[youtube 7NylRpcE3Oc] Abhishek Bhardwaj is a senior undergraduate at NSIT. Abhishek has waded into the deep waters of sensing, embedded Systems and sensor Networks. His interests revolve around the central theme of creating low cost solutions in fields such as healthcare and efficient energy management for developing regions. At TEDxNSIT he will demonstrate a project-in-progress […]
Sydney Poet Rekha Rajvanshi along with The Indian Down Under and Sharma’s Kitchen organised a Holi variety program for charity collecting funds for rickshawwallas in Delhi and Queenland Flood Relief. Seen here Sydneysiders enjoying the night in a benevolent spirit. Holi Hullad, a charity function at Parravilla Function Centre on March 25 , 2011 was […]
Dr Sujoy Guha RISUG RISUG Procedure For people who do not want more children than they already have and looking for a contraceptive answer there is a new breakthrough in reversible vasectomy with a procedure called RISUG developed in India. RISUG or (Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance) is an injectible contraceptive procedure for men […]
Commissioner James Condon, Salvation Army Commissioner for Australian Eastern Territory Senator the Hon. Kate Lundy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, gave the keynote address at the launch of The Salvation Army’s 2011 Red Shield Appeal to ethnic communities on May 17 in Sydney. In her address, […]
By Mevin Durai The 76-year-old woman walked down the hallway of Clearview Addictions Clinic, searching for the right department. She passed signs for the “Heroin Addiction Department (HAD)”, the “Smoking Addiction Department (SAD)” and the “Bingo Addiction Department (BAD)”. Then she spotted the department she was looking for: “Facebook Addiction Department (FAD)”. It […]
By Devaki Parthasarathy “The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art,” Leonardo de Vinci As I pondered over the myriad of things I wanted to talk about, I thought about the feet. I came back from work yesterday and said, “My feet are killing me!!!” Empathise with that phrase? How […]
By S. Sunder Das Khalil Gibran, one of the greatest philosophers from the Middle East, was born on January 6, 1883, to the Maronite family of Gibran in Bsharri, a mountainous area in Northern Lebanon. At that time Lebanon was a Turkish province part of Greater Syria (Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine) and subjugated […]
Caption: Book Jacket; Dr R S Muthukrishnan By Neena Badhwar Dr. RS Muthukrishnan, a well known Sydney doctor, motivational speaker and trainer of hypnosis, having trained GPs all across Australia has compiled an impressive book on hypnosis and mind power titled ‘Software for Your Soul’. Says Dr Muthu in his book, “During my […]
Caption: (top) Peter Castaldi, Deborah Lee Furness, Hugh Jackman and Anupam Sharma in Mumbai and (bottom): Director Bill Bennett By Neena Badhwar An Australian Film Initiative’s first event in India (AAFI – March 26-27) ended on a high note as famous Indian media house Viacom 18 Motion Pictures became the first Indian film corporate to […]
Karam C. Ramrakha, a long time lawyer, writer and columnist, uses his expert knowledge of Fiji with his 16 years as a Fiji MP (1966-1982) to assess the current situation in Fiji. Red China (has there ever been another one?) watches nervously as there are widespread demonstrations in the Arab and other worlds against dictatorships […]