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A naan lands on the table, fragrant with saltbush and lemon myrtle. It’s unmistakably Indian, but its flavours draw from Aboriginal food traditions that have existed for thousands of years. Sydney's Indian restaurant Lavendra brings this rare fusion in its new seasonal menu, Cooking with Country. SBS Spice speaks with owner Inderpreet Singh and Wiradjuri man Nathan "mudyi" Sentance, whose poetry closes the dining experience. Our returning question is: Can Indian food start looking to Country more?

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Twenty-five years ago, Dil Chahta Hai brought Aamir Khan, Preity Zinta, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti to Sydney for a 45-day shoot. There were helicopters, packed streets, late-night takes, missed shots, and a crew working in a way Anupam Sharma says Indian cinema hadn’t seen before. He takes us back to the making of the film’s Australian scenes, and why Sydney became such a big part of the film. Watch the interview on YouTube.

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Swati Sachdeva is one of the few women in Indian comedy openly talking about being bisexual, but she has no interest in letting that define her work. In Australia for her first tour, Swati speaks with Dilpreet Taggar about being a woman in Indian stand-up, being boxed in after going viral, and the unexpected sense of kinship she finds among South Asians overseas. And before she leaves, we put her Australian slang to the test. Watch the full interview on SBS Spice on YouTube.

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For Raghav Handa, Sydney is a city of show-offs, daredevils, storytellers and people who know how to make a scene. Naturally, he loves it. The Australian-Indian choreographer’s new work, One Song, premieres with Sydney Dance Company and draws on the city that shaped him. But why do South Asians love dance and music while hesitating to see them as real careers? And why shouldn’t loving your culture also mean questioning it? This and lots more in this episode of SBS Spice.

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For four seasons, SBS’s Logie-nominated survival series ‘Alone Australia’ has asked contestants what it means to be truly alone, with $250,000 on the line. Now casting its next group of survivors, executive producer Riima Daher tells Suhayla Sharif what it takes to join the hit series, where nature is both protagonist and antagonist. Do you have what it takes to survive? Find out in this episode of SBS Spice.

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SBS Spice stepped into a night of big wins and even bigger pride at the Australian Sikh Awards of Excellence 2026. Across eight categories, Sikh Australians were celebrated for building businesses, advancing agriculture, serving communities, excelling in sport and the arts, and uplifting women and young people. With the community contributing an estimated $15.5 billion to Australia, Bali Padda, Maneet Singh, Bijinder Dugal OAM, Amar Singh and Stephen Kamper reflected on the value behind it all: seva, or selfless service. Listen now, on SBS Spice.

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Shamik Chakrabarti has quietly become one of India's most distinctive English-language comedians, and while on his Australian tour, he dropped into SBS Spice. Unfortunately for him, Dilpreet Taggar had bigger priorities than comedy. Like astrology, of course. Somehow they do find time to discuss comedy writing, Aussie slang, Indian parents, whale watching, and omelettes. Not necessarily in that order. You can also watch this interview on YouTube.

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Australia's very own Shabana Azeez has missed the sourdough slices and local coffees since making her mark in American television with 'The Pitt'. She also hasn't forgotten how being on-screen brings new hurdles for South Asian actors. As she prepared for SBS's latest drama 'The Airport Chaplain' to take off, she sat down with Suhayla Sharif to unpack her life between flights. Listen now, only on SBS Spice.

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SBS’s biggest new drama is ready for departure. At the heart of one of Australia’s busiest international airports, 'The Airport Chaplain' brings together the people, languages and lives that keep the country moving. Actor Arka Das joins Dilpreet Taggar to talk about bringing the ambitious series to life and why this story could only be told by SBS. Listen now, on SBS Spice.

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Are journalists storytellers? Or are they just agents for storytelling? ABC News presenter Jeremy Fernandez and photojournalist Mridula Amin have broken and captured some of the most powerful stories in Australian media. In this chat with Dilpreet Taggar, they discuss the weight diversity carries in news reporting, both in front of and behind the camera. Listen and watch now, only on SBS Spice.

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Amongst the black and white of hard journalism, Marc Fennell is magnetised by the grey. Starting as "that movie guy" on SBS to 'Stuff The British Stole' across its many mediums, Marc has built his career on turning stories into adventures. The 'Mastermind' host joins SBS Spice's Suhayla Sharif to discuss some of the most compelling topics of our time— curly haircare, "baddies" and skinny jeans. Listen and watch now, only on SBS Spice.

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A movement that began as internet satire has exploded into one of the biggest youth-led challenges to Narendra Modi's government in years. Reporting from Delhi, SBS Asia Correspondent Aaron Fernandes joins SBS Spice's Dilpreet Taggar to explain the rise of the Cockroach Janta Party, the NEET exam leak that ignited the protests, Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike, the police response, and why the movement has struck a chord with young Indians frustrated by unemployment, the rising cost of living and a lack of opportunity. Watch or listen on SBS Spice.

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As Indians become Australia’s largest migrant community, what conversations are we still avoiding? Growing up, Dalit-Australian artist Kirtika Kain hid her caste. Today, she’s one of the few artists in Australia placing it at the centre of her work. Kain joins SBS Spice’s Dilpreet Taggar to discuss why reading Dr B.R. Ambedkar in a community, thousands of kilometres from India, still gives her the strength to continue the fight her ancestors would have wanted her to. Watch on YouTube or listen here.

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The West loves simple stories about India. Leena Yadav doesn’t. The acclaimed filmmaker behind Parched (2015) and House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths (2021) joins Dilpreet Taggar to dissect where India’s bold feminist cinema has gone and why one of the world’s most complex countries refuses to fit a single story.

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As Indians become Australia’s largest migrant community, SBS Spice’s Dilpreet Taggar sits down with Indian music star and innovator Ritviz ahead of his Kurta Saree Dance Party, where you must turn up in kurtas and sarees to celebrate music and South Asian culture. For many young South Asians, wearing traditional clothing once came with self-consciousness. Today, it can be an act of pride. Watch the chat on YouTube or listen on SBS Spice.

Ritviz is bringing his Kurta Saree Dance Party to Liberty Hall in Sydney and to 170 Russell in Melbourne. SBS Spice is your go-to for South Asian Australian culture, exploring what makes us tick—or ick. Catch us on your favourite podcast platforms: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and the SBS Audio app. Or tap the audio player to listen to the full episode. Follow SBS Spice on Instagram @SBSSpice and never miss an update.

Drawn from real life testimonies from the Sri Lankan civil war, theatre production 'The Jungle and the Sea' brings one family’s story to Australian stages. Dilpreet speaks with writer and director S. Shakthidharan, and actors Prakash Belawadi and Nadie Kammallaweera, about memory, identity and why people are always more than the worst thing that’s happened to them.

The Jungle and the Sea will be showing at Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Melbourne Theatre Company in Melbourne, and Canberra Theatre Centre in Canberra across July, August and September 2026.

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Australia is part of the Asia-Pacific, so why do we still look to Europe and North America for cultural validation? Dilpreet Taggar sits down with Asia TOPA Creative Director Jeff Khan to discuss Australia's cultural identity and what it would take to truly embrace our place in the region. They also look ahead to Asia TOPA's return in 2028, following a 2025 festival that brought together more than 410 artists from 17 countries and attracted over 750,000 visitors.

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We tried interviewing Kanan Gill. He had other plans. One of India’s finest comedians spends most of this interview doing everything except answering Dilpreet’s questions. Somehow, they still end up talking about why life is weird and whether anyone ever really figures it out. Kanan is bringing his latest stand-up show, Not This Again, to Australia. We talk about that too. Promise. Watch on YouTube or listen on any podcast app.

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Would you know what to do if someone told you to chuck a U-ey, grab your thongs and head to the servo? Australian is a language all of its own. More than a decade after the YouTube series 'How To Talk Australians' went viral, creator Tony Rogers has revived it as a feature film. Stars Robert Santiago, Ria Patel and Rohan Ganju join Suhayla Sharif for a crash course in Aussie lingo, cultural quirks and bringing the cult comedy to the big screen. Listen now on SBS Spice.

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Australia is debating multiculturalism. The Socceroos are living it. The SBS Spice girls invite SBS Sport’s soccer guru Seth Jayalth to break down the FIFA World Cup, politics in sport, Australia’s growing obsession with soccer and the legend of “Sex Before Soccer”. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on SBS Spice's YouTube.

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Instapoetry marks a renaissance in the literary world— social media becoming a writer's new pen and paper. Author Nikita Gill has embraced this new chapter whilst also confronting how digital spheres can misconstrue meaningful commentary. As Greek mythology has opened Nikita up to a realm of boundless creativity, she unpacks for Suhayla Sharif 'Hekate', how she embodies her words and the goddess within. Listen now, only on SBS Spice.

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Indira Naidoo was one of the first South Asian faces Suhayla Sharif saw on Australian television. Decades later, the two sit down for a conversation about identity, journalism, and the changing role of media in an increasingly fragmented world. A pioneering voice across SBS and the ABC, Indira reflects on her family's journey from apartheid-era South Africa to Australia, reporting on some of the world's biggest conflicts, and a career spent helping Australians make sense of the world. Watch on YouTube or listen on your favourite podcast app.

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Long before migration dominated political debate, Rabindranath Tagore, the first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature, was writing about belonging. More than 130 years later, New Zealand's Indian Ink Theatre Company is bringing his beloved 'Kabuliwala' to the Sydney Opera House and Wollongong through 'Balloon Dog'. Co-founder Jacob Rajan speaks to Suhayla Sharif about why it still feels ripped from the headlines and reimagining the classic story for today. Listen now, only on SBS Spice.

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With billions of streams and views to her name, Dhee has become one of the most recognisable voices in contemporary Tamil music. Growing up in Sydney before finding a global audience, the artist behind Enjoy Enjaami and Rowdy Baby Dilpreet Taggar to discuss her latest single, Vari Vari, filming in Sri Lanka and the stories, memories and experiences that continue to shape her work.

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Growing up in apartheid-era South Africa, Nashen Moodley learned early that great stories could come from anywhere. As Festival Director of Sydney Film Festival, he has spent the past fifteen years bringing incredibly compelling cinema to Australians. The festival is back, so Suhayla Sharif sat down with Moodley to discuss why, in an age of endless content, meaningful stories matter more than ever.

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A Tamil Sri Lankan woman clones herself so the younger version can live out the acting career she never had. Years later, they finally meet. Chenturan Aran’s 'The Supposed To Be' spirals through migrant memory, failed desire, dead mothers, OnlyFans and the fantasy of becoming someone else, ahead of its Melbourne season at RISING. Listen, only on SBS Spice.

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To be Indo-Fijian is to carry one of the most extraordinary origin stories in the South Asian diaspora. 147 years ago, Indians were taken to Fiji under Girmit, a British system of indentured labour that severed families and reshaped generations. In this special Girmit Day episode, Suhayla Sharif invites five Indo-Fijian Australians to confess what that legacy means to them today. There is black magic, caste, music, poetry, migration and a love story that crossed religion and class. Listen, only on SBS Spice.

Satinder Sartaaj is more than a singer to many Punjabi Australians. He is a poet, philosopher and a reminder of home. Fresh off the viral success of his song “Jaiye Sajana” from 'Dhurandhar: The Revenge', Dilpreet Kaur Taggar met Sartaaj backstage before his Heritage Tour concert in Sydney for this interview. Why Gen Z is connecting with his work, how solitude shapes the Punjab he sings about, plus a compliment he couldn't stop gushing about. Listen now on SBS Spice, wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube.

Some things are easier to keep to yourself. Comedians Sashi Perera and Urvi Majumdar don’t. And we're so glad. Ahead of the Sydney Comedy Festival, they join Dilpreet Kaur Taggar to talk about their shows, 'Pear Tree' and 'Miss!'. From identity and family to bad dates and classrooms, this is about figuring it out in public. Australian comedy is better for it.

He served two armies before 25. Now his wife marches for him. Born in Punjab in 1948, Sergeant Major Kuldip Singh served both the Indian and Australian armies, marching in Sydney from 2007 until his passing in 2020. His story sits within a longer, often overlooked history of Sikh service in Australia. Ahead of her fourth march, Suhayla Sharif visits Ravinder Kaur Singh at home, where his absence is felt and the march continues. Listen now on SBS Spice.

Comedian Abby Govindan is asking big questions through stand-up: why is dating so broken, what has the internet done to intimacy, and why does tech keep pushing manosphere content? Fresh off a sold-out worldwide tour, she brings 'Pushing 30' to the Sydney Comedy Festival and stops by for an unexpectedly intimate conversation about the pressure South Asian women face to be desirable, marriageable and less themselves. Listen only on SBS Spice.

As SBS Spice turns two, we are reflecting on the legacy we stand on. And so, we had to speak to Manpreet Kaur Singh — a Walkley-nominated, multi-award winning journalist who has spent over three decades shaping South Asian media in Australia, from SBS Punjabi in 1993 to now leading SBS South Asian. She’s also our boss, so we’re on our best behaviour… for once. She might be the spiciest one in the room. Listen now.

There’s a gap within the South Asian community in Australia. We don’t talk about it enough. In this episode, Dilpreet and Suhayla unpack the divide between second gen South Asians and new migrants. Why do we love the culture but keep our distance from the people? Who gets included. Who gets ignored. And what “community” actually means in practice. Listen on SBS Spice, wherever you get your podcasts.

The sari has never stood still. From the Indian independence movement to the Met Gala, it has carried politics, power and reinvention across generations. As 'The Offbeat Sari', a global exhibition exploring the contemporary sari, arrives in Australia curator Priya Khanchandani joins Suhayla Sharif to unpack the histories and wearers of one of South Asia's most enduring and the world's oldest garments.

The year is 2079. India survives only in memory. Digital artist Avinash Kumar (Thiruda) and sound designer Sri Rama Murthy (Murthovic) invite you into a one-night simulation to rebuild it. Would you step in? ‘Elsewhere In India’ drops Australian clubgoers into a collision of electronica, Indian classical sound, AI art and 3D worldbuilding. The duo behind the experience speak to Suhayla Sharif about the global pull of Indofuturism. Listen on SBS Spice, wherever you get your podcasts.

From Kolhapuris on global runways to Indian craft shaping luxury, fashion is looking to India. But is it understanding it? Sanjay Garg has reimagined the sari through his label Raw Mango, moving beyond ornament and towards intention. Currently touring Australia, he speaks with Dilpreet Kaur Taggar about handloom as rarity and why respecting weavers is the only way. Plus, when migration can freeze a version of “home,” is the diaspora keeping up? Listen on SBS Spice, wherever you get your podcasts.

Aditya Gautam was addicted to porn. As Australia rolls out new laws requiring age checks to access online adult content, the India-born comedian speaks to Dilpreet Taggar about how porn became his sex education and how digital desire reshaped his expectations of intimacy, relationships and masculinity. Can new laws change behaviour, or has porn already changed a generation? Listen, only on SBS Spice.

Shocking new research suggests one in three Gen Z men believe wives should obey their husbands. Are we moving forward or quietly going backwards? Dilpreet Kaur Taggar and Suhayla Sharif unpack feminism, financial independence and the battles a single International Women’s Day cannot fix.

Thaikkudam Bridge doesn’t do neat genres. A band like no other, it moves between soulful ragas, roaring rock riffs and flashes of metal, all powered by a fifteen-member lineup. Ahead of their Australian tour, founding member Govind Vasantha and vocalist Anish Gopalkrishnan join Suhayla Sharif to talk creative clashes, big arrangements and how a band this large keeps its edge.

In a world that rewards neat labels, identity can start to behave like currency. In this episode, Dilpreet and Suhayla get into the tension between being seen and being flattened: the pressure to clap for “brown wins” no matter the craft, the fear of disagreeing within community, and the way “firsts” can become a marketing strategy instead of a milestone. Listen now, only on SBS Spice.

Bhumi means land in Sanskrit. Boodja means land in Noongar. The BhuMeJha Project brings both into the same space and it’s coming to Perth Festival. It unpacks the Indian concept of rasa, immersion over spectacle, and what it means to practise custodianship rather than ownership on this land. Suhayla Sharif speaks with creative producer Kamal Thurairajah and dance mentor Sukhi Shetty Krishnan about their collaboration between South Asian, Malaysian and First Nations performance traditions.

We’ve gone feral for the new Netflix India slate. Thrillers in foggy Punjab. Sex-ed chaos in rural villages. Family feuds. Lust. Politics. Mess. Dilpreet and Suhayla share the shows they’re queueing immediately and why Indian storytelling finally feels brave again. Listen now, only on SBS Spice.

When did dating stop being romantic? Between Hinge prompts and gym-obsessed bios, the meet-cute feels extinct. On this episode of SBS Spice, Dilpreet and Suhayla unpack the male gaze on apps, and get honest about body image, first kisses, sex, and when “I love you” should actually mean something. If everyone’s lonely, why is nobody willing to risk their heart? Listen, only on SBS Spice.

Tales of songbirds, or Bulbuls, have inspired South Asian storytellers for centuries. British dancer and choreographer Aakash Odedra's latest work 'Songs of the Bulbul' intertwines Kathak dance, Indian classical music and Sufi storytelling to harmoniously trace a songbird's journey through love, enlightenment and freedom. As the performance tours Australia, Aakash opens up to Suhayla Sharif about boundless stages, the duty of dancers and the next steps for Indian classical dance. Listen now, only on SBS Spice.

Passion, ghosting and heartbreak— all part of Danish Sheikh's intimate yet toxic relationship with the law. The lawyer-activist and theatre-maker is now deep in his creative era after witnessing how judicial systems have both turned their back on and embraced LGBTQIA+ communities. From navigating Section 377 in India to celebrating his sexuality in the streets of Melbourne, Danish shares with Suhayla Sharif how his experiences have formed his understanding of acceptance. They also unpack how authentic stories and Taylor Swift helped shape his show 'Much to do with Law, but More to do with Love' at Midsumma Festival 2026. Listen now, only on SBS Spice.

"Australia Day", January 26, is often framed as a day of belonging— but belonging for whom? A good yarn can unsettle that idea. Suhayla Sharif is joined by John-Paul Janke, Karen Mundine and Giridharan Sivaraman to question how migrants engage with this date, and what listening to First Nations voices really demands of us.

Conflict is found in every corner of our world and within, yet lingers silently as many refuse to acknowledge it. 'Conflictorium' aims to instead shed light on dissent, inviting viewers from all works of life to consider how they wrestle with the ideas and experiences that challenge them. Founded in 2013, the participatory museum has already been housed twice in India but has now made its way to Australia for Sydney Festival 2026. Artistic Director YSK Prerana and Project Associate Gargi Verma unpack the sensory installation, spice dabbas and the power of reflection with Suhayla Sharif. Listen now, only on SBS Spice.

As social media spirals into remembering the year that was 2016, SBS Spice asks why then and why now? From the flower crown filter to fluorescent sneakers, we reminisce on the good, the bad and the spicy that defined a formative year for many Gen Z and Millennials. Get your eyebrows "on fleek" and listen to this "lit" conversation, only on SBS Spice.

Writing brown characters isn’t just creative. It’s political. From brown villains to badly researched accents to the pressure to be “positive,” this episode asks who gets to be complex, messy and wrong on screen in 2026. Dilpreet Taggar is joined by Urvi Majumdar, Nicole Reddy and Sunanda Sachatrakul to talk about work that refuses neat ideas of representation.

When will South Asian stories stop being “emerging”? In this spicy roundtable, Dilpreet Taggar sits down with Arka Das, Arundati Thandur and Renny Wijeyamohan to talk craft, compromise and the quiet politics of working as South Asian actors, writers and directors in Australian film and TV. Watch the full episode on YouTube or listen wherever you get your fix.