By Neena Badhwar What a beautiful way to tell a story – through dance and music embellished with eyes and facial expressions, hand gestures and sculpture-like composition of fingers, to a rhythm of dancing feet – all portraying varied human emotions – of love and joy, anger and sorrow, fear and frustration, fulfilment and elation! […]
By Anu Jose It is not often a mother and son perform on stage together, but that is exactly what ‘A Brimful of Asha’ is. As part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival, actor, director and writer, Ravi Jain performs with his mother Asha where they tell their family story. On one side we have […]
New technology from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, will link rooftop solar and batteries to support electric vehicle (EV) charging, even in the height of summer. With more EVs on Australian roads, demand for infrastructure is growing and placing stress on grid-powered charging stations. New solar-powered EV charging stations will maximise use of renewable energy, […]
Afghanistan’s first all-female orchestra are performing in Sydney and Melbourne to celebrate 50 years of bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Australia – giving Australians the rare opportunity to witness the internationally acclaimed Zohra orchestra. Hailing from Afghanistan’s only music school, the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, the Zohra Orchestra will be performing in Sydney next […]
By Neeru Saluja Meet Guneet Monga, whose documentary on menstruation taboos, ‘Period. End of Sentence’ has won the Oscars in the Documentary Short Subject category. The documentary, currently streaming on Netflix, was part of The Pad Project, started by students at the Oakwood School in Los Angeles and their teacher, Melissa Berton. Set in a […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji There were many heroes behind India’s massive 203 run victory over South Africa in the first Test at Visakhapatnam yesterday but Rohit ‘Sixy’ Sharma was outstanding. Opening India’s innings he scored 176 with six sixes in the first innings and 127 with seven sixes in the second. Thirteen sixes by one batsman […]
By Vijay Badhwar Parramatta City Council celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary at Jubilee Park in the City enclosed by tall buildings all around, thankfully softened by a line of trees in the park akin to an oasis in a concrete jungle. The park, itself, teemed with life with children running around in the setting […]
By Neeru Saluja There are actors and then there are trendsetters. At a time when actresses played the love interest, dutiful wife or doting daughter, actress Zeenat Aman broke the rules of the stereotype 70s’ actress. Glamourous, stylish and sensuous, she ruled the silver screen as she picked roles that were unconventional and bold. The […]
By Neena Badhwar Armed with a spinning wheel and by committing an act of making a pinch of salt against the British law in India, Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi wearing just a dhoti mobilised India, woke the people of India to the plight of foreign rule. With no arms and armaments but armed with […]
By Manju Mittal The legend Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan captivated the house full audience at Quaycentre, Sydney Olympic Park on September 28, 2019; the concert was organised by Cinestar Events. It was yet another unforgettable concert Sydney witnessed, the Olympic park stadium was jam packed and it was indeed a successful sold out show. […]