Leading refugee and migrant settlement agency AMES Australia has welcomed the federal government’s announcement that Australia will take an extra 12,000 refugees from Syria. AMES Australia CEO Cath Scarth said Australia was well placed to accept the increased number of refugees. “Australia has the infrastructure and capacity to […]
Katti Batti Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a23GO0NXOtg Synopsis: Katti Batti is a modern day romance that traces young architect Madhav Kabra’s (Imran Khan) love for the free-spirited Payal(Kangana Ranaut). They make for a perfect couple until a sudden turn of events creates an unanswered distance between them. What follows is a series of events that tests the […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee September 5 saw the passing away of a dear friend, elder sister who passed away on her birthday, on Janmashtami, at the age of 79 in Sydney. Jogmaya Narpat Singh, or Mayaji, as we […]
A new clientele is illustrated in an early-nineteenth-century folio, also depicting Rama’s coronation, from a manuscript in the NGV collection (fig. 7). National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne (Australia) is showcasing Lord Krishna and Lord Rama images in an exhibition “Gods, Heroes and Clowns” till October 4th, 2015. It includes over 50 […]
10 Aug 1936 – 06 Sep 2015 Jogmaya Narpatsingh, a well-known poet in the Indian community in Sydney, has passed away at the age of 79 years following a brief illness. Known lovingly by her friends as ‘Mayaji’, she belonged to a royal background […]
Shyama, once she said in an interview, “Allah must have made me with fursat!” Shyama an old time actress was a chiseled beauty, born in Lahore and was Khursheed Akhtar when Vijay Bhatt gave her the name Shyama. She married cinematographer Fali Mistry who […]
Premier Mike Baird has sent this compassioned response to The Indian Down Under on the growing international crisis as millions of refugees head to Europe. Germany has decided to take in 800,000 refugees while some other countries such as Hungry have decided to build walls to keep them at bay: “Sometimes you […]
By Rekha Rajvanshi Hindi Poetry is losing its charm amongst youth especially born and brought up overseas. Children born here or moved here at a young age are losing touch with Hindi and Hindi poetry. They don’t know Kabir, Mira, Nirala, or contemporary poets such as Harivanshrai Bachchan, Munawwar Rana, Gulzar, Ashok Chakradhar etc. […]
On the occasion of Hindi Diwas 2015, Indian Literary and Art Society of Australia (ILASA) Inc. and Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan are holding Hindi Poetry Talent Hunt for youth on September 17. The program is supported by The Consulate General of India Sydney and Yuva Australia. September 14th, is celebrated as Hindi Day because on […]
IABBV Hindi School celebrates Hindi Divas 2015 on September 13, all invited India’s national Hindi Divas falls on the 14th of September every year. Hindi was adopted as the official language of India by the Indian Constituent Assembly on September 14, 1949. People all over India, schools, government and NGOs all celebrate this day […]