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Ryan Michael paints the people we overlook

  When Ryan Michael moved from India to Australia at 12, he suddenly became aware of something he had never really thought about before: his...

Dancing through change: Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum

Paalam Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum The first rains arrived on stage to the strains of Barso Re Megha Megha. Sung by the Australian Girls Choir with impressive...

Indian language books at State Library of NSW

indian books library nsw If you’ve been looking for books in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil or other Indian languages in NSW, your local library may have...

Raghav Handa’s ‘One Song’ closes SDC’s ‘Current’ on a high

  Raghav Handa’s ‘One Song’ Raghav Handa needs no introduction in the dance world. He has an impressive, evolving biography, with a highly acclaimed body of...

Brandon Colaco: Bengaluru techie turned top didgeridoo player

  The first didgeridoo Brandon Colaco of Bengaluru ever made was seven feet tall. The ancient wind instrument, created by the Aboriginal peoples of northern...

South Asian Links at Melbourne and Sydney Fringe 2026

Melbourne and Sydney Fringe 2026 An overflow of wit and humour, compelling improv skits, a genuinely warm corporate romance and a captivating Brown women spoken...

Menaka Thomas weaves heritage through music

  At an Ayurvedic hospital in Kerala, alone, desperate and deflated, Menaka Thomas began writing songs.  For years, music had been something she inherited. She had...

Geetanjali Shree: Beyond the borders of the page

Geetanjali Shree When Geetanjali Shree took to the stage at the Sydney Writers’ Festival in late August to discuss her acclaimed novel Ret Samadhi (Tomb of Sand,...

35 years in perfect harmony: Melb’s Bharatalaya Academy

Bharatalaya Academy Melbourne The Chandrabhanu Bharatalaya Academy made yet another splash in Melbourne with their presentation Legacy – A Grand Odissi Festival, at the Darebin...

Jaya’s Night Garden

Jaya’s Night Garden - Nature poem As evening falls Moonbeams get entangled In the glossy leaves Of coconut trees.   The glow of temple flowers Loom from the gloom around us  And...

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