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RANVEER GOES CLICKETY-CLICK!

Celebrity chef Ranveer Brar on his Oz trip

Ranveer Brar@ranveerbrar tweeted: This trip was so much fun... can’t wait to share the videos with you guys.

Chef Rahul Bhatt@rahulbhatthm tweeted: Superb chef Akhila prashanth@jade_mar1 tweeted: Perfect ‘Vrikshasana’ pose Ankita Dey@Ankita1988Dey tweeted: Global, yet very much desi.

RANVEERISMS!

Celebrity chef Ranveer Brar was in Sydney and spoke to RAJNI ANAND LUTHRA about what’s new and what’s old in the world of cuisine and the role of social media in contemporary food queenbee@ashadeof_red tweeted: The best #Ranveerism fact is ‘A good quality khichdi with desi ghee.’ There’s an instant connection when you find you share the same love for comfort food - Khichdi

Rajni Luthra @rajnil2 tweeted: What I learnt from @ranveerbrar Humility; gratitude; telling stories; doing what you love; loving what you do.

Ranveer reposted our Instagram post: And evening with Indian Link and India Tourism Sydney

Ranveer also discussed food and politics with NSW MP Julie Owens over idlis, dhoklas and chutney. Ranveer posted the pic of him and Julie Owens having idlis. Julie quoted and retweeted him

Julie Owens MP@julieowensmp: What a pleasure that was. And now I know how to cook fluffier idlis.

Shivani Tiwari@sunandasuklas tweeted: Julie Owens is looking nice in sari.

RANVEER MEETS THE SPICE ADVENTURESS!

Food blogger and Indian Linker DHANYA SAMUEL teamed up with Ranveer Brar to discuss food journalism, food trends and even Vegemite. The Spice Adventuress commented: Thanks so much for the opportunity

WHERE IN INDIA?

Sachin Wakhare answered: Stunning! Not sure but guessing Andaman & Nicobar Islands?

Poonam Chauhan wrote: Beautiful!

Kunal Singh@Kunalsatrah tweeted: Assam? Maybe Arunachal Pradesh?

Surely some North-Eastern state (He was almost there!)

Answer: This is the Umngot River in Meghalaya, possibly India’s cleanest river.

What better way to spend #dayofthegirl?

Thanks to NagleBlacktown 4 chance to share my story with tomorrow’s women leaders

Aus High Comm to India

Harinder Sidhu, at her alma mater Nagle College

I’m absolutely appalled by what is happening, because the impact (of climate change) on the Great Barrier Reef is now documented India’s former environ minister Jairam Ramesh, on Adani’s Carmichael Coal Mine

COLOUR PENCILS ON BLACK PAPER!

We’re loving the work of young Indian contemporary artist Shashikant Dhotre

Indian Australian@theaussieindian tweeted: What a talent! Have seen some of the pictures before and been gobsmacked. Truly blessed by God, @ shashidhotre! More power to your pen(cil)!!

Aneeta Menon wrote: These are incredible.

Thangamani Periasamy wrote: Excellent paintings

Mahesh Berwal commented: Great talent!

Shweta Kaushal said: Amazing!

Roopa Mrudul wrote: Beautiful!

Katherine Tomlinson@Storyauthority tweeted: Vibrant!

THE HILARIOUS SHOPPING LIST!

Indian Link Radio anchor CHARUTA chatted with Era Golwalkar who created an organised (and funny!) veggie shopping list for her husband. Era replied: Thanks for sharing!

Qismat Khan @qismatkhan13 tweeted: Hahaha! So sweet! All men wish to get smart wife like you! Great job.

Azmat Ali@Azmatalli tweeted: Our family enjoyed this story and your creative grocery list. Love from Pakistan.

Era replied: Thanks for your compliment. Am glad you liked it!

Marwati Suleiman@SuleimanMarwati tweeted: Good idea, must give the list to my hubby and kids too. Thanks for sharing Era.

Iqbal@Iqbalvtr tweeted: Really interesting. Smart.

Vidhya@aleenavm tweeted: Good idea. I can use this too.

Vinny Carrizzo@DaVinman421 tweeted: I give her props! My wife sends me to the store with a list and I STILL have to call her at least 5 times to make sure I get the right stuff.

Barbara McKinney@rennibug8529 tweeted: I love this list! My ex would have still come home with the wrong stuff.

Rhythmicons@Synthoholics tweeted: My wife takes too long in produce. It’s a running joke that she gets trapped there.

Ladymissmegan@gmail@ladymissmegan tweeted: Yes, this is awesome and useful. My fiancé says he used to cook pro, but brought home a shallot instead of garlic!?!

CONFLUENCE, A TRICKLE?

Scary Moment For Australia Cricket Team

The Australian Cricket Team bus was attacked in India when the players were returning to a hotel in Guwahati.

Australia player Aaron Finch@AaronFinch5 (who was in the bus when it was attacked) tweeted a photo: Pretty scary having a rock thrown through the team bus window on the way back to the hotel!!

Chandra Kishore wrote: Sad, this is not sportsmanship.

Meenakshi@manju_gsr tweeted: When are we gonna learn to accept defeat graciously! It is a game, for heaven’s sake. Pathetic!

Leyla Singh wrote: Sore losers!

Lavleen Jeff commented: Disgraceful!

AT LAST, FEMINISTS OF COLOUR: MELB WRITERS FEST

APARNA ANANTHUNI reported from the Melbourne Writers Festival about feminists of colour talking about taking control of their own narratives.

Ruby Hamad tweeted: A concise but incisive roundup of the Decolonising Feminism session at MWF 17...

Aneeta Menon tweeted: Absolutely amazing women and awesome coverage from @indian_link #RepresentationMatters #ifshecanseeit

Our band and I experienced unconditional love, a united spirit and a reflective happiness.

Thanks, Sydney.

Musician AR Rahman

With its limited reach and menu, the Festival of India in Australia runs the risk of not engaging with mainstream Australians, wrote PAWAN LUTHRA Preeti Thadani wrote: Parenting my son who is born and raised in Oz, I was delighted when he and some of his Aussie friends got exposure to Indian culture and performing arts outside of Bollywood, at last year’s Confluence Festival. This year, fellow school parents and I were eagerly waiting to feast on a smorgasbord of performances with our children. Sadly, Sydney got only one classical music performance and one Bollywood dance workshop (a formula, we all agree, done to death). Confluence 2.0 seems more about grant gatherings, political agendas and appeasing sponsors than about PM Modi’s vision, which he shared with Sydney audiences in 2014 about wanting to showcase Indian arts to mainstream Australians. Confluence 2017 has farcically disconnected the audiences.

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Van Badham, Guardian writer, reacting to Four Corners show on Adani mine