When we buy a new car we go to the temple for the priest to bless it and he does the pooja using four lemons under every wheel as he asks us to crush them. It is a well known exercise that most of us do for a safe driving and a trouble free car. […]
Rekha Rajvanshi, our own Hindi writer and poet of the Australian Indian community down under, has been invited by the Sahitya Akademi to represent Australia in the IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association) nations to participate along with many renowned writers and poets. The International Festival of Poetry is being held in Delhi from March 1 […]
“Simple, easy actions can protect the health of our water resources and help save drinking water supplies. There is not one individual who cannot help to make a difference to the health of the environment” – Ian Kiernan Clean Up Australia Day is a simple way one can take action to clean up, fix up […]
Devotees of Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj are ecstatic about their favourite guru maharaj who have been, since last year, waiting for his grace as he comes on a month long tour to Australian subcontinent in April. Up until now the devotees have travelled far and wide to listen to his inspiring talks and […]
Priyanka Chopra is well known in India having acted in more than forty films. She is a great actress and now she takes on the wider world by modelling for Guess, a famed spot that has previously been occupied by Claudia Schiffer, Anna Nicole Smith, Drew Barrymore and Kate Upton to name a few. […]
One government promises things and the other one takes it away by making new promises. Along with new programs a whole gamut of new ways of filling in grant applications and new rules apply. Grants are always quite difficult to get and one has to go through a difficult process before the grants are approved. […]
Brendon McCullum – triple century By Kersi Meher-Homji The Wellington Test between New Zealand and India which ended yesterday was a swinging sensation. India looked certain to win before lunch on day-4. Then thanks to New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum’s magnificent century which he converted into a double century and presto into a triple hundred, […]
Starting from tomorrow, Wednesday the 19th of February 2014, ‘100 years of Indian cinema in 10 minutes’ is being staged by Aishveryaa Nidhi and her Abhinay School of Performing Arts is the highlight of the week at Short + Sweet Theatre Festival. Action packed Bollywood hungaama at Short+Sweet creates a bit of a Bollywood […]
Dr Vikrant Kishore – bringing Bollywood to Newcastle by Neena Badhwar Yes Bollywood has arrived in Newcastle as the city gets ready for a packed event: ‘Bollywood 101 Film Festival’ this Thursday and Friday February 20-21, 2014. And why do you call it ‘101’ – a strange name, explains, the organizer, Vikrant Kishore, “101 […]
All match tickets of Pakistan-India have been sold within an hour before the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Adelaide, almost a year away. Ticket sales were announced only a couple of days ago and though the tickets for India Pakistan match are only $20 each they are rumoured to be […]