{"id":2517,"date":"2025-10-03T08:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T22:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/?page_id=2517"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:54:15","slug":"confluence-south-asian-perspectives-uk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/?page_id=2517","title":{"rendered":"Confluence South Asian Perspectives (UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2694 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3181-1024x157.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3181-1024x157.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3181-300x46.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3181-150x23.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3181-768x118.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3181-1536x236.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3181-2048x314.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3181-850x130.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Book Review<\/p>\n<p><b>Bindu Agrawal\u2019s <i>Remembering Bharatji (Smriti ke Jharokhe Se)<\/i>, English translation by Meenakshi Bharat, Reviewed by Sharon Rundle<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2997 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3828-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3828-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3828-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3828-113x150.png 113w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3828-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3828-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3828-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3828-850x1133.png 850w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3828.png 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2998 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3829-225x300.png\" alt=\"Informational magazine page: three-column text under a blue header 'CONFLUENCE FEB \u2013 MARCH 2026' and a blue contact box with editor contact at the bottom.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3829-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3829-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3829-113x150.png 113w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3829-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3829-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3829-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3829-850x1133.png 850w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3829.png 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/confluence.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Confluence-February-2026.pdf (if the link is not opening just copy and past the link on your browser).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><i>Ricky Muthukumaraswamy in conversation with Sharon Rundle<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3000 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3831-228x300.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3831-228x300.jpeg 228w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3831-778x1024.jpeg 778w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3831-114x150.jpeg 114w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3831-768x1011.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3831-1167x1536.jpeg 1167w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3831-1556x2048.jpeg 1556w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3831-300x395.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3831-850x1119.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3831.jpeg 1611w\" alt=\"Interview article page about Ricky Muthukumaraswamy with a centered photo of him wearing a hat.\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3001 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3832-225x300.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3832-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3832-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3832-113x150.png 113w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3832-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3832-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3832-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3832-850x1133.png 850w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3832.png 1620w\" alt=\"Magazine page with a blue Confluence header and a collage of five landscape paintings beside columns of text; small portrait photo at bottom right.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Book 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srcset=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2522-232x300.jpeg 232w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2522-116x150.jpeg 116w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2522-300x388.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2522.jpeg 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Indranil Bengal Halder<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2363 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2448-205x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2448-205x300.jpeg 205w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2448-701x1024.jpeg 701w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2448-103x150.jpeg 103w, 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https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2449-768x1108.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2449-1065x1536.jpeg 1065w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2449-300x433.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2449-850x1226.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_2449.jpeg 1391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rekha Rajvanshi<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2231\" src=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep1-207x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep1-207x300.jpeg 207w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep1-707x1024.jpeg 707w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep1-104x150.jpeg 104w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep1-768x1112.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep1-1061x1536.jpeg 1061w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep1-300x434.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep1-850x1231.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep1.jpeg 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2232\" src=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep2-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep2-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep2-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep2-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep2-768x1118.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep2-1055x1536.jpg 1055w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep2-300x437.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep2-850x1238.jpg 850w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RekhaRConfluencep2.jpg 1315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perumal Murugan Interview with Roanna Gonsalves at UNSW<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1822\" src=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ConfluenceP1MayJune2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ConfluenceP1MayJune2024.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ConfluenceP1MayJune2024-108x150.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/> ;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Transcending Boundaries: Publishing fiction by South Asian Australian authors in Australia,<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/confluence.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Confluence 20th Anniversary Issue<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, December 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Book Review Bindu Agrawal\u2019s Remembering Bharatji (Smriti 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Ricky Muthukumaraswamy in conversation with Sharon Rundle &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2517","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2517"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3040,"href":"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2517\/revisions\/3040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharonrundle.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}