Category archives for: Community

India and Pakistan to contest the MoneyGram Thunder Nation Cup Final

India and Pakistan will face off in the final of the MoneyGram Thunder Nation Cup at Spotless Stadium on Sunday 7 January 2018 (3.45pm). For the third year running, India and Pakistan will grace Spotless Stadium in the decider of the multicultural cricket competition. Stars XI (Pakistan) and Malwa (India) made their way through the […]

Journalist Shoma Chaudhary to deliver UNSW’s Gandhi Oration on January 30

This year on January 30, UNSW’s Gandhi Oration 2018,  India’s reputed journalist Shoma Chaudhary will be delivering the Oration on:  The Significance of Gandhi in a Post-Truth World Following is the program on the day: Remembrance Ceremony Time: 5.00pm for 5.30pm start until 5.45pm Venue: Library Lawn, UNSW Kensington Campus The UNSW Annual Remembrance Ceremony […]

An initiative by Cherrybrook’s Simran Keswani to break the silence around violence

15 year old Cherrybrook girl Simran Keswani raises $5,000 for girls in need to raise awareness against sexual violence by hosting a White Ribbon fundraiser Simran along with her mentor, Sue Advani organized an event to help raise awareness of White Ribbon Australia’s work to end men’s violence against women. All funds raised will support […]

Kohli and Sharma smash Sri Lanka to smithereens

By Kersi Meher-Homji India defeated Sri Lanka in all three formats of cricket this November-December in India; 1-0 in Tests with 2 matches drawn, 2-1 in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and 3-0 in Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). Thus out of nine matches India won six, Sri Lanka one with two drawn heavily in India’s favour. Although Indian […]

Temple in Fiji violated by vandals

Commissioner of Police Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho listens to Votualevu Tirath Dam Mandir treasurer Shiu Chandra on December 21, 2017. Photo: Lusiana Banuve December 22, 2017. Hindus worldwide are highly concerned after reports of desecration in Votualevu Tirath Dham Hindu Temple in Nadi area of Fiji. According to reports, desecration was caused on December 16 night, […]

Cricket consumption increasing around the world

By Melvin Durai Cricket is the most popular sport in India, but is there a chance that it could one day become the most popular food, too? Probably not, but don’t be surprised if cricket consumption increases considerably over the next few decades. I’m referring, of course, to the insects known as crickets, those noisy […]

Bollywood Film releases during Christmas and January, 2018

Mind Blowing films releases in December during Christmas and in January 2018”¦ ARTH : THE DESTINATION RELEASE DATE: 21 December 2017 STARRING: Shaan Shahid, Humaima Malick, Mohib Mirza, Uzma Hassan LANGUAGE: Pakistani (With English Subtitles) SYNOPSIS: Strengthening film trade between the two countries, Arth 2 is a remake of Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth from 1982. This […]

15-year old Indian school girl Nitisha Negi drowns at Adelaide’s Glenelg beach

A teenage girl from India, Nitisha Negi, has tragically drowned at a popular Adelaide beach on Sunday, December 10, 2017. Nitisha had been visiting Australia to play soccer at the Pacific School Games, when she and four other teammates got into trouble on Sunday. The 15-year-old’s body was recovered near the breakwater at Glenelg Beach […]

Australian scientists heading to India to kickstart research collaborations December 12, 2017

Deakin University’s Dr. Rangam Rajkhowa has been awarded 2018-19 Australia-India EMCR fellowship December 12, 2017. Australian scientists researching emerging mosquito-borne diseases, drug resistant tuberculosis and childhood type 1 diabetes are among the latest recipients of 2018–19 Australia–India Early- and Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) Fellowships  announced today by the Australian Academy of Science. The EMCR Fellowships are […]

NO ‘Nude’ shows, NO ‘Sexy Durga.’

   Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s S Durga, previously called Sexy Durga, is among the two films which has been dropped by the I&B Ministry from being screened at the IFFI 2017. The other film is Nude. By Sudha Kumar Two films – ‘Nude’ (Marathi) and ‘Sexy Durga’ (Malayalam) were dropped by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry […]