India has won eight Gold, 4 Silver and 5 Bronze at Commonwealth Games 2018 being held at Gold Coast. Like the Phogat sisters, Yadav sisters are doing India proud in weightlifting as Punam Yadav won India its fifth gold in Women’s 69 Kg category. Punam hoisted a total of 100kg in snatch and 122kg in […]
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is taking an active part in the NSW Seniors Festival offering many small walk tours. See www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/seniorsweek and book your place. If you are able to offer your time as a volunteer as well as enjoy bush walks, visit the Kalkari Discovery Centre at Kur-ring-Gai National Park and enrol […]
By Neeru Saluja As India is striking gold after gold in the Commonwealth Games, the Kapoor boy from Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor arrived in Gold Coast to support the Indian team. As a guest of Longines, the luxury watch maker and official games timekeeper, Arjun Kapoor attended the Longines Records Club at the Commonwealth Games […]
By Gaurav Joshi The 11th season of the Indian Premier League kicks off in Mumbai on 7th April. The Indian Down Under previews each team and rates their chances in the upcoming season. Mumbai Indians Regaining champions, look once again to go deep in the tournament, with two of the best death bowlers at […]
Mirabai Chanu gave India their first gold medal in women’s 48 kg weightlifting. This came soon after weightlifter P Gururaja started the day on a great note as he won the men’s 56 kg silver –”‰India’s first medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Also Indian table tennis players opened their Commonwealth Games […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji In a spineless display last night [Tuesday, April 3, 2018], Australia lost to South Africa in the Johannesburg Test by 492 runs. And with that defeat Australia lost the series 1-3. What a fall after their Ashes triumph only three months ago and their triumph by118 runs in the first Test of […]
World-music legend Susheela Raman leads a line-up of artists from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Ecstatic, a world premiere concert celebrating the Commonwealth’s diverse spiritual traditions on 13 April at Festival 2018. Ecstatic is one of 12 specially curated concert events on the Surfers Paradise Main Stage for Festival 2018, the arts and […]
Google today on April 3rd, 2018 paid tribute with a doodle to Nazia Hassan, Princess of Pop, a Pakistani singer on her 53rd birthday. She sang the famous ‘Disco Deewane’ at the young age of 15 years. A lawyer and social activist, Nazia graduated from well reputed Richmond, the American International University and University of […]
Indian Literary and Art Society of Australia (ILASA) Inc celebrated Holi in their artistic style on March 11th this year. As the saying goes ‘Bura Na Mano Holi hai’ (do not mind it is Holi), Holi is the festival of friendship and love. Many Kavi Sammelans are organized in India around Holi where poets […]
