Sunday, 26 April 2015

The Gods of Big Things: Cities, Storms and the Palpable Loneliness of Migration

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I like cities. I like writing about them, wandering through them, taking photos of banal moments in them. A busker in the mall here, a refl...
Saturday, 28 February 2015

Coconuts and Bananas: Cosmopolitan or Deluded?

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On Australia Day (which also happens to be India's Republic Day), I interviewed my friend, the maverick writer and radio presenter Suni...
Friday, 9 January 2015

Becoming Cosmopolitan - The Citizenship Ceremony for the 21st Century?

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On the 29th of October 2014, no country was led into Tagore's 'Heaven of Freedom' , but I did become a naturalised citizen of A...
Monday, 13 October 2014

Is there any Joy in being an 'Ethnic Killjoy'?

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An exhibit at the War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) As I edge closer to (finally) attending my Australian citizenship c...
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Monday, 4 August 2014

Who can Photograph Whom, and How: A Review of ‘Home: Photographs of ethnic communities’ by Louise Whelan

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There was much criticism of the NSW State Library's panel titled 'Multiculturalism: What are we afraid of' in March this ...
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Sunday, 27 July 2014

You Think You are Making a Documentary, but the Documentary is Making You*

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*This is the first in a series of monthly posts until I complete my new documentary project on ordinary, everyday practices of cosmopolitan...
Thursday, 26 June 2014

When the Pressure Cooker (finally) Whistled

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I have been using food-related anecdotes to begin and flavour many a personal/political story. Yet I know that this loaded metaphor is oft...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014

The 21-Step Guide on How to Avoid Marking

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1. Write a blog post on how to avoid marking 2. Tell yourself that this is merely 'creative procrastination' 3. Do every Myers-...
Saturday, 24 May 2014

Coming Out of...the Good Girl Closet

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All I feel like doing these days, after a rather hectic teaching semester, and a rather emotionally turbulent last few months, is couch-s...
Sunday, 11 May 2014

Smells Fishy: Cosmopolitanism in Australian Suburbia

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