Navratri: Nine nights, many Indias
Navratri celebrations in India
Navratri means "nine nights," and the name is about the only thing that stays fixed. Across India the festival celebrates the...
Dancing through change: Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum
Paalam Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum
The first rains arrived on stage to the strains of Barso Re Megha Megha.
Sung by the Australian Girls Choir with impressive...
Gandhi, Patrick White and Australia: A race possessed of understanding?
Patrick White, Gandhi and Australia
On 9 June 1958, I arrived in Sydney, a teenager from Nadi on my way to study at Delhi University.
I...
Smit Machchhar: 30 seconds, 174 lives, one extraordinary act
Smit Machchhar
Thirty seconds.
That’s roughly how long it took flydubai flight FZ1073 to plunge nearly 14,000 feet after a violent confrontation erupted inside its cockpit...
Moth-er of all seasons
Bogong Moths
Australia's bogong moths have entered a period of severe instability after learning that humans are about to begin something called 'the festive season'.
The...
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