By Rekha Bhattacharjee While there has been a flurry of visits to India by the high-power Australian trade delegations and politicians, the observers are baffled by the slow pace at which the bilateral ties are growing. The Australian analysts blame India’s political culture for not only the stunted Australian-Indian ties but also for the […]
Australia’s relationship with India has been further advanced in talks this week between Foreign Minister Bob Carr and India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid. Senator Carr was in New Delhi from January 20-22 for talks on regional security and economic issues, and for the 8th Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue. […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji 2012 has been a miserable year for Indian cricket. The 2011 World Cup champions who were at one stage ranked on top in Test cricket that year have plummeted down, down, down. Not only overseas but also on home pitches made for India’s strength; spin, spin, spin. In the previous few years, […]
Sydney’s New Year Eve celebration this year will display the sign in Hindi ‘Swagatam’ along with 16 other languages as the big night begins when the words ‘Welcome to Sydney’ are projected on the pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge including English and Gadigal languages. Hindi along with the rest of the languages represent Sydney’s […]
Dr Sadhana Mahajani with Michael Hohnen, Peter Fletcher, Ferdy Mauboy (on behalf of Jessica Mauboy) The roll call of inspiring Australians in the running for the Australian of the Year Awards 2013 is now on, with all State & Territory award recipients announced at a series of events around Australia over the past four […]
Journalist Joe Hildebrand with Amer, Mahima, Radhika and Gurmeet Dumb Drunk & Racist documentary made with Daily Telegraph journalist Joe Hildebrand and four Indians screened on ABC 2 early this year has earned a Logie nod Joe being nominated for ‘Best New Talent’ . The series was also controversial as it put the popular Indian […]
November 14. Jacintha Saldanha’s husband Benedict Barboza has asked for a thorough investigation into the death of his wife and has asked why he was not notified earlier about Jacintha as he found about her death only when she failed to come home for two hours and he rang to find out about her. Mr […]
Benedict Barboza with children Lisha and Junal mourning the death of his wife Jacintha Saldanha Jacintha Saldanha, 46, who died in London on Friday after being found unconscious at her living quarters near the exclusive King Edward VI Hospital where she worked as a nurse, left a note for her family – husband Benedict Barboza […]
SBS Audio and Language Content Director Mandi Wicks announces changes to SBS radio schedule November 30, 2012 SBS today released a new Radio Schedule to be launched on-air in April 2103. The new Radio Schedule will bring the languages broadcast on SBS’s analogue radio service into line with today’s Australia. The last major review […]
Ratan Tata honoured with a doctorate at NSWU by Vice – Chancellor Prof Hilmer By Vijay Badhwar From an architect to a doctor, it has been a celebrated journey of India’s most respected businessman, Ratan Naval Tata, who was honoured in an especially held convocation at the University of NSW on November 27. John Clancey […]