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Balraj Sahni, an actor who raced against a train for a film scene

Vikas Datta -
  More than three decades before Aamir Khan's train stunt in Ghulam (1998), Balraj Sahni, renowned for his natural performances, had already done such a...

IPAC: The timeless rhythms of India’s classical arts

Chitra Sudarshan -
  The Indian Performing Arts Convention (IPAC) returned to Melbourne this year (from 18 – 26 May) for a celebration of Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam.  It is an annual...

Listen to Sydney theatremakers Dinsha Palkhivala and Meena Manathy Kumar

Sagar Mehrotra -
Indian Link Radio’s SAGAR MEHROTRA in conversation with Sydney theatremakers DINSHA PALKHIVALA and MEENA MAHANTY KUMAR, ahead of the opening of their production The...

What Gandhi thought of Australia

Prutha Chakraborty -
  In 1896, when Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was working for the cause of his countrymen in South Africa, he first referenced Australia in his writings....

Ruskin Bond: My young readers want me to make ghosts scarier

IANS -
  There is almost as much to observe as to speak when one is at India’s most popular writer Ruskin Bond’s house in Landour, Mussoorie. Crisp...

Dr Priya Srinivasan on Asia Pacific Arts Awards and Revive policy

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Dr Priya Srinivasan has received the inaugural Impact Award at the Asia Pacific Arts Awards, held by Creative Australia at the Parramatta Riverside Theatre...

Satyajit Das on “leaving the natural world alone”

Prutha Chakraborty -
  Most biologists and environmentalists, Satyajit Das thinks, have it wrong – they premise their analysis on the fact that man stands largely outside nature. “They...

Golden advice for the people in their silver years

Chitra Sudarshan -
  My father turned 100 last month, and as the family gathered to mark this momentous event, it was tinged with a little sadness as...

Support a South Asian writer: Sydney and Brisbane Writers Fest

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  It’s the time of year where we’d rather not be out and about in the freezing weather (or at least, the paltry 11 degrees...

Actor Vaishnavi Suryaprakash: Starting conversations

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  VAISHNAVI SURYAPRAKASH is a Sydney-based actor, dramaturge, dancer and performance maker. She is currently starring in Belvoir St Theatre’s performance of Nayika: A Dancing...

The Woman Seeker: Chinmaya Mission Trust’s new book

Sydney Srinivas -
  Many women seekers have decorated the spiritual space in India – some to an astonishing degree. Some of them have gone to the extent...

‘Blindfold’ embroidery: Ritika Skand Vohra

Rajni Anand Luthra -
  When textile artist and embroiderer Ritika Skand Vohra sits down to work, she ties a blindfold around her eyes. Then, picking up her needle, she...
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