Melbourne, July 26 (IANS) Australian-Tamil lawyer Shankari Chandran has won the $60,000 prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel, "Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens". The award was announced at a ceremony at The Ovolo Hotel in Sydney on Tuesday....
[caption id="attachment_27115" align="alignleft" width="300"] Colonel Santosh Mahadik and Lieutenant Swati Mahadik[/caption] Introduction As children, we loved dressing up as jawans (soldiers) for January 26th and August 15th celebrations in India. Donning the uniform with utmost pride was something which many...
[caption id="attachment_27044" align="alignleft" width="300"] Renu Vasave[/caption] These lines from Marvin Gaye’s song best define our NAARI of today. Breaking the glass ceiling and soaring high, whilst ensuring the well-being of everyone around her captures the gist of our “NAARI”. One...
These lines from Marvin Gaye’s song best define our NAARI of today. Breaking the glass ceiling and soaring high, whilst ensuring the well-being of everyone around her captures the gist of our “NAARI”. One such selfless human being with the...
[caption id="attachment_26336" align="alignleft" width="400"] Shashi Thakur[/caption] Ernest Hemingway once rightly said, “Courage is grace under pressure”. Standing up for the ones that cannot defend themselves is bravery. Advocating truth and justice fearlessly is in not only her middle name but...
“Some women fear the fire, and some women simply become the fire.” Our NAARI for the month epitomises this statement very well. A businesswoman by profession and an explorer at heart, she is the one with an element found in...