Bomb Cyclone Wreaks Havoc across NSW
A rare bomb cyclone has hit the east coast of Australia NSW and it’s one of the worst in years. Floods, blackouts, cancelled flights and it’s still unfolding. What is a bomb cyclone? It’s a rare storm that explodes in power dropping pressure fast, hitting hard. Meteorologists call it “explosive cyclogenesis.” Locals call it chaos. […]
I Was Forced Me to Let Go of My Childhood Dream
I had to let go of my dream career at the peak of my performance. I have been playing football since the age of 8. At 15, I was travelling to the US and Portugal chasing my football dream. Just when I was reaching my best form, I suffered two serious injuries, tearing my ACL […]
Niketan Girdhar
Shweta Sakode
Born in a middle-class family in Nagpur, Maharashtra, I was raised by strong parents—my mom, a cancer survivor who fought her battle when I was born, and my dad, a self-made man who built a business from scratch. At age 4, I was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and couldn’t walk for a year. That’s when […]
Sironi Roy
I landed in Sydney in 2014 with a suitcase full of dreams and a body still healing from cancer. After surviving thyroid cancer the year before, I knew this move wasn’t just about changing countries — it was about choosing life again. Back home, I had over 12 years of experience in media and PR, […]
Kirat Alreja
I come from a small town in Punjab called Rajpura, and my journey to Australia has been nothing short of an adventure. I started my Bachelor’s in computing at Manipal University in India, before transferring to the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. I was supposed to arrive in 2021, but COVID delayed my plans, […]
Marc Degli
I grew up in Sydney with a single mother and spent most of my early years immersed in wrestling and boxing. School, on the other hand, was never my thing. I struggled with dyslexia, couldn’t focus in class, and changed high schools three times. I felt like I’d failed at academics altogether. So, after my […]
Georgia Marshall
Why I decided to design my life: Like many people, I grew up with lots of messages that told me what to believe and how to live. It felt easy for me to default to following the crowd and the traditional narratives without asking myself – is this what I want? A few years ago, […]
Safwan Karim
I moved to Australia from Bangladesh in 2013 and I started my undergrad in Computer Science in Adelaide. It wasn’t my dream course, I was always drawn to biology, but I didn’t want to wait eight years to enter the workforce. But Computer Science wasn’t easy. Especially navigating assignments and systems so different from back […]
Jawwad Khan
When I moved to Australia from Hyderabad in February 2016, I wasn’t just switching countries, I was chasing safety. I wanted to breathe, to build a life where I felt free and valued. But the first day broke me. I became homeless. The accommodation I arranged fell through, and I found myself walking with my […]