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Mukta Gilda: the dawn of a budding author in ‘Twilight’

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  “Books are a world filled with imagination and discovery, like portals to another world,” says 11-year-old Sydneysider Mukta Gilda, author of her very own...

Shilpa Wason’s debut poetry collection is for ‘every immigrant’

Prutha Chakraborty -
  “Migration shifts your relationship to home forever. You can visit the same house, walk the same streets, smell the same rain, but it is...

Book Review: Nikhil Kulkarni’s My Summer of Cricket

Manan Luthra -
  Last summer’s Border-Gavaskar Trophy had no shortage of stories - from record crowds and the rise of a new generation to fiery punditry that...

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

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

Book Review: Mother Mary Comes to Me

Sruthi Sajeev -
  Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me is a testament to the one presence that shaped her most — her mother’s rage, searing and...

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

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

John Lang, Rani Laxmibai’s Aussie attorney against the British (review)

Chitra Sudarshan -
  John Lang, In the Court of the Ranee of Jhansi and Other Travels in India, Speaking Tiger, 2015; Rupa Publications 2016.  Har-Anand publications 2015;...

Where Tanjore and Thanjavur come to life

Sruthi Sajeev -
  Sydney writer Uma Srinivasan’s Etched in Gold is a sumptuous read for lovers of literature, history and music alike. To read this labour of...

Book Review: Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq

Torrsha Sen -
  When Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, masterfully translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, clinched the International Booker Prize this year, it wasn’t merely a personal...

Why I wrote a book on Sanātana Dharma

Mallikarjuna Rao Rachakonda -
  My journey into Advaita Vedanta began in 1991, when I attended lectures of Swami Chinmayānanda on the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads in Sydney’s...

Kannada book ‘Heart Lamp’ wins International Booker Prize 2025

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi, has become the first Kannada language book to win the International Booker Prize. Published as...

She Shapes History: a trip down memory lane with female trailblazers

James Knight -
  There is no greater classroom in the world than the world itself, and there’s no greater teacher than travel. In 2023, Sita Sargeant set...
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