Don’t Look Away: The Aunties Fund takes a stand
The Aunties Fund
“Looking away is letting it happen”. A message from The Aunties Fund poster takes centrestage during their fundraising event ‘An Evening of...
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,...
IFFM 2026: All eyes on Indian cinema, but are we watching?
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne has always danced between being a film festival and a grand Indian celebration, and this year it threw...
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...
Sydney families make urgent appeal for news of loved ones missing...
Nepal Floods
A group of distraught families and friends in Sydney are making an urgent appeal for information about many of the 22 missing Australians...





