SAY IT AGAIN

It's Australia Day and Republic Day in India. The former celebrates the Brits arriving, the latter, finally getting rid of them.

Dan Snow, host of Britain’s Dan Snow's History Hit, on 26 January

Farm loan waivers in India are bad economics and poor politics

Amitendu Palit, Indian economist, speaking at Australia India Institute

Melbourne

MEAT-LACED CURRENCY

We featured a Hindu group’s protest about animal fat being used to make Australian money

Saurabh Mehta wrote: Have nothing better to do?

Varun Goyal wrote: Why would anyone need beef to make currency notes, seriously?

Kapil Vatsa wrote: And if you purchase beef with it, it would it be a beef-to-beef transaction?

Dipanjali Rao wrote: How about respecting cows and not consuming dairy, dear NRI Hindus?

Anu Krishnan wrote: Dear NRI (Universal Society of Hinduism) Member, let’s start by respecting all animals: say no to leather seats in cars, leather furniture at home, leather clothing, shoes and sundry items, goose feather quilts, unethically sourced soap, and most important, let’s stop feeding cows all types of human food in the interest of improving personal fortune.

Vijay Bongale wrote: Are you for real? Doesn’t humanity come before religious beliefs?

Al Saran wrote: (This is) pure lunacy.

Where In Australia

We shared a pic of this unusual natural formation. Readers Yogesh Kasnia, Betty Jager, Amritpal Singh, Saba Nabi and Deepak Vincent correctly identified it as Wave Rock, Western Australia

Words which constantly crop up in Indian newspapers to my constant surprise and delight: rascal, tiff, hitherto, tizzy, jibe, chit… Stephen Dziedzic, Foriegn Affairs reporter for the ABC

Caption Contest

What’s the chitchat between Narendra Modi and Ranveer Singh here?

Vaarun Malhotra wrote: Ab ki baar fir Modi sarkar.

Jatiner Pal wrote: Aadat se majboor.

Haniyur Sampangiramaiah Subbaramaiah wrote: Two of the most talented actors of the modern era.

Vijesh Khanna wrote: Ab ki baar Modi sarkar? Bhau, tell me something I don’t know.

Samantha Gray wrote: Together we are salt and pepper.

Rahul Bhasin wrote: Hum dono key achche din khatam.

Yagnesh Rajendran wrote: How’s the josh? Bhau….

Ulhas Bhovar wrote: Election nazdee khain, ab to gadhon ko bhi gale lagana padh raha hai.

Kavita PatelH wrote: Namoveer.

Rajesh Kumar wrote: Modiwood.

Sachin Sharma wrote: We give the best bear’ed hugs.

Khyati Raval wrote: Real life Simba with reel life Simba.

Chitra Iyer wrote: Achche din aa gaye.

WHO WORE IT BETTER?

Alia 71% Tiffany 29%

Why are Indian mums so deeply invested in their children’s education? Because they want their kids to be better than their husbands!

Prof. R Vaidyanathan, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

I have never been out of Australia. We went to India, Italy and Hong Kong. India was amazing. We had an amazing time in that country. We went to Bengaluru and Delhi. It was so beautiful.

Julie Goodwin, Australian celebrity chef