By Manju Mittal On Thursday afternoon on September 21, 2017, I had the honour of attending Pink Finss charity race day at Hawkesbury Racecourse. The annual event raised awareness and funds for victims of breast cancer and their families. Breast cancer survivor and founder Jodie Amor has been assisting Pink Finss fundraising efforts for the […]
Prajna Monastery Australia monks and pandits from the Australian Council of Hindu Clergy helped open the unique Lotus Pavilion at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium. Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium officially opened its unique new Lotus Pavilion at a special ceremony on Wednesday, September 27. Members of the community attended the opening ceremony for the […]
Shri B. Vanlalvawna, Consul-General of India to Sydney and Mr Neville Roach AO, Patron of the Australia India Institute at UNSW Australia, take great pleasure in inviting you to the Annual Gandhi Memorial to be held on campus on Monday 2nd of October 2017. The memorial celebrates the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and is […]
YUGPURUSH is a spiritual play that depicts the relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and his spiritual mentor, Shrimad Rajchandraji, who shaped Gandhi’s principles of truth, peace and non-violence. This multi-award winning theatrical masterpiece has performed more than 900 shows in about 275 cities across four continents in just 9 months. All surplus proceeds from YUGPURUSH will […]
By Neena Badhwar The Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Alex Hawke, appraised the Indian community on September 20 at the Madison Function Centre, Dural, about the Government’s immigration policy in a Q&A session organised by the Federation of Indian Associations NSW (FIAN). The Minister gave details about short term temporary visas for parents […]
On his recent visit to Sydney (3 September 2017) for ‘Antidote – Festival of Ideas, Art and Action’, Dr. Shashi Tharoor Former UN Diplomat, author, politician and proud father was gracious to give his time and share his thoughts with me on a range of issues. From his ‘central animating principle in all aspects […]
All PIO Cardholders are advised to obtain machine readable OCI Cards in lieu of their existing hand written PIO Cards as from October 2018 onward the International Civil Aviation Organization will accept only machine readable travel documents. Please be advised that all existing PIO Cards are handwritten and therefore, will become invalid travel documents […]
By Neeru Saluja When it comes to diversity on Australian television, Aussie-Indian actor Nicholas Brown always makes us proud. From playing the lead role in the TV series ‘The Cooks’ in 2004, appearing on the popular TV series Home and Away, Packed to the Rafters, Underbelly and many more TV credits, Nicholas is now selected […]
By Neeru Saluja At first glance, Kabir Singh fits the bill of the next Bollywood star. He’s young, tall, handsome and carries the charisma of an actor. But when you get talking to him, an intelligent man is unravelled who is not interested in becoming the next Ranveer Singh. He has become an actor with […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India’s winning streak in the last few months has become a normal pattern. Hope these victories do not sound “ho-hum”. India has won nine ODIs in a row since July this year; against the West Indies in West Indies, five against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka and now three against Australia in […]