation journey

Air India came to the rescue of Raghbir Singh stranded in Australia on a holiday In March, Raghbir Singh, a Punjab resident, took a short...

Melbourne’s youngest Gurudwara embodies a broader cause

About two years ago, when many championed for the setting up of a Gurudwara (Sikh temple) at 33 Officer Road, there was opposition from...

The exuberance of Indian origin singer Jessie Hillel

If the lockdowns have allowed people to take a pause to whatever they are doing, for Jessie Hillel, 20, born to Malayalee parents and...

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...

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...

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...

The kindest cut: A kidney transplant patient shares her story

Neha Mittal is not usually brave about medical tests, but she has gone to heroic lengths to brave the trials and triumphs of being...

How Liza Pavlakos turned her life into a success story

Liza Pavlakos’s life story is the stuff films are made of. Raped and abused as a young adult, single mother at 21, kidnapped and...