Michael Jackson was American. Gout Gout is Australian. ‘Aussie’ is not racial property
Few things seem to irritate white nationalists more than seeing a brown face beneath the word “Aussie”.
That irritation was laid bare again in Brisbane...
India’s citizen-centric diplomacy
Diplomacy had been traditionally understood as conduct of bilateral relations between the states focussing on the negotiations only in political, economic and security related...
Viksit Bharat 2047 roadmap for a developed nation
It is creditable that the Government of India has set for itself and the nation a crucial goal: that India should become Viksit Bharat...
The spiritual significance of Guru Purnima and the Guru–Shishya tradition
Guru Poornima was on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. In Sanatana Dharma, the guru occupies a pivotal and an exalted place. He is viewed as...
India 4.0: The cockroach protests are a symptom, not the story
Just days after activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike in solidarity with India's youth movement, thousands of young people were still on...
Small business deserves better than Labor’s economic mismanagement
Earlier this week I held a small business forum in the heart of Anthony Albanese’s own electorate of Grayndler (with thanks to the Grayndler...
One simple question to the Indian diaspora
Prime Minister Modi, please ask the Indian diaspora to flash their mobile phone lights if they want to return to their homeland.
Time for homecoming.
There...
The missing community behind Australia’s loneliness crisis
Australia keeps asking why so many of us feel so alone. The answer might be hiding in a paddock near the Western Sydney Airport.
Ask...
Indian-Australian families are finding a new balance in marriage decisions
Ask a 28-year-old Indian-Australian how they plan to find a partner and you'll often get a flinch. They think you're asking them to pick...
“Am I doing this right?”: Parenting across two cultures in Australia
Raising children between Indian values and Australian expectations is one of the quietest struggles migrant families carry
A mother sits in my clinic holding her...