By Rekha Bhattacharjee The ruling Liberal-National coalition had claimed victory in Australia’s general election after securing a razor-thin one-seat majority in the lower house of Parliament exactly a year ago – on the 11th July 2016 After eight days of vote-counting, the coalition finally won the seats needed to form a (paper thin) majority in […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India won her first four matches in Women’s World Cup currently being played in England. But they lost to South Africa last night. The only Indian to do well was teenager Deepti Sharma who scored 60 out of India’s disappointing total of 158. She had also top-scored in the previous match against […]
India Club together with the partnership of Community Migrant Resource Centre held its inaugural “Women Breaking Barriers” on 5th July, 2017. The event was aimed at bringing communities together, exchange views on distinct values, traditions, diverse art, music, food including their concerns of every day life, also be friends, laugh together and share ideas on […]
Director Arun Vaidyanathan explains the scene in Nibunan Critically acclaimed director of Achamundu Achamundu Arun Vaidyanathan is now back with his new age bilingual, ‘Nibunan’ in Tamil and ‘Vismaya’ in Kannada. In a recent chat, he shared details of his upcoming films. Arun has been passionate about movies from a young age and identified […]
The tension between democracy and freedom in India Brown University’s Professor Ashutosh Varshney will deliver the So, What? free public lecture at UNSW Sydney on Wednesday 12 July. India’s democracy and its unsteady record of liberal freedoms will be the focus of the next So, What? public lecture at UNSW Sydney on Wednesday 12 July. […]
Mayank Mehra, a student from Mumbai is studying Master of Cyber Security at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, Western Australia, which has just been announced as an Academic Centre of Cyber Security Excellence by the Australian Government. The announcement recognises the university as one of the best in the world for it’s cyber security […]
By Neena Badhwar Change is crucial to evolution. Without change there is boredom, staleness and atrophy. So, it is a welcome sign from Census 2016 that the Australian society is alive and kicking, growing, becoming diverse as well as transforming. The Australian population in 2016 grew to 23.4 million with the Indian community […]
Raveena Tandon in the movie Shab with Ashish Bisht and Arpita Chatterjee The 2017 Westpac Indian Film Festival Sydney (WIFFS) is thrilled to announce festival dates Friday 18 – Sunday 20 August; with two venues, special screenings and more than ten curated films. This year the festival has selected the compelling Shab to open […]
By Manju Mittal On July 1, 2017, not even a cold chilly weather stopped Kishore da fans to attend a music night organised by SNSR Productions and presented by Pro Accounting Business Solutions with Sydney’s popular band ‘Jazba’ at Redgum Function Centre, Wentworthville. The youngest of the Ganguly brothers, Kishore Kumar was born as Abhas […]
Hon. Gordan Ramsay, MLA laying the wreath with Dr Yadu and Crystal Jordan Private Sarn Singh Johal and Private Nain Singh Sailani were honoured at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, with a wreath laying at the last post ceremony, by the The High Commissioner of India in Australia H.E. Dr. A. M. Gondane, The Hon. […]