Shobha Ingleshwar as everyone in Sydney knows is known for her singing and starting Om Gettogethers in Ashfield. Tomorrow on November 5 she sings for this little boy Kush who has genetic disorder and the event ‘Asha for Kush’ is aimed at raising funds for a researcher […]
September, 2016 saw the launch of the biggest worldwide movement ever against animal abuse, India Unites for Animals, with about 58 cities in India and 21 cities worldwide participating simultaneously. People gathered in cities across USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Nepal, Sweden and Czech Republic […]
A Book Review by By Dr. Shailja Chaturvedi Reading through over 500 pages of ‘My Beautiful Journey Kashmir to Kanyakumari’ was one of the most exciting journey for me as well. I enjoyed reading the rise of a girl next door of modest background to the elevation of a successful bureaucrat and social reformer rubbing […]
By Neena Badhwar Indian Welfare Association in Sydney for their Diwali function held a grandparent day at Pennant Hills Leisure Centre. Ladies dressed in beautiful saris with their husbands sat in a big circle. Talk of the grandchildren randomly brought smiles as their faces brightened with the thought of relating interesting anecdotes and encounters they […]
The 2017 Northern Territory Australian of the Year Award recipients have been announced this evening at a ceremony at the Darwin Convention Centre. The NT Award recipients will join recipients from the other States and Territories as finalists for the national Awards to be announced on 25 January 2017 in Canberra. For the past […]
From left-right: Kanika Bansal, Deepesh Gupta, Priyanka Bagai and Priya Jindal from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. Brisbane, AUSTRALIA: A team from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, India, has won $100,000 in cash and a further $100,000 in-kind from Queensland Health […]
By Neena Badhwar Sydney held a candle light vigil to remember and pay tribute to 29-year old Manmeet Alisher Sharma, a bus-driver who in Moorooka, Brisbane was burnt alive by 48-year-old Anthony O’Donohue who threw flammable liquid on Manmeet and set him alight. Police has subsequently charged O’Donohue with one count each of murder and […]
Foreign Minister Ms. Julie Bishop has announced the recipients of grants funded by the Australia-India Council today on November 2, 2016. In 2016-17, 19 grants worth $630,000 have been awarded. Each year the Council awards grants to high-quality projects which bolster links between Australia and India by building and enhancing relationships across public policy, education, […]
Sufiana concert by Nooran Sisters… The Nooran sisters : Jyoti Nooran and Sultana Nooran are most popular sufi singer of India. Their grandmother Bibi Nooran was a well known singer of her time, and the Nooran Sisters now follow in her footsteps. On CokeStudio@MTV they take over the stage with their strong, impactful voice […]
Deepa Mehta has recently shot her film Anatomy Of Violence in Delhi on the gruesome gang rape in a moving bus in 2012 on the streets. The film is being premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Deepa’s take on the gruesome crime that shook India’s conscience attempts to look at the crime […]