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Hamida Parkar

Hamida Parkar is a freelance journalist and founder-editor of cinemaspotter.com. Her work focuses on cinema, culture, women and social equity.
India in Australia

Don’t Look Away: The Aunties Fund takes a stand

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The Aunties Fund “Looking away is letting it happen”. A message from The Aunties Fund poster takes centrestage during their fundraising event ‘An Evening of...
Arts

Zindagi 50-50: Song and dance for a dark, unspoken cause

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  To pull off a live song medley within a play, can be a daunting task. The challenge is taken and executed well by lead...
Health & Wellness

Thinking about aged care

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How community seniors are accessing My Aged Care
Arts

The art of loving in tragedy

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The extraordinary and fascinating story of an Indian artist and his Austrian wife
India in Australia

The curious story of George Jarvis

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Historian Robin Walsh and author Roanna Gonsalves attempted to unravel the elusive man servant in a recent talk entitled Finding ‘George Jarvis’
India in Australia

Plastic: The new WMD

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As plastic waste quite literally takes over the world, nations are being spurred into the war against it with a new sense of urgency. By HAMIDA PARKAR
Education

Ishaa Sandhu: Merging beauty and banking

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Sydney Uni student finds a way to empower women in India’s beauty sector
Bollywood

Sydney Film Festival: Decoding Manto and Mehsampur

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Two films, one message. Nandita Das’ Manto and Kabir Chowdhry’s Mehsampur at the Sydney Film Festival cast the spotlight on free speech
India in Australia

Supporting women, Bollywood style

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Disha's 'Dance for Dignity' workshop aims to create awareness that women and girls who are facing poverty or violent situations, and are going without basic sanitary items
Australia

The Delaneys of Delhi

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The Aussie family that calls a Delhi slum home finds that happiness has new meaning for them, writes HAMIDA PARKAR
Australia

Sydney Writers’ Festival: Women in science…why not?

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Stop telling women that science and tech are difficult choices of career, says Angela Saini
Arts

Sydney Biennale: Seeking perfection in the rubble

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Delhi artist Tanya Goel’s works at the Sydney Biennale are a psychosocial comment on the nature and effect of urban landscapes. By HAMIDA PARKAR
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