Books

When the Kem chhos came to Oz

On being vegetarian and Hindu in 1970s Australia, and how the Garba was launched. PAWAN LUTHRA on a new book about the Gujarati community

What the war wrought

VIKAS DATTA on India's World War II experience

A contest of melodies

Selecting just 50 landmark Bollywood songs is no easy task, writes VIKAS DATTA

Legends of fantasy

Indian authors embark on reimagining the epics of the past, writes CHITRA SUDARSHAN

They now call Australia home

A new book attempts to define the Indian-Australian identity, writes PREETI JABBAL

On mortality and frailty

Atul Gawande explores the limitations of modern medicine, writes JYOTI SHANKAR

Word up!

Sharing draft works aloud is a personal yet public expression of creativity, writes KIRA SPUCYS-TAHAR

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