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Prutha Chakraborty

Prutha Bhosle Chakraborty is a freelance journalist. With over nine years of experience in different Indian newsrooms, she has worked both as a reporter and a copy editor. She writes on community, health, food and culture. She has widely covered the Indian diaspora, the expat community, embassies and consulates. Prutha is an alumna of the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, Bengaluru.
India in Australia

Dr Dilip Gahankari OAM: King’s Birthday Honours 2026

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  An 18-month-old girl from Melghat, a tribal Maharashtra region, arrived with severe burn contractures across her right arm and fingers. Malnourished and living far...
India in Australia

Valsamma Eapen AO : Kings Birthday Honours 2026

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  Valsamma Eapen AO When Tourette Syndrome activist John Davidson involuntarily shouted a racial slur during this year’s BAFTA Awards, the backlash was immediate. The incident...
Arts

Hayley Millar Baker’s exhibition weaves together her Anglo Indian and Aboriginal identities

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Hayley Millar Baker For artist Hayley Millar Baker, some of her strongest memories of India now live in stories. Stories told by her grandfather, who migrated...
India in Australia

UNSW scientist Ashish Sharma bags top American award in hydraulic engineering

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UNSW scientist Ashish Sharma Water, water everywhere…not any drop to drink! Indian-born engineering hydrologist Ashish Sharma believes the world is hurtling towards a future where...
Visual arts

Bihar to Biennale: Western Sydney artist takes heritage to Venice

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  For months, Indian-born artisan Anamika sat hand-stitching circles, crescent moons, and ray motifs onto satin curtains destined for one of the world’s most prestigious...
Science, Technology & Innovation

From trash to treasure: How eucalyptus bark can reduce pollution

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eucalyptus bark reduces pollution Every year, tonnes of eucalyptus bark are stripped off trees, dumped, burned or left to rot as forestry waste. But researchers...
Stage

Ashwyn Singh: The internet’s favourite Bollywood translator is touring Australia

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  It takes a special kind of comedian to make South Asians laugh at the songs they grew up crying to. Indian-born comedian Ashwyn Singh...
Health & Wellness

Indian migrants: Invisible in the Australian healthcare system

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  Despite being one of Australia’s highly educated and fastest-growing migrant communities, Indians — along with other South Asians — are still not properly understood...
Science, Tech & Business

How Australia’s GrainSupp could help Indian farmers sell grain

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  When Prof Harpinder Sandhu and his research team at Federation University Australia set out to build GrainSupp, they were not thinking about India. The goal...
Visual arts

Brushstrokes of belonging: Harris Park mural

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  At Sydney’s Harris Park, affectionately called ‘Little India’, a 120-metre mural transforms Station Street East into a living, breathing canvas. There is no single...
Arts

Dalit and First Nations voices meet and shine at Adelaide Fringe

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  This year’s Adelaide Fringe was different. The iconic arts festival where thousands of performances compete for attention, the presentation ‘We Belong’ did something rare...
India in Australia

Awards to celebrate the men who get it right

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Raj Shekhawat Much of today’s discourse around masculinity is dominated by the language of crisis - toxic traits, harmful behaviours, and what needs fixing. While...
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