Monash Uni Professor keeping Indian freight trains running
When we last wrote about Professor Ravi Ravitharan following his 2014 Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA) Award win, we called him ‘the railway...
The Yellowcake handshake: What the Australia-India uranium deal really signals
When Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi shook hands in Melbourne on July 9, closing a stalemate that had outlasted three Australian prime ministers, the...
Dinsha Palkhiwala’s ‘Bombay Talkies’: Inside an Irani café
Dinsha Palkhiwala's 'Bombay Talkies'
The Irani café is a disappearing phenomenon in India. In its heyday it welcomed people of all backgrounds – regular folk,...
Life of an international student: The moving out experience
International student moving out
It's 2024. I step off a plane in Sydney, jet-lagged and slightly terrified, clutching two suitcases like they're lifelines. I had...
From temple sanctum to Australian gallery, and back again
Australia returns Indian antiquities
Three ancient temple idols, stolen from Tamil Nadu shrines and trafficked abroad decades ago, are set to make their way home...





