A Ghazal album ‘Rahat’ on the poetry of Sh. Om Kishan Rahat produced by WAACI is slated for release during Diwali 2020 WAACI, is a not for Australian profit organisation, networking creativity in Australia. WAACI believes that Creativity has no boundaries, limitations, nationalities, religions, colour or racial differences or any other barriers that humans erect […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji It is cricket season now and let’s welcome it with the most heart-lifting experience in this sport. I mean the special six appeal when, to quote English poet EV Lucas “a batsman jumps to meet one and a sixer climbs the sky.” Even the most level headed commentator gets excited and yells […]
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) today announced it will host its 2020 event online, in line with coronavirus gathering restrictions, screening over 60 films in 17 languages, including 34 International Premieres and 56 Australian Premieres from 23 to 30 October. IFFM Festival Director, Mitu Bhowmick Lange: “Indian filmmakers – from independent short film […]
Lalit Mittal at Ku-ring-Gai Art Society’s Spring Exhibition By Vijay Badhwar Architect Lalit Mittal’s painting ‘Tulips’ was so appropriate for the recent exhibition of the Ku-ring-Gai Art Society to celebrate spring that it made to their invitation card to announce for their patrons the display of nearly 300 paintings by prominent artists at the St […]
Book Review By Kersi Meher-Homji Cricket’s Forgotten Pioneer – The Frank Tarrant Story by Mike Coward, Cricket Publishing Company (cardwell@mcks.com.au), 104 pages, price $55 plus postage. Foreword by Harsha Bhogle. This hard-cover beautifully presented book – full of rare photos, autographs, official letters, cartoons and statistics – is a must for every cricket lover in […]
Nirbhayas are happening in India all the time. Nirbhaya in Delhi, Disha in Mumbai and now this 19-year old girl in Hathras who was gang raped. Priyanka Reddies, Bhanwrin Devis happen daily with 1.7 lakhs of rapes that happen in India. Caste affliction, internet, girl/boy ratio a society where boys are preferred, gender bias are […]
Rekha Rajvanshi and Dr. Shailja Chaturvedi with Professor Peter Friendlander Hindi in Australia – Part 1 Present & Future of Hindi Language at ANU By Rekha Rajvanshi Hindi is second most spoken language of the world. More than 490 million people around the world speak Hindi. The campaigners all around the world have once again […]
Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres Trade, investment and collaboration with one of the world’s most dynamic economies will be the focus of a COVIDSafe Australia-India bilateral awards initiative coming to Sydney in 2021 under a three-year partnership with the NSW Government. Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart […]
Hindi Divas 2020 in Australia was celebrated all across the country with Indian consulates in capital cities organised events, panel discussions and interaction with the NRIs here who are associated in the field of Hindi. Teachers, academics, experts all came together. But the new norm is interaction through zoom in virtual sessions. Children who are […]
Animals compete for mates and fight over territory. Humans do not have to. Rules ensure this. Animals do not eat more than they have to. But humans do. Rules prevent this. Long ago, there were no rules. A man called Vena plundered the earth for all its resources. Disgusted, the earth took the form of […]