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

  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;...

Review: The Last Dance at Knox Community Arts Centre

  Following their successful Marathi-language production of Bandini as part of La Mama’s Festival of Tongues, Melbourne Indian Theatre (MiTheatre) have returned with an English-language...

When Nandini Menon took Bharatanatyam into the Dreamtime

  A steady current of energy radiated from the artist, captivating the audience and charging the auditorium with intensity. True to her chosen theme of...

Vidya Makan: Growing up in ‘The Lucky Country’

  Imagine a young girl in Melbourne’s suburbs, the sporty type, more into writing music and playing piano than wearing pretty dresses on stage. That...

Where Tanjore and Thanjavur come to life

  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...

L-FRESH the LION paints a “picture that’s too brown for you”

  South-West Sydney rapper and social activist L-FRESH The LION is no stranger to weaving powerful messages through music but with his latest single No...

Book Review: Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq

  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

  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...

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