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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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India in Australia

Victoria’s Multicultural Capacity Building Program opens for applications

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  A $5 million capacity building fund for multicultural organisations which was promised in the Victorian Multicultural Review has opened for submissions.   Minister for Multicultural Affairs...
Arts

Danish Sheikh: “The law was my great love story”

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  It was ‘utter and complete heartbreak’ that drew activist-lawyer Danish Sheikh to theatre. In 2013, the Supreme Court of India ruled against repealing Section 377...
Sports

Aaryan Shah wins silver at World Boccia Challenger

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Aaryan Shah remembers watching Australia’s first time hosting an international Boccia tournament back in 2013; but little did he know almost 12 years later,...
Cutting Chai

Cutting Chai with Dinesh Palipana OAM

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Cutting Chai with Lakshmi Ganapathy is a monthly series of bite-sized interviews with prominent South Asians showcasing their career and personality and celebrating their South...
India in Australia

South Asian station masters lead the way in Metro Tunnel

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Mind-blowing. A relief. Amazing. Metro Tunnel Station Masters That’s how the station masters of Melbourne’s brand-new Parkville and Arden stations describe the opening of the...
Health & Wellness

HEARTfelt Honour: Dr Rolf Gomes is QLD’s 2026 Aus of the Year

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Dr Rolf Gomes still remembers the sliding doors moment that set him off on his career as a cardiologist, an almost three-decade long journey...
Sports

Ahmedabad confirmed as 2030 Commonwealth Games host

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Gujarat’s most populous city Ahmedabad has been formally ratified as host of the 2030 Commonwealth Games, in a Garba and dhol filled announcement made...
Visual arts

South Asian links at Head On Photo Festival 2025

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  A celebration of groundbreaking and thought provoking photography, the Head On Photo Festival returns to locations across Australia for 2025, with lots of South...
India in Australia

Malini Raj on AMWA, “the national voice for multicultural women”

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  A new government funded organisation led by the Federation of Ethnic Communities Council Australia (FECCA) promises to be a national voice for Australia’s multicultural...
India in Australia

Deepinderjeet Singh: 19-yo sentenced over drowning

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  A 19-year-old from Hobart has been sentenced to four years in jail in connection with the drowning of UTAS Student Deepinderjeet Singh in 2024. In...
India in Australia

One India Run: two brothers, one hope

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  As far as brotherly bonding activities go, running the length of India is probably not top of most siblings’ lists – that is, unless...
India in Australia

Display home drowning child identified as Gurshabad Singh

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  The eight-year-old child who tragically drowned in a display home pool on Sunday evening has been identified as Kialla resident Gurshabad Singh. His father, Mr...
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