Ruma Chakravarti

As the final approaches, a look at why cricketers and cricket fans continue to be a superstitious lot.

The local media feels the Indians themselves would have selected the Sydney Cricket Grounds to play this match if given a choice.

I had never seen one before coming to Australia. It is a system where farmers leave out produce for sale, relying on the passing consumer to pay for the goods by dropping money in a tin or a box.

One thing that a wide cross section of Australians are not remotely worried about are the allegations by Salman Khurshid about Modi bringing his own cheerleaders with him on his foreign trips.

The Australian experience has been fairly positive since mandatory voting was introduced in 1924. Turnout consistently remains high at above 90%.

When I first came to Australia, I had to bring kaalo jeere or nigella seeds with me, along with paanch phoran or Bengali five spice...