For the Second year running, Nautanki Theatre’s 2nd South Asian Festival is a celebration in South Asian languages, transcending cultures and geographical boundaries, these plays are presented by various South Asian theatre groups who have been performing plays for many years within their community space. Nautanki endeavours to provide a common performing platform for these […]
Minister for Education and Training, Simon Birmingham is encouraging preschools across Australia to introduce children to Hindi in 2018 as part of a language program run by the Turnbull Government. Applications are now open for participation in the Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program which engages pre-schoolers with languages other than English through a series […]
Pics Courtesy Rajesh Photography By Neeru Saluja Music maestro AR Rahman has always believed music is a common language understood throughout the world. And he proved it.Despite language barriers, various communities across the world came to see him perform live in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, at concerts organised by Polux media. Sydney music lovers got […]
By Manju Mittal The Council of India Australians Inc. (CIA) hosted a successful Deepawali fair first time at Sydney’s little India Harris Park on Saturday October 7, 2017. Harris Park has been called the ‘Little India’ in Sydney and also of Australia. A large number of people came together to celebrate one of the most […]
By Aradhana Bhatt It was Friday evening and the Madison Function Centre at Dural was buzzing with anticipation as invited press and guests started arriving at the venue to meet the melody queen Alka Yagnik on the eve of her third performance on Saturday, 7th October in Sydney organised by Showcraft Entertainment and Heart and […]
Confluence: A Festival of India in Australia is a recognition and celebration of India and Australia’s rapidly advancing bilateral relationship. It represents a meeting point, one that sees the convergence of ideas, arts, cultures, and civilizations. The festival is focused on highlighting this incredible tie through artistic demonstration, and the convergence of Indian and Australian […]
Celebrating new beginnings, the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness, Diwali is known as the Festival of Lights around the world. In Melbourne, Diwali will be celebrated at the Immigration Museum with live music, dance performances and plenty of family fun activities in October. Across two special events, Diwali Up Late and […]
By Sudha Kumar Anjana Chandran is a young Sydney sider of Indian origin. She hails from the state of Kerala. A vivacious young lady who is blessed with a strong aesthetic sense of the performing arts and exudes a passion for ‘anything art’. A well-known dancer in Sydney circles there is hardly a Sydney […]
By Devaki Parthasarathy So there’s a Vishal camp in the South and this movie clearly panders to them! He is in every frame of the film! He has done a great job as the Indian version of Sherlock Holmes – and by that I mean emotional and melodramatic with a conscience – but the movie […]
Aarzu Singh, 20 years old Australian pharmacy student from Gold Coast, Queensland is Raj Suri Miss India Australia 2017 winner. In addition to English, Aarzu speaks two more languages, Hindi and Punjabi. Aarzu Singh was selected on the basis of her overall performance at the official auditions and the talent workshops in Melbourne and Sydney. […]