by Dev Nadkarni | Dec 21, 2018 | 2018, People
Exactly half a century ago, a successful young Indian doctor, his wife and their three little daughters (all under five years old) made the move of their lives – all the way from New Delhi to Invercargill, to build a new life in this country. It was a highly unusual... by Dev Nadkarni | Dec 10, 2018 | 2018, Arts & culture
Last week’s exceedingly brilliant staging of The Legends of Shiva has once again proved Chinmaya Mission NZ’s considerable ability to put together complex theatrical productions of excellence time and again. Legends, which involved more than 120 cast and crew, is its... by Dev Nadkarni | Dec 7, 2018 | 2018, Analysis, NZ/India Current Affairs, Opinion
While NZ must walk on eggshells as regards its critical relationship with China, it needs to consciously strengthen its longstanding ties with the Indian economic juggernaut. New Zealand has had to face more than usual geopolitical headwinds this year – and almost all... by Dev Nadkarni | Oct 19, 2018 | 2018, Arts & culture
The Centennial Theatre at Auckland Boys Grammar School in Epsom reverberated with the pristine, divine sounds of traditional Indian music on the evening of Saturday, October 13. The audience that stayed back to the very end of the four-and-a-half hour concert gave a... by Dev Nadkarni | Sep 8, 2018 | 2018, Arts & culture
Last week’s second edition of the Jam Lounge has amply signaled that it is well on its way to becoming a regular, looked-forward-to fixture in Auckland’s event calendar. Jam Lounge lived up to its promise of presenting ‘Hindi classics in an urban avataar’. The... by Dev Nadkarni | Aug 14, 2018 | 2018, Arts & culture, Fiji, Pacific
Enslaved in Paradise, a book about, as its subtitle says, “A history of mammoth betrayals of Fijians by the British, Chiefs and Leaders of Fiji 1876-2006” by author Rajendra Prasad, was launched on Sunday 12 August in Auckland. High Commissioner of India in New...
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