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Happy Valentine’s Day to all who celebrate…
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and the shops are awash with red and pink advertising. There are slogans urging people to buy...
Spoken Sanskrit, anyone?
After a full day at the ongoing Australian Spoken Sanskrit Summer School at ANU, student Jane reflected, “I’m enjoying the immersion in the language....
Alok Vaid-Menon: Comedy, identity, and the politics of being
If you’re a South Asian person, you can probably guess why Alok Vaid-Menon calls their show “Hairy Situation”.
“I've been a hairy person my entire...
Romance bookstores are booming in Australia and worldwide
Once, if you wanted to buy romance novels, you had to know where to look. Some small outlets stocked paperback romances, as well as department stores like...