Nishtha Jain’s India: Candid, complex, unscripted
It was a chance encounter with the Sydney Film Festival director Nashen Moodley at the Dharamsala International Film Festival that landed Nishtha Jain an...
Turning sewage into power: The next big energy solution?
When RMIT University’s Professor Kalpit Shah began crafting a proposal for his Australian Research Council Fellowship in 2017, he didn’t anticipate that it would...
Other ‘black convicts’: The peripatetic Sheik Brom
Shortlisted for this year’s Stella Prize for Women’s Writing was Santilla Chingaipe’s Black Convicts, which brings to light the fact convicts of African ancestry...
Indian films and series to watch in June 2025
Thug life (In cinemas)
Releasing 5 June
Thug Life is an upcoming Tamil-language gangster drama that brings together two legends of Indian cinema -...
India’s fintech lenders draw younger, more rural customer base: Report
India's fintech lenders are drawing a younger and more rural customer base, with 61 per cent of borrowers being under the age of 30,...