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Migrants will take India-Australia ties beyond commonwealth, cricket and curry in future: Professor Pradeep Taneja
![Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi acknowledges his supporters at the Allphones Arena Olympic park in Sydney on 17 November 2014.](https://images.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/f88ee0d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1521x856+24+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdrupal%2Fyourlanguage%2Fpublic%2Fpodcast_images%2Fmodi_11.jpg&imwidth=1280)
Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi acknowledges his supporters at the Allphones Arena Olympic park in Sydney on 17 November 2014. Source: SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images
Professor Pradeep Taneja, Academic Fellow at Australia India Institute and Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne, says the 700,00-strong Indian diaspora will play a crucial role in strengthening ties between Indian and Australia in future. Professor Taneja explains the current Australia-India relations after Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Thursday announced $36 million for expanding Australia's diplomatic presence in India's southern city of Bengaluru.
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