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,...
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...
CAIR awards $10 million across Maitri Grants 2025-2026
Bilateral Olympics planning, a film on an Australian stuntwoman in Indian films, and research into drought-resistant crops are just some of the projects sharing...
Three artists, one timeless Hampi
When three Melbourne creatives - two photographers and a painter - travelled to Hampi, India, earlier this year, they could scarcely have imagined the...
Instagram cannot get enough of this Hindi-speaking Aussie
Joe Speaks Hindi
There are food influencers. Travel influencers. Fashion, beauty, lifestyle. Even language creators. Joe Speaks Hindi
And then there’s Joe Freeman!
On his Instagram page,...





