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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.

Okkoota ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ is re-assembling the contemporary arts space

  A multi-format artistic project curated by Bengaluru-based artist-curator Vishal Kumaraswamy is reconnecting community with North Melbourne Town Hall’s Arts House. Featuring an ensemble of both...

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa is ‘not your collectable’

  A lot has changed for artist Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa since her breakthrough spoken word performance on Australia's Got Talent in 2016 - she’s stronger, wiser,...

Aayushi Khillan on Federal Government’s Youth Advisory Board

  Twenty-two-year-old Aayushi Khillan has been chosen for a new Federal Government initiative aiming to engage youth in the policy-making process. The Melbourne-based medical student is one...

South Asian comedy galore at Melbourne International Comedy Festival

  It’s that time of year again, where queues stretch around the block, trams get packed, and Melbourne lights up with laughter. Running from March...

MSO-Sangam: Decolonising classical music at the Bowl

  On Wednesday 15 February, a world-first collaboration between Sangam and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will see the stories of Tamil Australians presented in...

Carl Buhariwala: Helping the community ‘be informed.’

  Twenty-eight-year-old lawyer Carl Buhariwala has always felt strongly about helping the community. As a child, his parents took him to the local Shirdi Sai...