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🎬 Samantha Prabhu, Iftar ... and dentist woes

Samantha Prabhu | Iftar at Indian Consulate | Finding Grandpa | Abhaya at Adelaide Fringe | Your oral health

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Indian Link
27 Mar • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

Indian actress and role model Samantha Prabhu on her career, health, and connection with the land down-under

KHUSHEE GUPTA

Here’s a little something to mess with your brain this week:

What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

Think you know the answer? It’s hiding somewhere in this newsletter—keep scrolling and see if you can spot it! 👀

The second annual Iftar dinner hosted at the Consulate General of India in Sydney was a powerful symbol of unity and strength in diversity.

KRISHNA NEELAMRAJU

  • Manisha Anjali, Osman Faruqi, Rumaan Alam, Onjuli Datta, and Sita Sargeant for landing a spot at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival

  • Shankari Chandran, Rumaan Alam, Neera Handa, and Dinuka McKenzie for making it to this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival. Also on the lineup: Anjali Sharma, Aarti Betigeri, Kavita Bedford, Nicholas Brown, Hardeep Dhanoa, and Jeremy Fernandez for a powerful panel on Growing Up Indian in Australia.

Anita Barar’s documentary Finding Grandpa follows Baljinder Singh’s 23-year quest to fulfill a promise to his grandmother, to find the grandfather who left India for Australia in the 1920s.

SRUTHI SAJEEV

Jaspreet Singh takes centrestage in Sydney to share his wildest job yet - fatherhood! From navigating irresponsibility to modern parenting’s absurdities, his show explores men, love, loss, and self-discovery. 

For more go to our What’s On Page.

Abhaya activism continues at Adelaide Fringe with Paramita Roy’s play Cry of the Hour, which calls for justice and hears from the victim's father as he demands the fight should continue.

NILANJANA SARKER

Given it doesn’t look like dental treatment is being added to Medicare any time soon, here are some do’s and don’ts for your dental routine

DILEEP SHARMA

Think you know which iconic movie this scene is from?

Hint: Since Eid’s almost here, guess this 2016 Eid release that had Bhaijan wrestling more than just his emotions!

Get it right for a feature in next week’s newsletter!

Helloooo! We’re so glad you’ve stuck around!The answer to his week’s riddle is … A deck of cards.

See if you guessed last week’s movie right – and check out the winners!

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Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.

Don’t sleep on this opportunity…

Moxie Marlinspike, Founder of Signal app

🥤This or That? 🥤

With Eid nearing, it's time to pick your Iftar drink of choice! Let the Ramadan drink battle begin!

Login or Subscribe to participate in polls.

So, what’s it going to be? Cast your vote and let’s see which drink reigns supreme.

And as of last week - the winner is… Parle-G! With 71.43% of the votes, it dunked its way to victory. Tim Tam, we love you, but Parle-G came through like the biscuit of legends.