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...
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...
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...
A prolonged pandemic and a tale of re-union
For those wanting to be united with their partner or loved one in the time of the coronavirus, the decision isn’t an easy one...
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...
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...
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...
Young Sienna Katelyn has a pop star appeal
At just ten years of age, Sienna Katelyn has her first original song ‘CRY’. Quite a musical output for someone this young but for...
From Iraq War to the pandemic, one chef’s philanthropic journey
The coronavirus pandemic has meant different things to different chefs. While some are reinventing themselves, some others are on a philanthropic journey. Take Daman...
Rhea Chakraborty case makes you think India is no country for women
Day after day, hour after hour, the cacophony of vile, putrid allegations against Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty has been growing louder and louder. Her...