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Anu Shivaram

India in Australia

How we’re doing Ganesh Festival in Sydney this year

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  The ongoing Ganesh Festival in Sydney has made its presence felt like never before this year. If you’re on social media you’re bound to...
India in Australia

‘Basics of Hinduism‘ course for kids: BAPS

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  The BAPS Swaminarayan Research Institute has launched a Basics of Hinduism course in Sydney to strengthen cultural roots among young Australian Hindus. The course is...
Stage

Hasmukh Saab ki Wasihat: Dancing to his will

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  A control-freak patriarch is a familiar figure in fiction, the toxic masculinity and deplorable parenting offering a fertile backdrop for many a story to...
Arts

Three new books by Sydney Srinivas

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  In a wonderful hattrick, Sydney-based writer Dr Karkenahalli (Sydney) Srinivas launched three books this month. These include Charles Darwin, a biography in English (Prism Book...
Books

BOOK REVIEW: Life after Ali by Rashida Tayabali

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  The story begins with Tasneem, a mother of two adolescent children, attending her husband Ali’s funeral at a mosque in Sydney. Ali’s sudden and untimely...
Arts

Dispelling myths through art

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The play directed by B Jayashree portrays progressive destruction of the myths deeply embedded in the lives of people in an Indian village.
India in Australia

A different kind of Love

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When a love for your partner extends to a love for the community in which you live, by ANU SHIVARAM
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