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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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Opinion

Zohran Mamdani: Reaching beyond identity politics

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  It's no surprise that Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old winner of the NYC mayoral election, quoted India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his victory...
India in Australia

A ‘quantum leap’: Dr Vikram Sharma wins PM’s Science Prize

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  “It's almost a pinch me moment, well beyond anything I could have imagined,” says Dr Vikram Sharma, winner of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Science...
Arts

Ethan and Caleb are ready to rock

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Brothers Ethan and Caleb remember watching the iconic film School of Rock, following a ragtag group of students who secretly enter the battle of...
India in Australia

Viveik Vinoharan’s ‘Lankan leaning’ eats win Young Chef of the Year

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Third time’s the charm for Viveik Vinoharan, who has won the coveted 2026 Good Food Guide Young Chef of the Year award after three...
Books

Mukta Gilda: the dawn of a budding author in ‘Twilight’

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  “Books are a world filled with imagination and discovery, like portals to another world,” says 11-year-old Sydneysider Mukta Gilda, author of her very own...
India in Australia

Sangeeta Sandrasegar: flowers & forgotten histories at Fed Square

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  As far as canvases go, Melbourne’s Federation Square Atrium is a massive one to fill. Textile artist Sangeeta Sandrasegar, whose commission for the venue...
India in Australia

Linking History: Indian Hawkers and Cameleers in Australia

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
‘Linking History’ is a video essay series from Indian Link diving into the history of Australia since its colonisation, highlighting how South Asians have...
India in Australia

Ritika Skand Vohra: reimagining Katran for Melb Fashion Week

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Textile artist Ritika Skand Vohra remembers the garments passed down from her mother and grandmother. “I've realised I miss some clothes or objects that I...
India in Australia

Support for immigration dips, but social cohesion steady

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Attitudes towards immigration levels have reached a new low according to the 2025 Scanlon Foundation Mapping Social Cohesion report, published today. AT A GLANCE 51%...
Arts

Indian links at Sculpture by the Sea 2025

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Four acclaimed artists of Indian background have been selected for the ‘Indian Showcase’ at this year’s Sculpture by the Sea outdoor exhibition on the...
India in Australia

Celebrate India’s Fed Square Diwali hits different in 20th year

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Celebrate India’s Arun Sharma says they hadn’t imagined drawing a crowd of 25,000 when they hosted the first Fed Square Diwali in 2006. Even...
Cutting Chai

Cutting Chai with Uppma Virdi

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...
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