“I send my warm greetings to everyone celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights. This is a special time of the year for people of multiple faiths. Equally, it is a chance for the broader community to acknowledge the meaning and significance of this occasion and to share in its universal message that even in the midst of […]
By Neena Badhwar As Khushal Vyas the young Emcee started the countdown asking guests to join in: 5,4,3,2, 1”¦ with Premier of NSW Gladys Berejiklian, Dr Geoff Lee, Acting Minister for Multiculturalism; Dr. Harinath, Chairman Multicultural NSW, Indian Consul General in Sydney Mr. Manish Gupta and other dignitaries on the podium, the iconic Sydney Opera […]
By Vijay Badhwar People love to hear stories about celebrities, how they lived, shuffled their busy schedules and fitted in their family situations and if they, in fact, were as sketched in their public persona. Especially if the anecdotes relate to the best known contemporary Indian icon, Mahatma Gandhi, or the most humble prime minister […]
By Neeru Saluja Every day, eight women lose their life to breast cancer in Australia. This year, 19,000 Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. To put that into perspective, 76,000 Australians would lose a mother, daughter, sister or wife in the next 10 years. The statistics are alarming but there is a team […]
By Aradhana Bhatt Zohra is the name of the Persian Goddess of music. Zohra is also the name of Afghanistan’s first all- female orchestra. The orchestra performed to a near full house at the iconic Opera House in Sydney on Monday, 14th October. The debut, landmark Australia tour coincides with 100 years of Afghanistan’s Reclamation […]
Ridham Janve’s ‘Gold-Laden Sheep’ and ‘The Sacred Mountain‘ nominated for Best Film Brisbane: Manoj Bajpayee has been nominated for the third time at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, this time for his performance in Devashish Makhija’s Bhonsle, while the film has also been honoured with a nomination for the Cultural Diversity Award under the patronage of UNESCO. Manoj Bajpayee […]
Abhijit Binayak Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer shared this years Nobel Economics prize for their work in fighting global poverty. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee on being conferred the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He has made notable contributions in the […]
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has today revealed the films nominated for this year’s AACTA Award for Best Asian Film presented by Eureka International Group (EIG). Over the past year, the global reach of Asian film continues to grow with an increasing number of high-quality, creative productions being recognised at international […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji In a way, the second Test between India and South Africa (SA) at Pune was a mirror image of the first Test between them at Visakhapatnam a week ago. India had thrashed SA by 203 runs in the first Test and thumped them at Pune yesterday by an innings and 137 runs. […]
Vasthu Sastra by T. Selva Hindus throughout the world will celebrate Deepavali soon and it means so much to the community because it is the coming of light into the world. This is also the day when revellers, young and old, look forward to being blessed with good health, happiness and prosperity. All the tales related to […]