All-Indian cast in ABC’s “Unlisted”
An Australian show with an all-Indian cast targeted at an international market, Mithila Gupta muses, would have been impossible to pitch only a few years ago.
Today as one of the writers of ABC ME series The...
Stolen Shiva returns home to dance on at remote temple
Friday the 13th, a date dreaded in the West, turned out to be a very auspicious day for over 25,000 people in the southern Indian village of Kallidaikurichi. Several of them traveled 600 km...
Lawson Tanner: How a love for Hindi films led to a love for Hindi
When Lawson Tanner sings Galliyan teri galliyan (the Ankit Tiwari number from the film Ek Villain), you might as well believe he means it as a tribute to Hindi, and to India. Mujhko bhaavein teri galliyan…
Lawson first...
Dutton’s duplicity laid bare
The dichotomy that is Peter Dutton is perhaps best revealed by the stark contrast between his treatment of a European au pair who was due to be deported from the country in 2018, and a...
Dr Jagnoor Jagnoor
With a background in dental surgery from India, Dr Jagnoor Jagnoor presently works as a Senior Lecturer at UNSW’s Faculty of Medicine. Dr Jagnoor is an honorary Senior Lecturer at School of...
Shivali Nayak
In
an era of heightened concern about diversity, Shivali Nayak, listed in this
year’s 40 Under 40 Most influential Asian-Australians, has experienced the
double whammy of bias based on her ethnicity as well as gender....
Dr Meru Sheel
Dr. Meru Sheel, a researcher at the Australian National University, was adjudged the most influential Asian-Australian in the field of science and medicine.
Dr Meru Sheel, ANU...
Science busking – how these women are leading the way
As a high school student not so long ago, Riddhi Gupta remembers being fascinated by her time in the science labs and with scientists in general.
“Those early experiences with science stayed on with me,...
In conversation with Jodi McKay, the new NSW Leader of Opposition
Jodi McKay is a familiar figure within the Indian Australian community. It’s hard not to notice at a community event that the warmest applause amongst all the invited guests is usually reserved for her....
UNSW Sydney to help Pune become a ‘smart and accessible city’
In a bid to plan a "smart and accessible city", the Pune Smart City Development Corporation Ltd. (PSCDCL) has partnered with the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney to help Pune fulfil its...