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  UPDATED: Reopening after being a COVID exposure site
  
  Indian Link - January 15, 2021 0
  
  "We did not have a clue, because the customer was asymtopmatic." Since the news of popular spots Saravanaa Bhavan and Udaya supermarket being COVID exposure...
  
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  SACE 2020: Learning in lockdown
  
  Manan Luthra - January 14, 2021 0
  
  Students share their insights about surviving a stressful and unusual SACE year in 2020 with online classes, some cancelled formals, but a new way...
  
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  HSC 2020: Learning in lockdown
  
  Manan Luthra - January 14, 2021 0
  
  Students share their insights about surviving a stressful and unusual HSC year in 2020 with online classes, some cancelled formals, but a new way...
  
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  VCE 2020: Learning in lockdown
  
  Manan Luthra - January 14, 2021 0
  
  Students share their insights about surviving a stressful and unusual VCE year in 2020 with online classes, some cancelled formals, but a new way...
  
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  Indo-Oz Calendar 2021
  
  Indian Link - January 14, 2021 0
  
  JANUARY 1 - New Years Day 13 - Lohri 14 - Makar Sankranti 20 - Guru Gobind Singh’s birthday 26 - Republic Day 26...
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  Review: Tribhanga (Netflix)
  
  Indian Link - January 18, 2021 0
  
  The great thing about Kajol is she can light up a scene as few stars do, with her zeal to enthral. The flip side...
  
  Bollywood
  Tandav on Amazon Prime: REVIEW and backlash
  
  Indian Link - January 18, 2021 0
  
  Tandav opens with a raging kisaan andolan in Greater Noida over a government decision to turn farm land into a SEZ for urbanisation. Soon,...
  
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  ‘Tom & Jerry’ movie to release in India
  
  Indian Link - January 15, 2021 0
  
  The much-hyped toon adventure movie Tom & Jerry is set to release theatrically in India on February 19. The childhood classic television show carried...
  
  CineTALK
  Review: Gullak season 2 (SonyLIV)
  
  Indian Link - January 15, 2021 0
  
  Ordinary stories can be special, too. Gullak 2 endorses the idea with humour, conveying middle class India's quirks and foibles with uncomplicated zest. The...
  
  CineTALK
  Review: Maara (Amazon Prime)
  
  Indian Link - January 12, 2021 0
  
  The first thing that strikes you about Maara is it is a visually striking film. That's also about the last thing that strikes you,...
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  Why OP Nayyar continues to be this fan’s favourite musician
  
  Indian Link - January 15, 2021 0
  
  I am an ardent admirer of O P Nayyar’s music. Anyone who knows me well, knows of my love for Indian film music from...
  
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  5 powerful poems by the brilliant Javed Akhtar
  
  Indian Link - January 15, 2021 0
  
  A celebrated lyricist and the recipient of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry, Javed Akhtar's name is synonymous with soul-wrenching, evocative writing. His...
  
  Visual arts
  ‘Stories of Kannagi’: a Tamil classic in the Blake Art Prize
  
  Bageshri Savyasachi - January 12, 2021 0
  
  "Kannagi begins as an ordinary woman; well not that ordinary, and then transforms into a goddess of justice!" So says Bulli-based artist filmmaker Zanny Begg,...
  
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  India’s 71-Year Test: a coffee table book
  
  Ritam Mitra - January 7, 2021 0
  
  For a sport with as storied a history as cricket, books on its past are unsurprisingly a dime a dozen. Given its origins, the...
  
  Music
  5 best songs by the talented A R Rahman
  
  Indian Link - January 6, 2021 0
  
  Perhaps one of India's most celebrated musicians and composers, A R Rahman has made an unforgettable mark in the music landscape. The Padma Bhushan awardee...
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  WATCH: Lilly Singh’s rivalry with her overachieving ‘cousin’, Kamala Harris
  
  Indian Link - January 15, 2021 0
  
  "Growing up I always got compared to my Indian cousins," shares Lilly Singh, reminding us of those unforgettable sibling rivalries we've all experiences at...
  
  Humour
  WATCH: Dog ‘blesses’ devotees outside temple in India
  
  Indian Link - January 15, 2021 0
  
  In a now viral video, a dog stationed outside the Siddhivinayak Temple in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra was spotted shaking hands and 'blessing' devotees as they...
  
  Humour
  My first Aussie summer: Battling homesickness (and sunburn)
  
  Rhea Nath - January 13, 2021 0
  
  The new year is here, and the summer of 2021 is underway… or is it? As an international student spending my first summer in...
  
  Humour
  Moving Day for the Trumps
  
  LP Ayer - January 12, 2021 0
  
  Imagine that moving day has finally arrived for the Trumps. It is the morning of 19 January and some well-armed guards are dragging a...
  
  Food
  It’s a wrap: 4 delicious recipes to fuel your summer days
  
  Indian Link - January 8, 2021 0
  
  It's summertime in Australia and along with the rising temperature, it's no surprise that many are opting for lighter meals to beat the heat....
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Azadi: Brooding yet biting articles by Arundhati Roy (Review)

Chitra Sudarshan - October 6, 2020 0

When Arundhati Roy’s first novel God Of Small Things was published in 1997, it won the Booker Prize and made her an overnight celebrity....

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Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020: Dr. Rama Rao, OAM

Chitra Sudarshan - June 7, 2020 2

Dr. Rama Rao arrived in Australia in February 1983, and sang at a family event two days later: she has not stopped singing since. Besides...

Australia

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020: Shobha Sekhar, OAM

Chitra Sudarshan - June 7, 2020 0

Classical Indian music lovers in Melbourne would know Shobha Sekhar well. Her Kalakruti School of Indian Classical Music has trained many young musicians in...

Books

On China and India in a dominant Asia

Chitra Sudarshan - February 7, 2020 0

On China and India in a dominant Asia

Books

Tamil: A Biography by David Dean Shulman | Book review

Chitra Sudarshan - August 7, 2019 0

It was quite by accident that I stumbled upon a prodigious and erudite scholar of India – especially southern India, during one of my...

Books

Dragons and elephants

Chitra Sudarshan - October 3, 2018 0

We thought we will get a handle on the subject by exploring some books that look at both China and India, and use the words ‘Dragon’ and ‘Elephant’

Books

A breath of fresh air for Rahi Masoom Raza's Scene 75

Chitra Sudarshan - April 27, 2018 1

Poonam Saxena manages to capture the essence of the original Hindi-Urdu novel in her rendition.

Books

Remembering the emperor

Chitra Sudarshan - March 1, 2018 0

A look at the Vijayanagar ruler’s pursuit of his love interest and the influence of those around him. CHITRA SUDARSHAN writes

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Have you registered yet for National Backyard Cricket Day?

Indian Link - January 18, 2021 0

If you played gully cricket as a child in India, you're probably already into backyard cricket. Well, here's your chance to do a bit of...

India has world’s largest diaspora: UN

Indian Link - January 18, 2021 0

India has the world's largest diaspora with about 18 million people born there now living abroad, according to John Wilmoth, the director of UN's...

Review: Tribhanga (Netflix)

Indian Link - January 18, 2021 0

The great thing about Kajol is she can light up a scene as few stars do, with her zeal to enthral. The flip side...

Tandav on Amazon Prime: REVIEW and backlash

Indian Link - January 18, 2021 0

Tandav opens with a raging kisaan andolan in Greater Noida over a government decision to turn farm land into a SEZ for urbanisation. Soon,...

WATCH: Lilly Singh’s rivalry with her overachieving ‘cousin’, Kamala Harris

Indian Link - January 15, 2021 0

"Growing up I always got compared to my Indian cousins," shares Lilly Singh, reminding us of those unforgettable sibling rivalries we've all experiences at...

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