Category archives for: Community

“Shri 420” – a play with a hilarious take on spiritual gurus

Vipul Vyas as the spiritual guru After the tremendous success of its previous major productions, Adakar Theatre and Cultural Group returns to the Sydney stage with “Shri 420:” a fresh, innovative play which examines through a comedic lens the social interactions that shape our lives. Adakar is a Sydney-based community theatre and arts group has […]

India thrash South Africa to enter the semis

By Kersi Meher-Homji It was a night to remember as India thrashed strong South Africa (SA) at The Oval in England to enter the semi final of the ICC Champions Trophy on Sunday. India will meet Bangladesh at Birmingham on Thursday. If they win, they will meet the winners of England and Pakistan in the […]

Talented chicken can teach us a lot

By Melvin Durai If you’ve been on the Internet a lot lately, you’re probably familiar with Jokgu the chicken. Jokgu is a musician and as close to being a celebrity as a chicken can get. Jokgu is the Taylor Swift of chickens, except that Jokgu does not sing about ex-boyfriends. Jokgu’s talent isn’t in singing […]

Oh what a success, this SAFAL fest!

Film Director N Chandra taking a Master class on film making By Neeru Saluja On 20-21 May, Macquarie University witnessed a weekend immersed in the culture and arts of eight South Asian countries. The first South Asia Film, Arts and Literature Festival (SAFAL) brought together the artists of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri […]

Bollywood in June

Here is a wide range of entertainment for the month of June by Mind  Blowing  Films: Right from the bone-chilling horror movie,  Dobaara  that releases on the the  2nd of  June  to the eternal love story of the individuals through different lifetimes, in  Raabta, which is set to release on the  9th of  June  to […]

Desire Creations’ catwalk entices Sydney with a spectacular fashion show

 By Manju Mittal The busy Liverpool Catholic Club was transformed into a large Indian Bollywood celebration on Sunday afternoon with Sydney’s models walking down the ramp in extravagant Indian traditional ensembles put up by Desire Creations. Desire Creations celebrated their first anniversary with a spectacular fashion show on Sunday May 28, 2017, at Liverpool Catholic […]

New HSC Science course fro next generation of scientists and researcehrs

  NSW will for the first time offer Year 12 high school students a high level science course that allows students to carry out a scientific research project and study with research institutes and universities. The new HSC Science Extension course can be studied in addition to Chemistry, Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, Physics and […]

Hindu Council of Australia’s Interfaith forum a platform to draw on commonality amongst different faiths

By Neena Badhwar The Hindu Council of Australia conducted a forum on Interfaith on Saturday, 27th of May, 2014 at Auburn Town hall. Attended by the community the forum had presentations by selected panelists comprising academics, experts from different faiths invited to speak on topic of the day: ‘Dharmic traditions inspiring peace to  the world’. […]

10 Of The Saddest Words (Or Phrases) In The English Language

Back To School Back to school are three words that most kids loathe and all parents love. While there’s no hard data to support that, if you random polled a group of kids and asked them if they’d rather be hanging out at the swimming pool with their friends or waiting at the cold bus […]

India defeats Indonesia on Day 3 of the Sudirman Cup

India’s superstar P V Sindhu won the Women’s singles match as India defeated Indonesia 4-1 in the Total BWF Sudirman Cup 2017. Indonesia now faces Denmark in its Group 1D match on Wednesday 24 May 2017 at 6pm. After an embarrassing 1-4 defeat against European powerhouse Denmark in the opening match on Tuesday India desperately […]