Tag: students
Mental Heads: Slamming out stigma in India
By Tom Higgins On September 25 2016, patrons gathered at Eddie's Bistro in Mumbai to watch a collective of spoken word poets perform their first ... Read More
KFC To Cholera: India’s Double Disease Burden
By Milly Dunn India is currently facing one of its greatest health challenges yet. As the country continues to develop at rapid speed, so does ... Read More
Bombay Strays: Protecting Street Dogs in Mumbai
By Claudia Farhart In Mumbai, a city of 12 million people, overcrowding is clearly a problem. When you add the city’s 95,000 stray dogs to ... Read More
The Dabbawalas: Mumbai’s Meals on Wheels
By Claudia Farhart Meet the Dabbawalas: India's famous deliverymen who collect freshly made home-cooked meals from all over Mumbai and deliver them to the offices ... Read More
Raghuvir Shekhawat: the award-winning screenwriter who hates watching TV
By Sophie Wright Diya Aur Baati Hum aired over 1500 episodes and was the top rated television show in India for three years. As the ... Read More
Slum Children – Beyond the photos
By Morgaine Auton The children crowded around us, teaching us a handshake where you connected by your forefinger and your pinkie, swivelled around the thumb, ... Read More
An introduction to Mumbai
By Sophie Wright Mumbai is big. It’s chaotic. The streets are dirty. It smells horrendous. Be prepared to be stared at, followed, and hassled incessantly ... Read More
Inside the life of a topless barmaid
Women of all shapes and sizes work as topless barmaids, but they have two things in common - confidence and a desire for easy money. Read More
Higher education at a crossroads
Universities such as the University of Queensland, are reaching an economic crossroads. Australians are flocking to higher education in rising numbers, according to an Australian ... Read More
The changing face of higher education
With increased competition from online and international universities, Australia’s tertiary education system may be in need of change. Read More
Brisbane public transport fails to deliver
Students from the University of Queensland (UQ) St Lucia campus are angry and frustrated at Translink and Queensland Rail services. Read More
International student enrolments continue to fall
The high Australian dollar, safety concerns and increased competition from American universities blamed. Read More