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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.
Travel

Passport to Cinema : How Bollywood took its audiences around the world

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  Much before travel became content and destinations were judged by Instagram aesthetics, Bollywood had already mastered the art of wanderlust. Hindi cinema has long...
India in Australia

India’s Budget 2026: What’s in for NRIs?

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  When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026 on 1 Feb, the message to India's global diaspora was clear. It is time...
India in Australia

Shyam Ratan Das OAM: Australia Day Honours 2026

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  Shyam Das reveals there was quiet disbelief - and then gratitude - as he got news of his OAM. “I humbly accept this honour,”...
India in Australia

Dr Rondhir Jithoo OAM: Australia Day Honours 2026

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  It is with quiet humility that Dr Rondhir Jithoo talks about his OAM honour conferred this Australia Day. “It’s not a recognition of an individual...
Reviews

Taskaree The Smuggler’s Web Review

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  Crime dramas often thrive on discomfort, the unease of watching systems buckle under pressure and individuals forced to make morally difficult choices. Taskaree: The...
Entertainment

Single Papa : Review

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  There is something quietly disarming about the Netflix series Single Papa. It does not arrive with the urgency of a social statement, nor does it...
Entertainment

Indian cinema in 2025: A year of spectacle, spirit and storytelling

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  If 2024 was a year of recovery, Indian cinema in 2025 was resurrection. It entered this year with a renewed heart, bolder canvases, bigger...
Entertainment

Dhurandhar : Film Review

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  With Dhurandhar, director Aditya Dhar returns to the genre that placed him firmly on the map through Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019), but this...
India in Australia

What to do if you face racial abuse

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  When a 63-year-old Indian-origin was attacked by a 22-year-old woman at Westfield Parramatta recently, it left the community shaken. It was the latest in...
Entertainment

Dharmendra : The He-Man whose words hit harder than his punches

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  There are certain lines in Hindi cinema that don’t just live in dialogue books, they live in us. They become common speech, family jokes,...
Entertainment

Review : Baramulla

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  n Indian cinema, Kashmir has always occupied a charged space. It is a landscape that has been sung about, fought over, romanticised, politicised, and...
Sports

After glory comes the grind: Indian women’s cricket’s next challenge

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  For almost three decades, India’s defining cricketing photograph was Kapil Dev at Lord’s, 1983, until MS Dhoni broke the jinx in 2011 and Rohit...
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