Eight Australian writers with connections to Western Sydney were commissioned to develop stories that bring to life experiences and imaginings central to the river - a place of conflict, rebirth, joy, possibility and of coming together across time and culture.
The Conversation’s Books & Ideas team, seeking to right a wrong (and just very curious), asked 50 Australian literary experts to each share their favourite Australian books of this century.
The festival also honoured the legendary AR Rahman with the Excellence in Cinema award, while Ram Charan was recognised as the Ambassador for Indian Art and Culture.
In her routine, Raygun incorporated elements she felt were uniquely Australian, including hopping like a kangaroo, yawning at an opponent, and performing the sprinkler.
Omkar told media that he is now eyeing records involving typing the alphabet with only his "pinkies" and typing "100 decimal digits of the mathematical constant pi".
Genocide Day in Bangladesh commemorates the start of Operation Searchlight in 1971, when the Pakistani military launched a large-scale crackdown in what was then East Pakistan that involved widespread killings, sexual violence including mass rape, and the targeting of civilians and the minority Hindu community.
25-year-old Harshpreet Singh is due to be sentenced on 9 July. He faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, along with a possible term of supervised release and a substantial fine.
Ramadan was regularly featured in media outlets such as Al Jazeera, BBC, and other international platforms and was named by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers!
