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Torrsha Sen

A seasoned journalist who observes passage of time and uses tenses that contain simple past, continuous present, and a future perfect to weave stories.

Maa Behen: Review

Maa Behen For decades, the phrase ‘Maa-Behen’ clubbed together has existed as an insult, thrown casually into conversations, road rage arguments and social media comment sections. Director Suresh Triveni...

Noshir Irani OAM: King’s Birthday Honours 2026

Noshir Irani Noshir Irani, a beloved figure in Sydney's Zoroastrian community, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the King's...

King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Indian links

  King's Birthday Honours 2026 Ten Australians of Indian origin feature in the King's Birthday Honours (2026) list, with recipients recognised across a range of medal...

Made in India: A Titan Story review

  At first glance, Robbie Grewal's Made in India: A Titan Story, a six-part series about the birth of Titan Watches sounds like the kind...

“Her eyes speak volumes”: Sydney photographer Shekhar Jay on Kajol

Sydney photographer Shekhar Jay There are moments in a photographer's life that quietly redefine everything. For Jay, a clinical research project manager by day...

Chand Mera Dil: Review

  There is a scene in Chand Mera Dil where two people deeply in love sit in silence inside a cramped apartment, exhausted not from...

Kartavya : Review

  Saif Ali Khan has spent the better part of the last decade trying to outrun the ghosts of his own charm. The floppy-haired romcom...

Pat Cummins donates blood in India to mark his birthday

  Pat Cummins donates blood There are cricketers who play in India, and then there is Pat Cummins, who keeps giving back to it. The Australian Test...

Tagore on screen : How cinema inherited a Nobel Laureate’s world

Tagore on Screen When the Sydney Opera House announced Balloon Dog for its 2026 season, the billing was straightforward enough: a modern adaptation of...

Bengal has spoken. Now listen.

Bengal Elections 2026 For fifteen years, West Bengal operated under a political arrangement that gradually hollowed out the idea of public life. Not through a...