Time is running out to register interest to attend a Census Data Seminar. Find out what the 2016 Census tells us about our communities and Australia from July 2017 when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) holds a series of free Census data seminars in each state and territory. The seminars will follow the official […]
By Vijay Badhwar It’s a sign of a dysfunctional Government which distracts public attention from main issues, matters that matter, towards completely irrelevant issues, unimportant in the context of building a nation, its future and the society that can live in harmony. Rather, it indulges in things that polarise the society, highlight differences that separate […]
By Vijay Badhwar A marathon rain even could not dampen the spirit of Holi in Sydney as there were many coloured faces walking the CBD streets, thanks also for a respite in the afternoon with the weather clearing on March 19. Vijay Jogia spiritedly entertained the small crowd at Tumbalong Park at Darling Harbour with […]
By Vijay Badhwar Sri Om Care announced ramping up its services for aged care to a new level at a briefing session that included variety entertainment and dinner held on 18 March at the Parravilla Function centre in Parramatta. From providing care to only a few seniors seven years ago, Sri Om Care now […]
By Manju Mittal Lata Mangeshkar is a living legend of Bollywood playback singing. Lata, by calling her melody queen or malika-e-tarranum we honour her, as she has ruled our hearts for more than five decades. And she still does. Fondly addressed as Lata didi by the Mumbai fraternity and dubbed as the Nightingale of India, […]
By Melvin Durai Foreigners interested in adopting from India are in luck: there are numerous potential adoptees, as long as the adoptive parent doesn’t mind if the adoptee is malnourished, lives on the street, and has four legs and a tail. Adopting an Indian child is hard, but adopting a stray dog is far easier […]
By Anu Jose Beating Sydney to hold the inaugural Jaipur Literature Festival (JPL) was a treat for Melbournites as they soaked up two days of debate, discussion and entertainment from some of India and Australia’s best writers, artists and thought leaders. The migrant experience, women’s writing, state of India, the colonisation experience, transgender issues were […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee Australia’s legendary cricketing brothers Ian and Greg Chappell are facing severe criticism from political quarters and media for sermonising Indian mining tycoon Gautam Adani to abandon plans to open a mega coal mine in Australia’s north. Ian and Greg Chappell had joined 89 other prominent Australians in signing a letter appealing Gautam […]
Khushaal Vyas from the Indian community received the Youth Medal on Premier’s Harmony Day Dinner Awards where Premier Gladys Berejiklian presented Multicultural Community Medals to Mohamed Hage – Economic Participation; Robbie Mackinlay – Regional Communities Medal; Carolina Triana – Arts and Culture Medal; Dr Xue Feng Zhang (Commendation); Antoinette Abdelseed – Lifetime Community Service; Moving […]
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Paramahansa Yogananda – on the 65th anniversary of his passing on March 7, 1952 – by issuing a commemorative postage stamp in honor of the 100th anniversary of Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS), the non-profit spiritual organization he founded on March 22, 1917. Three years later, […]