It was a good eight years before I was born in Sydney when my parents migrated to Australia in the early 1980’s. With two suitcases, a 12-month working visa and one night’s hotel accommodation booked, my mother and father took a leap of faith, swapping their familiar lives in Suva, Fiji for what would hopefully…
It was a proud moment for Indians when Priyanka Chopra attended the royal wedding last week, but the actress was not the only South Asian present at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials. Here are the other awesome desi invitees who helped make the royal wedding’s guest list a lot more diverse. Suhani Jalota View…
History was made at St George’s Chapel on Saturday, not just because the British royal family’s first interracial couple got married, but because there was a wedding service like no other in the history of the monarchy. Meghan Markle, whose father is white and mother is black, did not shy away from letting her culture…
A group of young South Asian-Americans are making their mark in the entertainment industry, with a new show bringing a fresh dose of diversity to the scene. Code Switched is a comedy drama about five South Asian-Americans in Chicago, juggling their careers, romance and family pressures, while hoping to strike that balance between their cultural…
The Australian Human Rights Commission released two new advertisements this week delivering strong messages about anti-racism as part of its ‘Racism It Stops With Me’ campaign. One clip shows a man in a suit getting into a lift, before courteously keeping the doors open for a blonde woman who’s rushing to get in. But when…
Women already have it tough in what is arguably a male-dominated industry, so imagine the challenges a comedian would have as a woman of colour. One rad chick who’s pushing boundaries and leaving audiences in stitches while she’s at it is Sydney-based comedian Shubha. The 22-year-old South Indian university student, whose new show Hive Mind…
The 2017 Toyota AFL Multicultural Round comes to Western Sydney on July 29, with the GWS Giants going head-to-head with Fremantle. Held at Sydney’s Olympic Park in Homebush, the event will not just have the AFL players out on the field, but a simultaneous multicultural festival is to be held on site, to celebrate the…
There’s been plenty of talk surrounding the casting of the new Aladdin film, with diversity being a major factor. Now the talented actors to star in the real-life remake of the Disney classic have been announced, and there have been mixed reactions from fans and the entertainment industry. Relatively unknown Egyptian-born Canadian actor Mena Massoud has landed…
He may have won the Youth medal at the Premier’s Harmony Dinner earlier this year, but cultural diversity advocate Khushaal Vyas says it’s his local community who deserves the recognition. The 21-year-old, who’s been recognised for his involvement in the development of the Fairfield Youth & Community Centre, has defended the suburb’s “hard-working” residents after former…
Alicia.. that doesn’t sound Indian? I get it all the time! On top of that, I’m the daughter of Fijian-born Indians, so some from the subcontinent argue that I’m not even “Indian”! I can’t speak Hindi (I need Bollywood movie subtitles), but in my defence I can get by with some Gujarati lingo with my grandparents.…
I Am Starstruck 