as are my girls, and as are all of us who call ourselves Aussie, regardless of wherever - or whoever - we may have come from. Sunil Badami is a writer, broadcaster and performer. Visit his website.

Sunil Badami has had more strange and varied jobs than he’s had haircuts. His mother says he’s ‘an adequate speller.’ Among other things, Sunil’s managed a vintage clothing boutique ...

Sydney-based Indian-origin writer and radio broadcaster Sunil Badami says - “When, at 25, I went to India around Deepavali (or Diwali) for the first time in a decade, I was astounded by the ...

But in our multicultural society how can one person speak for all, asks Sunil Badami. Like me, many people have disagreed that Tony Abbott spoke for them in his recent comments about the UN's ...

Credit: Courtesy of Sunil Badami This story is part of the May 6 Edition of Good Weekend.See all 21 stories. I always cry at weddings. I cried at my own 18 years ago, and have cried at every one ...

Growing up as one of only three Indian kids at school and struggling to fit in, Sunil Badami was called a lot of things – curry muncher, towel head ... and a lot worse. Despite his mother's ...

Writer and academic Sunil Badami also knows what it's like to have his name autocorrected. "What's especially galling about it — because my name is Indian — is that so many people of Indian ...

Everywhere we went, everyone would wave and call out, and I was always referred to as "Dr Badami's son" — just as now, everyone calls me my children's dad. While your children seem to always ...

In the basement of a nondescript Sydney house, unbeknownst to his wife and neighbours, Robert Baudin made an absolute fortune — literally. Mid-last century, Baudin printed about $2 million in ...

Dr Sunil Badami is a writer, critic, broadcaster and academic. He has a BA in Communications, Creative and Life Writing and a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Technology in Sydney ...