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Review: Songs of the Bulbul at Arts Centre Melbourne

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Canonically, artists have always been yoked with tragedy; from Van Gogh to Beethoven, we can’t escape the romantic notion one must give themselves completely...

Grammys 2026: All the Indian links that took the stage

Sruthi Sajeev -
Grammys 2026 It’s the biggest music awards show of the year - one that us commoners watch mainly to gasp (for good reasons and bad)...

Raf Saperra at Sydney: song and statement

Neeru Saluja -
Raf Saperra When Raf Saperra hit the stage at the Sydney Festival recently, he wasted no time - tearing straight into his hit Venomz Boliyan. A...

Danish Sheikh: “The law was my great love story”

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  It was ‘utter and complete heartbreak’ that drew activist-lawyer Danish Sheikh to theatre. In 2013, the Supreme Court of India ruled against repealing Section 377...

Golden Globes 2026: all the South Asian Links

Sruthi Sajeev -
  Awards season is now well under way as guests gear up to attend the 83rd Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in...

Viren Barar: A stroke, a gel pen, and a new beginning

Tarini Puri -
  Viren Barar was never an artist. He barely gave a thought to the colour of his shirt. From being a typical corporate techie in...

Top 10 books of 2025 by Indian writers

Sruthi Sajeev -
  1. Banu Mushtaq The Heart Lamp  Banu Mushtaq has well and truly earned her place in the literary canon with her collection of heartrending short...

Tribute to Ernest MacIntyre, extraordinary playwright and thinker

Indian Link -
  Ernest MacIntyre, a veteran of the South Asian theatre scene in Sydney passed away on 17 Dec 2025. His plays, based in his native Sri Lanka,...

Hook, yarn, and heart: Shantana’s crochet journey

Tarini Puri -
  “Crocheting is forgiving - it’s therapeutic and rewarding and I can do it for hours on end,” says Shantana Deka Dutta, a Sydney-based crochet...

An exuberant Indian link at the 2025 Schools Spectacular

Sruthi Sajeev -
  The matinee performance of this year’s Schools Spectacular left students Vir Parulekar, Aarvi Chhabra and Samara Marie Shahi feeling giddy from the adrenaline rush...

South Asian links at Head On Photo Festival 2025

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  A celebration of groundbreaking and thought provoking photography, the Head On Photo Festival returns to locations across Australia for 2025, with lots of South...

In Sutradhaar, Bobby Singh threads rhythm with reflection

Mahesh White-Radhakrishnan -
  Rasikas of cross-cultural music are in for a treat. ARIA Award–winning tabla virtuoso Bobby Singh has released his long-anticipated album Sutradhaar (meaning “string holder” or “narrator” in Sanskrit).   The full album...
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