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A trip by the seniors to Bahai Temple and the beach

By Neena Badhwar Sri Om Care Foundation now provides day care and activities for Indian seniors from six  convenient venues. In Chester Hill every Thursday from 10am  to 2pm; in Auburn every 2nd  and 4th  Wednesday  from 10am to 1pm; Pennant Hills every Monday from 10am to 2pm; Seven Hills every Wednesday and Friday 10am […]

Karishma directs the play ‘Ben and Ahmed’ at Short & Sweet Wildcards in Week 7

                Karshma Mathur, director of ‘Ben and Ahmed’   ‘Ben and Ahmed’ is a play that has made it to the wildcards at the Short & Sweet 2016 Theatre Festival. It will be performed in Week 7, Wildcard, Saturday, 20th February, 2016 at 2.30pm and Sunday, 21st February, […]

Debashish Bhattacharya performs at Lennox Theatre on March 20

                Debashish Bhattacharya, considered the most accomplished Hindustani slide guitarist alive, will perform at Lennox Theatre, Riverside, Parramatta on March 20. He will be accompanied by  Bobby Singh. Debashish Bhattacharya brings universal appeal to his exotic mesh of classical Indian and bluesy Western music. Embracing Hawaiian slide guitar […]

Pat finishes Kerala run

                Pat Farmer, Australia’s ultra marathon runner has finished Kerala run by day 7 having covered around 500 kms out of the total 4,600 he has to do to reach Kashmir. Here is his account of Day 7: Engandiyoor to Chaliyam, 80.3km “It was like walking into a […]

Priyanka to present at Oscars on February 28

India’s official Oscar entry for this year – the National Award-winning  Court  – made an early exit from the nominations race but there’s still reason to cheer – actress Priyanka Chopra will be at Hollywood’s big day, presenting an award. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has been named as one of the presenters at the 88th […]

February releases: Neerja, Fitoor and Ghayal Once Again

NEERJA Release Date: Feb 19th 2016 Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Shekhar Ravijiani Directed by: Ram Madhvani Produced by: Atul Kasbekar, Fox Star Studios and Bling Unplugged Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=7779JrWy04g Synopsis: ‘Neerja’ is a biopic and a cinematic representation of the dramatic events that unfolded on September 5th, 1986 when Pan Am Flight 73 from Bombay […]

First five days of Pat Farmer’s run in India

  Pat Farmer, ex politician and Australia’s ultra-marathon runner is running 4,600 kms from Kanyakumari, in the south of India, to Kashmir in the north. Pat has run the longest and the most difficult marathon in 2011-12 from North to the South pole when he raised $100,000 for Red Cross International.         […]

India whitewash Australia in another SCG thriller

                    By Kersi Meher-Homji India won the Twenty20 International (T20I) series 3-0 by clinching the final match on the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) off the last ball. Only eight days ago India had beaten Australia in the last over of the final one-day international (ODI) also […]

India rules on the field and in the stands

                                                                            The Indians on January 31st in Sydney for the  Third  T 20 match were on cloud nine […]

Melbourne magic for India’s women and men

              Unbeaten Kohli with 90 in the fitst T20 and 59 in the second By Kersi Meher-Homji Another night, another magic moment for India’s Women’s and Men’s cricket teams! Both had beaten their Australian counterparts in their first T20 internationals in Adelaide on Tuesday the 26th. Last night [the […]