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Easter eggs: their evolution from chicken to chocolate

  A lot of Easter traditions – including hot cross buns and lamb on Sunday – stem from medieval Christian or even earlier pagan beliefs. The chocolate...

US voter identification vs. Aadhaar-EPIC: Trump’s take

  US President Donald Trump has cited India’s requirement for voters to link their Aadhaar card with their Election Photo Identification Card (EPIC) as an...

Indian nurse calls for blood & stem cell donor registry

  A long-time Lifeblood nurse, recently diagnosed with leukemia, has issued a personal plea for people in her local Cranbourne community and across Australia to...

Australia’s next government may well be in minority

  Two months out from an Australian federal election, the polling is pointing to a very tight race between the two major parties. This means, if the...

Indian-origin cabbie defrauds, abuses disabled passengers

  An Indian-origin Melbourne taxi driver operating under one of Australia’s largest cab companies has been exposed for systematically mistreating and defrauding his disabled passengers. The...

A brilliant autumn road trip to Ballarat

  The 90-minute drive from Melbourne to Ballarat is long enough to build anticipation but short enough to avoid "are we there yet?" from the...

Romance bookstores are booming in Australia and worldwide

  Once, if you wanted to buy romance novels, you had to know where to look. Some small outlets stocked paperback romances, as well as department stores like...