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S Shakthidharan

Arts

S. Shakthidharan: “If a family can keep love alive…there’s hope a country can.”

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  Lakshmi Ganapathy: I want to start by congratulating you on ‘The Jungle and the Sea’; the night I saw it, there wasn’t a single...
India in Australia

South Asian links at MWF and SWF 2026

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
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...
Arts

Review: The Wrong Gods, Belvoir St Theatre

Manan Luthra -
The Wrong Gods, the third play written by S. Shakthidharan (also co-director) presented by Belvoir St Theatre, is a powerful story of displacement, familial...
Stage

Review: Counting and Cracking

Sruthi Sajeev -
  Counting and Cracking, written by S.Shakthidharan and directed by Eamon Flack is an expansive tale which simultaneously delves into the intimate dynamics of family...
Arts

Actor Vaishnavi Suryaprakash: Starting conversations

Lakshmi Ganapathy -
  VAISHNAVI SURYAPRAKASH is a Sydney-based actor, dramaturge, dancer and performance maker. She is currently starring in Belvoir St Theatre’s performance of Nayika: A Dancing...
India in Australia

Stuck In Between: South Asian roots, Aussie upbringing

Prutha Chakraborty -
  Two Tamilians walk into a bar. One likes to ask questions, and the other loves to talk. And just like that, a podcast is...