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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.
Science, Technology & Innovation

A game-changer in managing Parkinson’s: A UniSA study

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  For millions living with Parkinson’s disease, daily life is shaped not only by tremors, stiffness, or slowness of movement, but also by the exhausting...
Lifestyle

How Perth’s Cate Smith got swept up in Garba’s spin

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  One night in Mumbai, under the open sky, Cate Smith found herself drenched to the bone. It was the ‘Queen of Dandiya’ Falguni Pathak’s...
Health & Wellness

Dr Sonu Bhaskar: Lessons from Japan on dignified elder care

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  Australia is bracing for its over-65 population to double by 2050. Meanwhile, India is currently witnessing its elders already crossing the 150-million mark. This brings...
Books

These bilingual picture books teach immigrant kids to stay connected to their roots

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  For Auckland writer Dr Aruna Shekar, memories of Chennai are close at hand. The auto rides to the beach and the railway station, the...
India in Australia

Avisha Sharma is among the youngest accepted into Mensa

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  When three-year-old Avisha Sharma emerged from an hour-long intelligence test, her parents Amit and Anubha were holding their breath. Would she have managed to sit...
Books

From Mysuru to Melbourne: Aman J. Bedi’s fantasy earns global recognition

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  When Aman J. Bedi sits down to write, the weight of his journey, from Mysuru to Vizag, Bengaluru, Bangkok, Christchurch, and now Melbourne, inevitably...
Health & Wellness

Dr Raji Krishnan’s healing journey from India to Australia

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It was in the 1980s, soon after requalifying as a doctor in Australia, that Dr Raji Krishnan’s neighbour invited her to sit in at...
Stage

Identity, ambition and Emerald City: Rajan Velu’s journey

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  When Rajan Velu was a boy, he watched his sister rehearse the graceful movements of Bharatanatyam - and something stirred. Then came the Tamil...
Health & Wellness

Vik and Bhavisha Bhandari: Saving lives, one ball at a time

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  One night, Vik Bhandari received the kind of phone call every migrant dreads - the one that comes in the middle of the night...
Food

Bringing Grandma’s British Indian recipes back to life

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  Sydney resident Keith Pfeiffer has spent the last eight years documenting recipes of both traditional Indian and Anglo-Indian origin on his website. The Anglo-Indian...
Arts

Desi Oon brings Himalayan artisans Kullvi Whims to Australia

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  At 13, Sapna sat beside her grandparents during Himachal's long winters, watching them loop yarn into warmth. Kullvi Whims Last month, she travelled abroad for...
Arts

A walk in the clouds: A diplomatic ode to the Sahyadris

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  When filmmaker and conservationist Amoghavarsha JS set out on a rainy-day hike through the monsoon-soaked Western Ghats with Australian High Commissioner Philip Green and...
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