By Kersi Meher-Homji A Gentleman’s Game – Reflections on Cricket History by Anindya Dutta, 142 pages, illustrated. The Kindle e-book is available on Amazon Australia at A$4.49. The link to the book is Amazon Australia : https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0725VZJFQ The Paperback is available on Amazon US at US$5.99. I grew up in an era when cricket […]
By Neena Badhwar AHIA’s (Australian Hindi Indian Association) ‘Hai Apna Dil to Awara’ concert with Avijit Sarkar and Pushpa Jagdish on June 17 with a packed audience on a cold overcast night had songs from movies such as Kohra, Bees Saal Baad, House Number 44, Jaal and music of S D Burman, Shankar Jaikishan and […]
Kudigram Ramachar Sripathy was among the early Indians who settled in Australia having migrated in 1967. He passed away on 21 May 2017 peacefully, coincidentally on the day of his 59th marriage anniversary, having decided to voluntarily cease dialysis several weeks earlier. Srip, as he was popularly known among all his friends, was 85. Sripathy […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji At the semi final stage, it looks more like Asia Cup than Champions Trophy. Three of the four teams in the semi finals were from Asia; India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Interestingly, before 1947 it was just one country – India! After trouncing Bangladesh by 9 wickets with 59 balls in hand at […]
By Neeru Saluja Celebrity hairstylist Sapna Bhavnani is known to be bold, outspoken and unconventional. You may know her as MS Dhoni’s stylist, the fiery Big Boss contestant who confronted Salman Khan or an inked woman. But she has come to Sydney all the way from Mumbai to show her other side to us – […]
Vipul Vyas as the spiritual guru After the tremendous success of its previous major productions, Adakar Theatre and Cultural Group returns to the Sydney stage with “Shri 420:” a fresh, innovative play which examines through a comedic lens the social interactions that shape our lives. Adakar is a Sydney-based community theatre and arts group has […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji It was a night to remember as India thrashed strong South Africa (SA) at The Oval in England to enter the semi final of the ICC Champions Trophy on Sunday. India will meet Bangladesh at Birmingham on Thursday. If they win, they will meet the winners of England and Pakistan in the […]
By Melvin Durai If you’ve been on the Internet a lot lately, you’re probably familiar with Jokgu the chicken. Jokgu is a musician and as close to being a celebrity as a chicken can get. Jokgu is the Taylor Swift of chickens, except that Jokgu does not sing about ex-boyfriends. Jokgu’s talent isn’t in singing […]
Film Director N Chandra taking a Master class on film making By Neeru Saluja On 20-21 May, Macquarie University witnessed a weekend immersed in the culture and arts of eight South Asian countries. The first South Asia Film, Arts and Literature Festival (SAFAL) brought together the artists of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri […]
Here is a wide range of entertainment for the month of June by Mind Blowing Films: Right from the bone-chilling horror movie, Dobaara that releases on the the 2nd of June to the eternal love story of the individuals through different lifetimes, in Raabta, which is set to release on the 9th of June to […]