Anoop Lokkur: A deeply personal take for Sydney Film Festival
don't tell mother SFF
There is a particular kind of silence familiar to many of us who grew up in the subcontinent. It sits quietly...
Professor Bala Venkatesh AM: King’s Birthday Honours 2026
In the 1800s, U V Swaminatha Iyer (known affectionately as Tamil Thaataa) painstakingly rebuilt Tamil scholarship, restoring lost texts and revitalising the language for future generations.
Is it any surprise that Professor Balasubramaniam Venkatesh,...
Dr Dilip Gahankari OAM: King’s Birthday Honours 2026
An 18-month-old girl from Melghat, a tribal Maharashtra region, arrived with severe burn contractures across her right arm and fingers. Malnourished and living far...
Kaushal Ottem: MBA at 18, Startup at 23
Despite completing a Masters degree aged 18, Kaushal Ottem never really liked school.
Temporarily bedridden at the age of seven after being hit by a...
Maa Behen: Review
Maa Behen
For decades, the phrase ‘Maa-Behen’ clubbed together has existed as an insult, thrown casually into conversations, road rage arguments and social media comment sections. Director Suresh Triveni...





