At Christmas we celebrate family, community and love. The embrace of our family, old friendships renewed, the delight of children, the mystery and joy – this is a wondrous time of year. Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus and his message of unconditional love and sacrifice. Whether we are of any faith, or of […]
Commentary of three derby matches in this season’s KFC Big Bash League (BBL) and Rebel Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) will be made available live to Australia’s Indian community in Hindi via the Cricket Australia Live app and cricket.com.au to cater to cricket’s diverse fan base. The initiative is a result of the partnership between […]
Auguste Rodin: ‘the Kiss’ (1901-4) It is one of art’s oldest subjects – and often its most controversial. In a partnership between Tate, London and the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney, Nude: art from the Tate collection presents over 100 major representations of the nude, including paintings, sculptures, photographs and prints by renowned artists […]
Four Australian scientists will travel to India in 2017 to undertake ground-breaking research at some of India’s leading research institutions. The researchers will investigate new superconductors for use in experimental fusion power generators, new ways of identifying bacteria developing resistance to antibiotic medications, the way in which black rats spread disease in different parts of […]
Rohan with Education Minister Adrian Piccoli By Neena Badhwar Rohan Krishnaswamy is on cloud nine being one of the top thirty students from over 65,000 who attempted HSC 2016 in NSW. He has scored an ATAR rank of 99.95, says he, “This is it. This is the top most score and I was pleasantly surprised […]
By Manju Mittal TV Actors Sunil Grover and Kiku Sharda have become household names in India, thanks to TV reality shows. Sunil & Kiku known for their popular former female comic characters ‘Gutthi’ and ‘Palak’ on a television show Comedy Nights hosted by well known comedian Kapil Sharma, the show started on Colors TV 2013, […]
Rishabh Malhotra (extreme right) with his Hindi buddies at IABBV Hindi school By Neena Badhwar Rishabh Malhotra only came a year ago from India before he got admitted into year 12. He joined Epping Boys High where the school told him that there was a whole lot of syllabus he had to cover from year […]
Rishab Malhotra first in state in Hindi and is honoured by Education Minister Adrian Piccoli at the First in State ceremony Students in NSW public schools have excelled in the Higher School Certificate, placing first in more than 40 courses. Indian students have done extremely well in this year’s HSC with IABBV’s Rishab Malhotra topping […]
At the invitation of Asia TOPA, Melbourne Writers Festival has joined forces with Jaipur Literature Festival to present JLF Melbourne, a brand new summer festival celebrating the best of South Asian and Australian writing and ideas. MWF Festival Director Lisa Dempster said JLF Melbourne would transport the magic, colour and excitement of one of […]
As we come together to spend quality time with family and friends this holiday season, it is my great pleasure to wish readers of The Indian Down Under a Merry Christmas. Millions of people in NSW will celebrate Christmas and the festive season in their own special way, in the safety and security of […]