by Dev Nadkarni | Dec 23, 2025 | 2025, Analysis, NZ/India Current Affairs
First, congratulations are in order. After years of diplomatic effort, stalled negotiations and repeated political signalling, New Zealand and India have finally announced a free trade agreement. For negotiators and officials on both sides, simply reaching this point... by Dev Nadkarni | Oct 15, 2025 | 2025, Arts & culture, People
In July 2025, Indian cinema marked 100 years since the birth of Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone: Guru Dutt to the world. In a short, blazing career from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s, he fashioned a language of feeling on film: chiaroscuro and melody, silence... by Dev Nadkarni | Oct 14, 2025 | 2025, NZ/India Current Affairs, People
Harshad Patel, one of the most respected figures in New Zealand’s Indian community and a man whose life was defined by service, music and quiet strength, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, surrounded by his family. He was 75. Born on 11 August 1950 in Onjal,... by Dev Nadkarni | Aug 5, 2025 | 2025, Analysis, NZ/India Current Affairs, People
Nikhil Ravishankar’s appointment as the next Chief Executive of Air New Zealand should have been a straightforward moment of national pride. A New Zealand-educated leader, with a proven track record in digital transformation and customer experience, rising to the top... by Dev Nadkarni | Jul 11, 2025 | 2025, Pacific, People
They say travel broadens the mind. But if you ask me, nothing does it quite like a long, unexpected, heart-warming chat with a cabbie. Last week, I was in Fiji, catching a cab from Nausori Airport to Suva –a 40-minute ride– and little did I know I’d end up on a... by Dev Nadkarni | Jul 11, 2025 | 2025, Pacific, People, This & That
While Mumbai argues over who’s “Marathi enough,” I had a front-row seat to my own little language drama, cruising somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. Just after boarding at a Pacific Island airport, I spotted a couple walking past my aisle seat speaking in Marathi. A...
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