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Edward Snowden in an exclusive interview on Al Jazeera’s ‘Upfront’

              Edward Snowden in an exclusive interview with Upfront show host Mehdi Hasan a program by Al Jazeera channel that was launched  on September 4 Washington D.C. – 3 September, 2015 –  In a rare and exclusive Al Jazeera television interview, former NSA contractor-turned-whistle-blower, Edward Snowden has responded to […]

A 30,000 seat stadium announced for Parramatta by Baird

  NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres on September 5 announced the biggest investment in sport and major event infrastructure in NSW since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, with a new 30,000 seat stadium at Parramatta the first project to be delivered as part of the package. More than $1 billion will […]

Basic computer course and a session on prevention of heart disease in women at Parramatta city library

Parramatta City Library is holding the following sessions in Urdu and Hindi.   Basic Computer Class – Urdu Friday 4 September till Friday 25 September (4 sessions) Parramatta Library is providing basic computer sessions for word processing and Internet access in Urdu. Sessions are held dependent on the availability of volunteers. Location: Parramatta Library, 1-3 […]

“Really proud of the boys”, says Kohli after India’s series win

                                By Kersi Meher-Homji The recently concluded India- Sri Lanka series in Sri Lanka was a real cliff-hanger. It swung every day, ever session, every hour before India won 2-1 yesterday (1st September). I am surprised that this exciting series […]

Film ‘Sahara’ wins best producer and excellence award for Satish Rai at FOG film fest in San Jose

                Satish Rai and Zara A Liverpool based producer and film maker Dr Satish Rai received Best Producer award and FOG Award for Excellence for his film ‘Sahara’ at the Festival of Globe (FOG) Film Festival held in San Jose, USA. Sahara is a 115 minute feature film […]

India Club celebrates teej

                                                        India Club celebrated Teej Festival and Independence Day with great gusto and acknowledged the ’70th  Anniversary of End of World War 2’. Anita Malhotra jubilantly did an […]

Pyasa to compete in Venice Film Festival’s Classics Award category

                “Pyaasa”, a timeless cult classic starring Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman and Mala Sinha has become the first film to be restored to its original quality for the upcoming Venice Film Festival to be held next month. The film will compete with 20 other prestigious restored films from […]

Be part of Parramasala Parade

                  Date: Friday 23 October 2015  www.parramasala.com Time: 5-8pm   Whether you’re an enthusiastic individual, a community cultural group or a local dance troupe, the Parramasala Parade team wants to hear from you! Parramasala will take place in Parramatta and Harris Park from Friday 23 October through […]

Sanga’s sad swan song

                      By Kersi Meher-Homji On 20th August, two Test greats – Australia’s Michael Clarke and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara – played their final Tests; Clarke at The Oval, London against England and Sangakkara at Colombo (PSS) against India. Clarke’s swan song was widely publicised in […]

Bitter-sweet Test farewell for Michael Clarke

                By Kersi Meher-Homji Michael Clarke started his Test career with a bang way back in 2004 in Bangalore but ended it with almost a whimper at The Oval in London this month. His retirement was bitter sweet. He failed with the bat and lost the Ashes but […]