By Neena Badhwar Hindi Divas is celebrated worldwide on September 14 an initiative by the Indian government to promote and propagate Hindi language. September 14 is an important date in India’s history as in 1949 Hindi and its Devnagri script was officially adopted as the official language of India. On September 16, Sydney celebrated Hindi […]
Gesture will assist IVI undertake vision screening underprivileged children The Australian one-day cricket team has donated two autographed bats to the India Vision Institute (IVI). “The bats will be auctioned, which will assist IVI undertake vision screening of 7,000 children from underprivileged backgrounds in and around Chennai,” said IVI’s CEO Vinod Daniel. The autographed cricket […]
Spinner Nathan Lyon dropped from the ODIs replaced by Ashton Agar and Adam Zappa Kersi Meher-Homji wonders In the past no series provoked as much interest as the Ashes, Tests between Australia and England. Recently the India – Australia Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy arouses equal if not more interest. Australia is now […]
By Neeru Saluja Our homes are a place where we feel safe, comfortable and they reflect our persona. This is where we grow up, unwind, entertain and share memories with family and friends. If you feel that you need to bring your home to life, meet entrepreneur Seema Sahni as she launches her new venture […]
By Sudha Kumar. On 3 Sep 2017, I had the absolute honour and privilege of spending a couple of hours with Dr. Shashi Tharoor – Member of Parliament (India), Former UN Undersecretary General, Author. After an extremely successful session at the Melbourne Writer’s Festival, Dr. Tharoor was a speaker at ‘Antidote – Festival of Ideas, […]
It’s the beginning of the ‘business end’ of the school year, with more than 70,000 students counting down to the official end of Year 12, less than two weeks away. Education Minister Rob Stokes has reviewed the final preparations of more than 700,000 exam papers for 118 courses that are now ready for distribution to […]
The Sixth Australian National Hindu Conference with the theme ‘Strengthening Communities – Stronger Australia’ provided a platform to more than 35 Hindu organisations, temples, and associations where they shared ideas on how they could work unitedly to strengthen their communities and make Australia stronger. The conference, held in Adelaide, was highly praised by many dignitaries […]
Awards celebrate excellence in public schools 13 September 2017. Education Minister Rob Stokes today honoured the most outstanding students, teachers and parents across NSW public schools in the Minister’s Awards for Excellence for 2017. Mr Stokes said the awards highlight the tremendous contribution that students, teachers, principals, parents and school communities make to public […]
By Vijay Badhwar They are self-appointed representatives of God, claim miracle powers, live a life of luxury, control harems, command followers, rich and powerful – truly what a misguided human would see in the image of a god. O pity, pity, gentle heaven, pity! Those innocent, gullible, unsuspecting souls! Those 30 killed, injured and ruined […]
4.7 million Australians to benefit from September indexation 4.7 million pensioners and allowance recipients will receive an increase to their welfare payments from 20 September 2017. Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, said that as a result of the regular twice-yearly indexation, pension payments including Age Pension and Disability Support Pension will rise by $6.10 […]