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...
Why the lack of diversity in Australian politics
Few weeks ago, the proposed parachuting of Labor Senator Kristina Keneally into the federal seat of Fowler in New South Wales, one of Australia’s...
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...
Of an Indian prisoner of war, his Australian liberators & friendship
As a child in India, Narinder Singh Parmar remembers collecting Australian stamps from the many Christmas cards sent to his father Chint Singh from...
Enrolled in Australian, stranded in India: Tale of desperation
Last year, when the coronavirus reared its ugly head, Anagha Ganore, an Indian student studying in Griffith University, literally boarded the last flight out...
The complicated case of vaccine and hesitancy
Thirty-two-year-old *Vikas, a chef here in Melbourne, says he does not remember taking a vaccine in his life. In the 13 years that he...
The Indian Sun writer awarded Judith Neilson Institute grant
Indira Laisram to research and write stories on Indian migrants and the diaspora in Victoria
Indira Laisram, a contributor for The Indian Sun, has been...
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...
Financially sound: Sydney-based Paridhi Jain tells you how
Much of her childhood life, Paridhi Jain recalls, was seeing her parents struggle and work hard. She thinks this is the unchanging migrant narrative...
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...