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Lakshmi Ganapathy

Lakshmi is Melbourne Content Creator for Indian Link and the winner of the VMC's 2024 Multicultural Award for Excellence in Media. Best known for her monthly youth segment 'Cutting Chai' and her historical video series 'Linking History' which won the 2024 NSW PMCA Award for 'Best Audio-Visual Report', she is also a highly proficient arts journalist, selected for ArtsHub's Amplify Collective in 2023.
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Daylesford pub crash: Family and friends launch fundraisers

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  The Indian community have rallied together to support the families of Pratibha Sharma, Jatin Chugh and the Bhatias - the victims of the Daylesford...
India in Australia

Blue Diwali diyas light up Melbourne’s Federation Square

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Over 40,000 revellers flocked to Melbourne’s Federation Square for Australia’s biggest Diwali event on Saturday 4 November, raising over $4000 for Beyond Blue. Now in its...
Entertainment

‘Tora’s Husband’ director Rima Das wins APSA Academy Grant

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Indian filmmaker Rima Das has been awarded a prestigious filmmaking grant at this year’s Asia Pacific Screen Award (APSA), taking place in the Gold...
Cutting Chai

Cutting Chai with Meghna

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  MEGHNA is a Melbourne-based musician who fuses alternative hip hop, EDM and pop elements to create music about social issues around the world. She’s...
India in Australia

Victorian school principals to tour India shortly

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  The Victorian government announced on 26 Oct that 12 school principals from across the state will visit India through the 2023 Women in School...
India in Australia

South Asian climate collective Sapna wins Environment Vic award

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Sapna – South Asian Climate Solidarity, a South Asian-led climate justice collective has received an Innovation Award at this year’s Environment Victoria community environment...
India

India’s Supreme Court refuses to legalise same-sex marriage

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  India’s Supreme Court has refused to legalise same-sex marriage, with the country’s chief justice saying it’s the responsibility of parliament to create laws recognising...
Arts

Mum and daughter caring for nature, one book at a time

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  University of Melbourne Sustainability Engagement officer Raveena Grace says her mother, English Literature graduate Mridula Chopra, is the inspiration behind her passion for the...
India in Australia

Shashi Kochhar OAM recognised at Victorian Seniors Awards 2023

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Shashi Kant Kochhar OAM has received a Council on the Ageing (COTA) Award at this year’s Victorian Seniors Awards, held on 11 Oct at...
India in Australia

Five South Asian women inducted into Victorian Honour Roll

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  A record five South Asian women will be inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women this year, following a ceremony on Wednesday night...
Cutting Chai

Cutting Chai with Shankar Kasynathan

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  SHANKAR KASYNATHAN is a movement builder advocating for human rights and migrant and refugee communities, who has worked with Amnesty International, Oxfam, Red Cross...
Arts

The Durga Chronicles: Building gendered violence awareness

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Green Room Award winning production The Durga Chronicles will be remounted with new post show round table discussions at Narre Warren’s Bunjil Place to...
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