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Sydney falls in love with hypnotic beats of Shivagarjana

                  By Kiran Darvesh The Ganesh Festival season is on with the beat of drums in Sydney street processions. The festival is incomplete without a Dhol-Tasha Pathak. This is when you hear hypnotic beats of the Shivagarjana Sydney through the South Western Sydney streets. The grandeur of […]

Gala event to showcase best of Festival of India in Australia

                Confluence Festival of India  will showcase the best of the festival’s talented and unique artists at a gala event in Sydney on September 18 at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. The gala event will include the infectious, happy tones of India’s most popular folk band, The […]

Gautam wins ‘Jhalak Dikhla jaa’ Australia Spotlight 2016

              By Manju Mittal On Sunday September 11, Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Australia Spotlight 2016 dance competition was held at Parra Villa Function Lounge, Parramatta by Viacom 18 Colors Television and their Event partner, The Elegant Creations, an academy run by Dr. Madhvi Mohindra. Dr. Madhvi Mohindra, a double PhD […]

4-year-old Vaiga Karthik is the People Choice winner of SBS National Languages Competition

Vaiga Kartik’s illustration what learning Tamil language means to her won her the People’s Choice Award whereas 11-year-old Kathir Janaki Sakthivel who responded in Tamil was the SBS winner in the competition which attracted  nearly 20,000 students nationwide, aged 4 to 18 years, in the inaugural SBS National Languages Competition which  aims to  encourage and […]

70 cities along with Sydney launch movement against animal abuse in India on September 18

            Thousands of citizens from across the globe have come together under a single banner – India Unites For Animals (IUFA) – a citizens’ initiative and the largest ever animal rights  movement in the world,  to demand introduction of a new Animal Welfare Bill to replace old archaic animal welfare […]

Tapsee Pannu’s role is not as pink in the movie ‘Pink’

                  By Neeru Saluja Actress Taapsee Pannu is in the best phase of her career. Her film ‘Pink’, the social thriller starring Amitabh Bachchan is creating ripples in the industry. It’s a movie that raises more questions than providing answers. As the film puts spotlight on crime […]

Diwali Fest in Chatswood on October 16, 2016

  Diwali Fest presented by Bollywood Fusion A cultural Extravaganza of entertainment, preformances, food, Henna and Kids corner and fun in celebration of Diwali Chatswood Mall, Victoria Avenue, Chatswood First time on Northshore bollywood Fusion is  celebrating this vibrant Festival of Lights by displaying various colours of Indian Culture featuring Indian fine cuisine with mouth-watering […]

Navaratri Garba Dandia 2016 on October 8

The Garba festival fun begins soon! Navratri Cultural Group  celebrates Navratri in Style with action packed Garba & Dandiya Raas  under the auspices of Shri Shiva Mandir of Minto. The only place to be for Navratri Garba and Dandiya Raas in Sydney this year is: Where: Menai High School – 40 Gerald Rd, Illawong NSW […]

Australian HC is at home in India

              Harinder Sidhu presenting her credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee as Australia’s High Commissioner to India. By Vijay Badhwar Many of the early Australian prime ministers took immense pride in becoming high commissioners in England, two of them – Andrew Fisher and Stanley Bruce – even resigning from their […]

Hurry and register for ‘Yoga – Science of Infinite Possibilities’ conference at Western University Campus, 1-3 October 2016

              A  three-day International Conference presented by Vedanta Centre, Sydney and S-VYASA University of Yoga Sciences, Bengaluru, India is being held in the University of Western Sydney from October 1-3, 2016. It is part of  the Festival of India being celebrated September – November 2016. It is being organized […]