Films or theatre, Prakash Belawadi has a perspective to success
From Madras Café to The Kashmir Files to web series Mumbai Diaries 26/11 to the latest Aussie project The Jungle and the Sea (to...
ELECTIONS 2022: Meet some of the Indian faces
This November, as Victoria goes to the polls to elect the next Parliament, the number of Indians, albeit small, participating in the elections certainly...
How Diwali has now become a rich Australian story
Diwali, the festival of lights, is a now rich Australian story involving culture, migration and multiculturalism
Arvind Shrivastava came to Australia in 1968. And for...
How Sydney’s lockdown became Kavita Nandan’s poetry
The pandemic did different things to different people. For Sydney-based Kavita Nandan, it was veering from prose and turning to poetry for its sublime...
Visually impaired tabla student Nathaniel Schmidt’s journey
Melbourne resident Nathaniel Schmidt’s fascination for the tabla (the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music) began one weekend in 2009. He was watching...
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...
A homelessness story & the urgent need for refuge
Ravi* is a permanent resident. Although he has finished his Master’s in Accounting, he lost his job during the pandemic. But his woes did...
How Nilesh Makwana reinvented himself after many failures
Perth-based Nilesh Makwana serves up a lot of stories—from growing up in India to working and studying in London to finally settling down in...
Pandemic still posing a challenge for overseas students
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life on every front. The Australian education sector, which has been badly impacted, is still facing challenges especially when...
Harpreet Singh Kandra, truly a community volunteer
Early in June, Harpreet Singh Kandra proudly took the podium at the Arts Centre in Melbourne. The occasion was the first Victorian Multicultural Honour...