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ENGvIND 5th Test | Indian chess boom | August films to watch | AFC Women’s Asian Cup | Men’s health fundraiser

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31 Jul • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

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This week’s headlines remind us: children should be learning, laughing, growing - not merely surviving. When the smallest among us are failed, whether by war, by care, or by silence, it reflects a fracture far deeper. These stories may be hard to read, but harder still is looking away.

Let’s keep our eyes open, our hearts engaged, and our voices steady - because how we protect childhood says everything about the kind of world we’re building.

Rajni Anand Luthra 

Editor, Indian Link

As ENGvIND 2025 moves to a final showdown, the series is poised for a finish as entertaining as AUSvIND 2021

ANINDYA DUTTA

Time to confuse your brain just a little:

A person approaches a secret club and hears a voice say "twelve." They respond with "six" and are let in. Another person arrives, hears "six," replies with "three," and also gains entry. The third person hears "ten," says "five," but is denied. What should they have said to get in?

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Keep those eyes sharp and scroll like you mean it. 👀

Since its launch in 2016, Vik and Bhavisha Bhandari's men’s health awareness balls have blended elegance with impact, encouraging men to take their health seriously.

PRUTHA CHAKRABORTY

With grandmasters emerging at an unprecedented pace and Indian players clinching global titles, the 64 squares are buzzing with tricolour pride.

ANINDYA DUTTA

It’s the last day of July, so what better time to tease the Bollywood releases coming out next month? After a blockbuster July and many projects postponed, these few films and series could surprise audiences.

KHUSHEE GUPTA

  • NZ local Nikhil Ravishankar, named Air New Zealand’s next CEO.

  • Victoria University, for being officially granted a licence by the Indian government to open a full-scale campus in India. 

  • The University of Queensland, on their launch of the report ‘Understanding Australia’s Indian Communities: A Statistical Snapshot’.

  • Artist Sid Pattni (Archibald finalist 2025), who launches his new exhibition 'The Act of Putting It Back Together' at Sydney's Michael Reid Gallery. 

See where India sits at the Group stage, amongst the twelve competing teams.

MANAN LUTHRA

Sure, it walks like a rom-com and talks like a rom-com - but don’t be fooled. This one might just shift your idea of what love really means.

SANJAY ALAPAKKAM

Sid Pattni’s debut exhibition, The Act of Putting It Back Together is a striking remix of history and selfhood. Through vivid, layered works, he transforms colonial imagery into a bold new language of identity and diaspora.

For more go to our What’s On Page.

Hi, we’re glad you’re still around - the answer to this week’s riddle is: "three." The trick is to count the letters in the number. "Ten" has three letters.

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The fireworks are held on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, not at Hyde Park

PAWAN LUTHRA on ABC Sydney Radio’s Journos’ Forum, discussing the push to move a pro-Palestinian protest to a location other than Harbour Bridge.

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