Rahul Mehrotra with Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment at UNSW, Helen Lochhead By Vijay Badhwar Renowned Indian architect, urban designer and professor, Rahul Mehrotra, is in town and delivered an interesting talk last night, May 2, 2017, as part of Utzon Lectures at the University of NSW. The talk was not about permanent […]
Saroo and Sue Brierley Sydney Writers’ Festival will be held from 22-28 May 2017. Comprising of more than 300 events SWF is a literature rich festival in the month of May as winter sets in. It is accessible to a wide range of audiences with an objective that presents many events for free and some […]
The Turnbull Government on 2nd May 2017 confirmed that it will build Western Sydney Airport. Details of the Turnbull Government’s plan to build Western Sydney Airport will be announced by the Treasurer in the Budget next week. This follows announcement by Sydney Airport Group, the owner of Kingsford Smith Airport, that it will not […]
Indian Cultural Centre, Consulate General of India, Sydney cordially invites you and your family for a talk on “Living Well with Yoga and Nutrition” on May 20, 2017 Saturday, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Indian Cultural Centre, Level 2, 265 Castlereagh Street, Sydney 2000. A yoga session for children will be conducted parallel […]
Kushwant Singh (2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian columnist, novelist, writer and a journalist. Excerpts from Kushwant Singh’s book: ‘The Low-down on life, death & most things in-between.” Penguin Death is rarely spoken about in our homes. I wonder why. Especially when each of us knows that death has to come, […]
By Neeru Saluja The cultures of eight countries is coming to you right here. Thanks to the Australian South Asian Forum (ASAF), Australia will have its first South Asia specific integrated Film, Arts and Literature festival. The launch of the South Asian Film, Arts and Literature Festival (SAFAL) will take place on 20-21 May 2017 […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee Sydney, April 30 (IANS): The Third Japan-Australia-India Trilateral Dialogue meeting between senior representatives from India, Japan and Australia has concluded in Canberra Saturday even as the foreign affairs commentators continue to express doubts over the revival of a wider quadrilateral grouping also involving the US. The Third Japan-Australia-India Trilateral Dialogue Senior Officials […]
Gurinder with her uncle Balwant Chadha in Sydney. She is here to promote her film ‘Viceroy’s House’, a movie that reveals a new angle to India-Pakistan partition. By Neeru Saluja She’s known for her light comedy films, but this time, director Gurinder Chadha depicts the most decisive moment in India’s history – the partition. After […]
Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday morning, April 27, at age 70. He breathed his last at 11.20 am due to advanced bladder carcinoma. The actor was admitted to Sir HN Reliance Foundation hospital in Mumbai in the last week of March due to severe dehydration, as stated by his elder son Rahul […]
Students in inner Sydney will have a new world-class high-rise school designed by an award-winning architectural firm, Education Minister Rob Stokes announced today. The new high school, on the corner of Cleveland and Chalmers streets in Surry Hills, will provide 1200 new places for students in inner Sydney. “Schools will need to accommodate an […]