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Mahanavratri Festival a great success!

Gargi Trapathi in the middle with Payal and Nigam Patel and Divya Dhingra, winners of the Cash $5000 and $2000 prizes by Value World Travel By Neena Badhwar Mahanavratri Festival held at Rosehill Racecourse on Friday the 30th of September turned out to be a superb family event. Organised by Value World Travel the night […]

A great day for Sydney entrepreneurs to attend a forum on ‘Innovation’ with opportunity to meet and hear Jim Maxwell, the Legendary ABC Cricket Commentator!

Hear Jim talk about “Stories From Around the Wicket“. What has he got to say about Indian Cricket? What’s that got to do with Innovation? Revealed only at TiE Conference in Sydney on TUE, Oct 11, 2011. Do not miss it. TiE is the largest global network of entrepreneurs with 57 Chapters in 15 countries. […]

A great Maha Navratri Festival lineup on September 30 at Rosehill Racecourse

The Maha Navratri (The Great Navratri) is a spiritual festival that is celebrated for nine nights once every year during the beginning of October. It is the celebration of the nine forms of Shakti (Mother Goddess). This is a very important festival in the Hindu calendar as it is the lead up to Diwali (Festival […]

World Rabies Day reminds travellers about the risk of rabies in India

World Rabies Day recognized on September 28th, 2011 should serve as a timely reminder of the risk of rabies for those planning a trip to Asia. World Rabies Day aims to raise global awareness of rabies prevention and control and is particularly relevant for those planning to visit friends and relatives in India. Rabies is […]

SBS starts the search for a Bollywood Star down under

Inspired by the huge success and influence of Bollywood movies, SBS is bringing a taste of Bollywood to Australia with a brand new commission, Bollywood Star. This four-part series, made for SBS by WTFN Entertainment (Bondi Vet, Keeping up with the Joneses), follows the search for an Australian Bollywood star: an unknown who will go […]

Lebara donates 1 million euros to educate 100,000 children

Lebara   to donate 1 million euros to help educate over 100,000 vulnerable children in 10 countries Lebara, one of Europe’s leading telecoms operators for migrant communities, has announced a new charity fundraising campaign launched on Monday 1 August in all of Lebara’s eight markets globally. As part of the company’s 10 Year Anniversary plans, […]

It’s my destiny, and it can change

By Anil Sharma   Why am I, always, at the wrong place at the wrong time, and every one else, I know, at the right one every time? Is this fate, my Karma, my destiny which I can never avoid. I have no options, have I? A friend in the eighties made a lot of […]

Superstitions

By Kanaka Ramakrishna People have always held irrational beliefs to ward off ill, to bring good, foretell the future, heal or prevent sickness or accident, believe in the evil eye or in the efficacy of amulets. These practices have been prevalent for a long time in every part of the world. Many people believe in […]

Actresses without frontiers

Giselli Monteiro [youtube lVKEMOenP-o] Helen in ‘Howrah Bridge’ By Neeru Saluja   They look different to the mainstream actresses but audiences love them. They barely are able to speak Hindi but their fans love listening to them. They sometimes can’t perform the latkas jatkas like the aamchi Mumbai girl but when they dance on screen […]

Meet our very own Aussie Indian Avatar

Rahul Deshprabhu, Visual Effects Technical Director of ‘Avatar’ movie By Neeru Saluja   The year 2009 revolutionized the visual effects industry with Oscar winning Avatar. Who could ever believe that they would be able to visualise and experience a fictional planet? It was like a dream world that came alive – where love, hatred and […]