Beyond Dialogue: Building the next chapter of Australia–India Relations
Australia India Youth Dialogue 2026
I went into the Australia India Youth Dialogue 2026 expecting conversations about policy, diplomacy and the future of the Australia–India...
Cutting Chai with Parvyn Kaur Singh
Cutting Chai with Lakshmi Ganapathy is a monthly series of bite-sized interviews with prominent South Asians showcasing their career and personality and celebrating their South...
Rakhi, rewritten: New ways to tie the bond
modern Rakhi traditions
I began this week thinking about Rakhi – as I always do, about a week before the actual day.
In the early days,...
Rasika Dance Academy: 25 years, one grand celebration
Chandralekha Rasika Dance Academy
Chandrakala (Mahalakshmi Rathinavel) watches as her ardent lover, Sashikumara (Nikitha Sesha), stages a grand dance drama, conceived, choreographed and presented especially...
Family, fractured: R Gowtham on ‘Members of the Problematic Family’
A man dies. His family give him a funeral. And beneath the absurd pageantry of the last rites, they wrestle with the void created...





