Ryan Michael paints the people we overlook
When Ryan Michael moved from India to Australia at 12, he suddenly became aware of something he had never really thought about before: his...
Discovering Kazakhstan’s wild heart
Kazakhstan
“Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan - which did you like more?” A friend asked shortly after I returned from Kazakhstan, having visited Uzbekistan just the...
US shuts door on Indian tech talent. Will Australia open one?
Indian tech talent
Overnight on Thursday Aug 8 US time, which was Friday Aug 9 morning in Australia, thousands of tech workers in the US...
When pessimism looks for someone to blame
There is a worrying mood taking hold in Australia: not simply concern about migration, housing or the cost of living, but a growing sense...
Nana Patekar (1951–2026): The restless outsider who stayed one
Nana Patekar
Vishwanath Patekar was born in 1951 in Murud-Janjira, a coastal town in Maharashtra's Raigad district, to a modest Marathi family. He was a...





