South Asian links at MWF and SWF 2026
Turn the page on this year’s Melbourne and Sydney Writers Festivals, with headline international guest, Irish-Indian poet Nikita Gill, set to share her bestseller...
India significantly rolls backs transgender people’s rights
Little did I know, when I wrote a glowing article in February on the slow but steady legal wins for LGBTQIA+ people in India,...
ILASA’s Home Across the Horizons: A review
The book Home Across the Horizons, produced by the Indian Literary and Art Society of Australia (ILASA), lands in interesting times. As migrants -...
When heavy periods are treated as ‘woman’s fate’
Heavy periods
In many families, heavy periods are not seen as a health issue, but accepted as part of being a woman. Girls are told...
Brushstrokes of belonging: Harris Park mural
At Sydney’s Harris Park, affectionately called ‘Little India’, a 120-metre mural transforms Station Street East into a living, breathing canvas. There is no single...

