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Sydney remembers Manna Dey, the great!

  Manna Dey a loving father with wife Sulochana Kumaran and daughters  Shuroma and Sumita By Neena Badhwar Manna Dey performed in Sydney around half a dozen concerts and won us all as we became his ardent fans and devotees of his music. I remember once he came and the concert organiser had put up […]

Ramakrishna Mission, Fiji and Lisa Singh, Australia conferred Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award

The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards, at the Valedictory Session of the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas   in New Delhi on 09 January   2014. The Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Shri Vayalar Ravi and the Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with Swami Tadananda receiving the award   […]

Australia to host ICC World Cricket Cup and The Asian Cup

  Australia, in 2015, will host the two biggest sporting events with our favourite game of Cricket and the Games of Football – the ICC Cricket World Cup in February and The Asian Cup in January.  12 Teams from cricketing countries as well as football have already qualified and will head down under early next […]

New customs form from January 1 for passengers flying into India

Passengers flying into  India  will have to fill in a new customs form on their arrival from the new year while the need to fill immigration form for returning Indians is being done away with. All passengers coming to  India  will be filling up an ‘Indian Customs Declaration Form’ seek details that will be different […]

Spectacular fireworks planned for the NYE

  This years’ New Year Eve celebration in Sydney will be just spectacular withHarbourBridge the centre of attraction with artist Reg Mombassa artwork and with fireworks  being fired off from Opera House sails. NYE’s Master pyrotechnician Fortunato Foti is facing his biggest challenge yet this Sydney New Year’s Eve – creating a complex Reg Mombassa […]

We wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

A wish for peace and happiness at Christmas and throughout the New Year!

Spams are such a bother!

Neena Badhwar Today just before deleting spam emails my eyes just could not but not overlook messages sent by spammers who are out just to con gullible people. How can one get duped by such emails defies logic or perhaps one is hopelessly naïve. Here are some of the examples: Mr Gabriel Addo’s subject matter […]

150 homes gutted in Blue Mountains bush fires cleared

  Blue Mountains residents whose homes were burnt down in bushfires have been struggling to get their homes cleared to see that their Christmas time feels better and that they can look forward to rebuilding lives and their homes next year. Minister for Police and Emergency Services Michael Gallacher has welcomed the efforts of clean-up […]

3rd Australian National Hindu Conference in April

Vishva Hindu Parishad of Australia is holding its 3rd Australian National Hindu Conference entitled “Serving Community – Serving Australia ” on 26th & 27th April 2014 in Sydney at  Novotel , 350 Church Street, Parramatta. There are many Temples, Organisations, Associations, Institutions, groups and individual in Hindu society working actively to serve Hindus and the […]

Avijit’s Saaz aur Aawaz sizzled

Kersi Meher-Homji was bedazzled I never had the urge to dance solo in public as when listening to Rajesh Hegde’s mesmerizing rendition of “Maduban mein raadhika” – climaxing with “padha-nee-saa, saa re nee saa padha-nee…”. I could imagine Rajesh wowing a live audience on TV’s top show Australia Has Talent and receiving a standing ovation. […]