Diwali Art Competition

TWo categories: Kids up to 7 years, and Kids 8-12 years. WiN book vouchers valued at $75 and $50 in both categories.

pLuS: The winning entry will be designed into indian Link’s diwali cards for the year 2022. Colour in or paint the pattern presented here. photocopy the pattern if you need to. Send in your work, along with your name, age, address and phone number, to:

Last date for submission 3 oct 2022

By RAjNI ANAND LUTHRA

AMarathi language short film

Maasa (The Fish), produced by the Sydney-based Pradnya Dugal, is a contender this year at the AACTAs, Australia’s most prestigious awards for excellence in film.

“It’s the first Indian language film in the Short Film category at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTAs)” Pradnya told Indian Link. She added, laughing, “Things have changed a lot since my childhood – even ten years ago, it would have been impossible to see this happening.”

The baby steps in representation are very welcome.

Growing up here, it was novelty for Pradnya to see an Asian, let alone South Asian, face on screen, and so having got a foot in at the AACTAs means a lot.

Maasa (The Fish) is the story of a single woman eking out a living by selling cooked lunches to care for her young son and elderly mother-in-law. Enter a male figure,