Lifestyle

How a Sydney-based family is raising awareness about organ donation

07-11-2019 Gday India

When your seven-year-old comes home from school and suddenly asks you if you have registered to become an organ donor in the eventuality of death, you brush aside the topic thinking he is too young to even know anything about organ donation, reflects Rupesh Udani.

Noble Efforts to Pave the Divine Path For Others

07-11-2019 Gday India

As the world celebrates the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus this month, a look at one man’s mission to spread the message of Guru Nanak Dev in his own small ways

Sunanda Sachatrakul on being openly gay and her debut at Melbourne Fringe Festival

10-09-2019 Gday India

By her own telling, Sunanda Sachatrakul admits she has a peculiar last name. A third generation Punjabi Thai, her great, great grandfather moved to Thailand from India before Partition. “My father adopted a Thai first and last name because at the time, that was the Law for all

Sanchita Abrol brings her Kathak presence to Australia

10-09-2019 Gday India

Sanchita Abrol did not foray into dancing by chance but she admits ‘Kathak found her and she found Kathak’ one afternoon when she was very young. There has been no looking back since.

A Community Man

09-07-2019 Gday India

Sitting at the Dandenong Indian Museum, Vasan Srinivasan is in a reflective mood. For Srinivasan, who has made Melbourne his home ever since he arrived in 1987, watching the Indian community grow and being a part of its growth story has been special. He feels the pulse of the community and his motives are altruistic. This year he is buzzing with excitement and hope as a long-time dream is about to

INSPIRED FOR CHANGE

18-06-2019 Gday India

A lot of what Lucia Hou is today is inspired by her background and heritage. The youngest of 11 children, she was born in Laos, came to Australia when she was one-year old.

THE WISDOM OF SATPAL SINGH

19-04-2019 Gday India

Just call me Satpal, says Bhai Satpal Singh. He does not like the paraphernalia that comes with the word ‘bhai’. He insists he is just someone who is happy to share what little he knows about spirituality.

This young founder of dance academy believes in dancing for betterment of society

19-04-2019 Gday India

At just 16, Arundhati Banerjee is an artreprenuer and founder member of AIDA- Bharatanatyaved, a dance academy in South Australia-Seacliff, imparting training in Indian classical, contemporary and folk forms.

Instrumental Change

19-04-2019 Gday India

Sam Evans’ love for the tabla is one that grew out of exploration. He began playing the drum kit as a six-year old and by the time he finished school was playing it professionally. But he was nagged by an urge to discover a musical instrument that had a bit more history, complexity, and a bit more emotional depth. So, he went travelling. It was the late 1990s.

BEAUTY WITH BRAINS

19-04-2019 Gday India

Despite being a doctor, Sakshi Singh has always been drawn to the world of performing arts and the creative industry. It was something that came from a very young age in India where she was born.

The Secretive Writer

04-03-2019 Gday India

When our in-house Australian-Indian writer Nandita Chakraborty launches the inspiring new book- Dirty Little Secrets, it calls for us to talk about it.