Inside this Week
Aus-Ind Youth Dialogue | Pink Sari | IFFM | A Perth Indophile | A Hindu soldier and a Muslim poet | Geetanjali Shree
Just Wanted to Say
In this distressing week when several sexual assault stories have collided in the news at once, my note today is for the men in my life – friends, family, colleagues. Men I love and am proud to know. Good men. Family men. Accomplished, hard-working men.
You’ve taught your daughters to be safe.
What have you taught your sons about making women feel safe? About consent? About taking responsibility for the behaviour of the men around them? About not looking away? About calling out a mate? About keeping their group chats clean?
Is there anyone amongst you who will write me a reply?
Story of the Week
Thirty delegates, two cities, five days. The Australia India Youth Dialogue 2026 covered site visits, research centres and an idea for an Australia-India AI corridor. A look at where the relationship goes from here.
In Other News
Ten years on, Pink Sari Inc offers a blueprint for what effective community participation in health can look like.
A man dies. His family give him a funeral. And beneath the absurd pageantry of the last rites, they wrestle with the void created by someone simultaneously troublesome and deeply troubled.
India wasn’t just a destination for Perth entrepreneur Terri McClure, it became a place of belonging. Now, she’s championing Indian women entrepreneurs, challenging stereotypes of India and forging an even deeper bond with the country.
Sitaram Pande, a Brahmin soldier who married outside caste. Mirza Ghalib, a devout Muslim who drank wine and called Delhi a garden. Two 19th-century memoirs that complicate today's arguments about religious purity in India.
Geetanjali Shree wrote the first Hindi novel to win the International Booker. Four years on, she makes her first visit to Australia, at Sydney Writers' Festival on 25 August, in conversation with Roanna Gonsalves.
Shoutouts
Dr Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan of La Trobe University, who was named a 2026 Victorian Tall Poppy by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science.
Melbourne teen Dineth Fernando, who won the World Youth Scrabble Championship in Nairobi last week.
Bina Bhattacharya whose play ‘Laila is Missing’, commissioned by the NSW Department of Education, was published by playwriting organisation Australian Plays Transform.
Kashvi Soni of Catholic Ladies’ College, who won the Years 7- 9 category at the Victorian Parliament’s 2026 Parliament Prize for her response on why young Victorians are at risk of loneliness.
What’s On
With 3 billion YouTube views, collabs with Ed Sheeran, and a sound that has taken the world by storm, Karan Aujla is bringing his massive P-Pop Culture tour to Sydney - this one is going to be historic.
For more head to our What’s On page.
Say it Again
The India-Pakistan match was never about winning; it was a contest of pride. Such a rivalry is hard to find now.
India beat Pakistan 5-3 at the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup yesterday.
Until next week,
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