Category archives for: Community

What went wrong with the Daredevils

By Gaurav Joshi Why the Delhi Daredevils have struggled this season. We are past the one third mark of the tournament and as has often been the case in the last few seasons there is a separation between eight contenders. The Delhi Daredevils were one of the team many experts pencilled in to be in […]

Make sure to donate to Salvos when they come knocking on your doors on May 26-27

Testimonial speaker Ms Sereana Takala delivered a moving speech at the launch Federal Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon Alan Tudge MP, launched on April 24 The  Salvation  Army’s annual Red Shield Appeal 2018 to Australia’s multicultural communities to help raise $73 million across Australia for those in need. The Red Shield Appeal […]

Love stories behind the Bollywood screen

By Neena Badhwar Bollywood creates sensational stories based around one and only one human feeling, Love. Stories have been written, songs have been sung for ages in the name of love. Even the villain is actually in love in our movies with the heroine and tries in every vile way to get her, or her […]

Go watch whales at some vantage spots along NSW coast

Over 30,000 humpback whales are about to make their mighty presence felt as they begin their annual migration from Antarctica, along the coast of NSW to the warmer waters of Queensland. Minister for the Environment Gabrielle Upton said today that NSW’s national parks up and down the coast provide some of the best vantage points […]

Australia India Business Council (AIBC) EGM approves constitutional changes to help facilitate trade with India

During an Australia India Business Council (AIBC) Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of members held on 5 April, 2018 in Sydney, members approved an historic transformation of the AIBC constitution to ensure a more business focused direction. The constitutional changes come ahead of the release of India Economic Strategy and have been approved to ensure that: […]

NSW domestic violence disclosure scheme to continue

The NSW Government’s Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme will be extended until June 2019 following a two-year trial that resulted in more than 50 people learning of their partner’s violent past. The Scheme, launched in April 2016 as an Australian first, helps people who may be at risk of domestic violence to find out whether their […]

A grand ‘Sakhi Divas’ 2018, a la Bollywood

By Manju Mittal The busy Blacktown suburb was transformed into a grand Indian Bollywood celebration on Saturday evening with Sydney’s gorgeous Divas dressed in dazzling glamorous outfits. If one asked where everyone was it was at ‘Sakhi Divas’, of course, held on April month 28, 2018 at Dezire Function Centre, Blacktown. The venue had a […]

Ishaan Khatter debuts with ‘Beyond the Clouds’

By Neeru Saluja He’s the new kid on the Bollywood block. But 22 year old Ishaan Khatter is not the conventional star kid. The half-brother of actor Shahid Kapoor and son of Neelima Azeem, is making his big screen debut with ace international filmmaker Majid Majidi’s film ‘Beyond the Clouds’. With no formal training in […]

World-class cultural icon in the heart of Sydney, our Parramatta

City of Parramatta Lord Mayor Cr Andrew Wilson has welcomed the State Government’s commitment to establish a new flagship Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) in the heart of Sydney’s Central City. “This is a wonderful outcome for Parramatta and Western Sydney. It is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver an iconic, world-class museum in […]

Mindfulness brightens daily life

By Vijay Badhwar Sri Sri Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari is a spiritual teacher and a motivational speaker rolled in one. A follower of Baba Lokenath, he set upon the social welfare path for the needy, not by charity but by empowering them to take initiatives to manage their own lives and live with dignity. Micro-financing helped thousands […]