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The Festive Sweet Tooth

This Diwali, RAJNI ANAND LUTHRA rounded up her top ten desserts at Indian restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne. Care to add to the list?

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Sarah Storey (Australia’s Deputy High Commissioner to India) wrote: Now that’s one mouth-watering list! I will check a few out when I head home to Australia next.

Dessert Corner wrote: What a wonderful surprise this was! We’re so honoured to have been featured on the Indian Link list of Ten Best Restaurant Desserts in Melbourne. We’re forever touched by their commitment to shining a bright spotlight on all things Indian in Australia.

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A Glorious Birthday

This October marked 28 years since Indian Link Media Group was launched. Thank you for trusting and growing with us since 1994.

Mythili Iyer wrote: Congratulations to Indian Link team for the milestone event of completing 28 years of your service to the people in Oz land!

Smita Shah OAM wrote: Happy birthday, love your work!

Jodi McKay wrote: A very happy birthday! Thank you for your incredible support of the Indian community in Australia.

Australia India Business Council Ltd wrote: Thank you Indian Link – our media in Australia is richer for your involvement.

Sriraman Annaswamy wrote: What a fantastic innings Indian Link Media Group, Pawan Luthra, and Rajni Luthra, well played! Splendid Deepavali and wishing you both and your team a further double ton at the crease, onwards and upwards!

Readers Mohan Ayyar, Manju Anand, Komal Utsav Jagad, Samir Somaiya, Smita Pawar Nashikkar, Saurabh Khurana, and Jyothsna Rao were among the other well-wishers.

Stuck Over Sunak

Are you proud of Rishi Sunak’s appointment, disappointed by his politics, or a bit of both? KHUSHAAL VYAS shares his thoughts on the UK’s first Asian-origin PM and what it means for diversity in politics.

Khushaal Vyas wrote: Rishi Sunak’s ascension to PM is no doubt historic but understandably has people divided. Whilst I don’t agree with his politics, I think there’s still something well worth celebrating here.

Mallika Raj wrote: Such an insightful article, brilliantly written!

Navin Patel wrote: Very thoughtfully analysed.

David Eaw wrote: I agree 101%. I am a Singapore Chinese and am extremely proud of Sunak.

Same venue, same tournament. T20 World Cup. The difference is the teams playing. 86174 = Aus vs Ind. 80462 = Eng vs Pak. Who would have thought women’s cricket would have gotten more people.

Lisa Sthalekar, cricket commentator

Urban Tadka wrote: What a great honour for one of our all-time favourite desserts here at Urban Tadka to be featured among Sydney and Melbourne’s Top 10.

An Enjoyable Sunday Brunch

On the eve of Diwali, Indian Link editor RAJNI ANAND LUTHRA was on ABC Sydney’s Sunday Brunch with Simon Marnie.

Anita Palathingal wrote: Heartfelt and very interesting.

Annu Batra wrote: Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. Got to know Rajni better. Bunty Poonam wrote: I’m off to read Tomb of Sand.

Nimeesha Gupta wrote: What a great conversation - from Swastik to drawing parallels between Diwali and Christmas, to arranged marriages and her list of ‘candidates’, ‘Rock raga’, Partition trauma in Tomb of Sand, Diwali delicacies like laddoos and the dance steps of London Thumakda! Enjoyed every bit.

Nita Mathur wrote: I want to read both Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree and The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes.

Smita Pawar Nashikkar wrote: Such a great interview. Absolutely loved listening to you. Proud of you.

Ritam Mitra wrote: I’m going to need to try this goat curry.

Ranjit Nayar wrote: I checked out Black Mountain Side by Led Zeppelin and loved it. Thanks for that call-out.

Jyoti Menon wrote: Arranged marriage is like Tinder!

Janine Anne wrote: Loved this wonderful interview – interesting and intelligent and eloquent. Do you know where I can watch the movie about the rural newspaper?

Veena Surinder wrote: Definitely going to watch the recommended movies and read the books.

Shanta Vishwanathan wrote: What a delightful interview! Diwali, art, culture, religion and her own story all woven together and conveyed so beautifully by Rajni Luthra. (Rajni, I often call myself a mixed up person too, because I’m from a mixed up family like you).

Neha Bhushan wrote: I’m a primary school teacher, and I agree Pamela Allen is a great kids’ author!

(We) want everyone to feel really welcome and part of Australian cricket. We’ve got a long way to go, but I think that we’re seeing rapid change. It’s happening organically already. The question is, how do we accelerate it.

Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley in the SMH on engaging multicultural communities in Australian cricket

Caption Contest

We asked, what’s Priyanka Chopra thinking as she arrives in India?

The Entrepreneurial Dream

RHEA L NATH shared the story of Anish Sinha, whose insurance tech company Upcover has been touted one of Australia’s fastest growing start-ups.

Skye Theodorou wrote: A super proud moment to see my cofounder Anish Sinha being featured by Indian Link Media Group. I remember the early days describing to my friends and family that meeting my co-founder - the Barack Obama and Crazy Scientist and Einstein of the upcover dream […] I am so proud to be building upcover alongside him, day by day in the trenches, building Australia's fastest insurance for businesses, and helping loyal brands offer insurance to their customers and contractor workforce

Jake Booker wrote: This is an awesome read - a testament to Anish Sinha, his journey to-date, and what has been built thus far with upcover. One of the primary archetypes and founders we love to work with are what we call the 'zero to ones'. This represents the likes of Anish, who having spent his early career in banking, then moved into technology and found success rising the ranks of a high-growth venture. Anish knew what it takes to build a business from start-up (level zero) to scale-up (level one) - having played a central role in that journey via his then employer - and took those learnings, insights, and experiences to make the leap of faith and build his own […] Well done as well to Indian Link Media Group and Rhea L Nath for the quality insights. All early-stage articles should strive for this mix of Founder DNA and business intelligence. Without the former, you don't get the latter.

Ankur Warikoo wrote: This makes me so so proud. Well done Anish and Skye.

Barry O’ Farrell (Australian High Commissioner to India) wrote: Delhibased Anish Sinha co-founded insurance tech start-up Upcover within a year of moving to Australia in 2019. The start-up is now Australia’s fastest insurance for small business owners & is growing 30% month-on-month. Inspiring journey!

Where In Oz

Where, we asked, would you find this statue of Sir Don Bradman? (Hint: it’s not a cricket stadium…)

Roh An won a free movie ticket for his response: Oh no, ab fir se Diwali par pataake na chhodne ka gyaan dena padega Hae mera asthma.

Mansi Kaushal wrote: Back to basics

Krunal Kairon Mistry wrote: Funny… she’s there to promote hair care products but is wearing hair extensions?

Raj Saneja wrote: Hope I’m dressed decently enough to avoid the trolls.

Tejas Bharnuke wrote: I hope no one’s going to set off fire crackers (near me) Vandana Mathur wrote: Saat khoon maaf for wearing this public health nurse outfit!

Rj Mk wrote: Full sleeves pehnu, ki Odomos lagaun ya Kachua Chaap…?

Rita Dushyant wrote: Aa gaye vapas jahaan se pichcha chuda ke bhage the. Rishi Singh wrote: Swagat nahi karoge mera !?!

Anu Singh wrote: OMG, ab Hindi bolni padegi.

Tashu Sharma wrote: Kya kya khane ko milega...pehle kahaan jaoon?

Where In India

It is the oldest cricket stadium in India. Also called "Mecca of Indian cricket". Where in India is this stadium?

All correct answers here, no surprise. Thanks to readers Shalini Ponnaiya, Sudhir Juneja, Harsh Bhatt, Patanjali Pandey, Rao Josm Gizelle Daniel, Jaadish Rani, Sandip Hor and Pranay Hegde.

Lesson from this World T20: Pakistan can't win Cup by just bowling, India can't win Cup by just batting. England has batters, spinners, pacers, fielders, and luck

Mohammad Kaif, former Indian cricketer

We can talk about match-ups, form, conditions but that all goes out the window in a crunch game. It's all about who can handle the pressure.

Isa Guha, cricket commentator