10 Aug 1936 – 06 Sep 2015 Jogmaya Narpatsingh, a well-known poet in the Indian community in Sydney, has passed away at the age of 79 years following a brief illness. Known lovingly by her friends as ‘Mayaji’, she belonged to a royal background […]
Premier Mike Baird has sent this compassioned response to The Indian Down Under on the growing international crisis as millions of refugees head to Europe. Germany has decided to take in 800,000 refugees while some other countries such as Hungry have decided to build walls to keep them at bay: “Sometimes you […]
By Rekha Rajvanshi Hindi Poetry is losing its charm amongst youth especially born and brought up overseas. Children born here or moved here at a young age are losing touch with Hindi and Hindi poetry. They don’t know Kabir, Mira, Nirala, or contemporary poets such as Harivanshrai Bachchan, Munawwar Rana, Gulzar, Ashok Chakradhar etc. […]
On the occasion of Hindi Diwas 2015, Indian Literary and Art Society of Australia (ILASA) Inc. and Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan are holding Hindi Poetry Talent Hunt for youth on September 17. The program is supported by The Consulate General of India Sydney and Yuva Australia. September 14th, is celebrated as Hindi Day because on […]
IABBV Hindi School celebrates Hindi Divas 2015 on September 13, all invited India’s national Hindi Divas falls on the 14th of September every year. Hindi was adopted as the official language of India by the Indian Constituent Assembly on September 14, 1949. People all over India, schools, government and NGOs all celebrate this day […]
Edward Snowden in an exclusive interview with Upfront show host Mehdi Hasan a program by Al Jazeera channel that was launched on September 4 Washington D.C. – 3 September, 2015 – In a rare and exclusive Al Jazeera television interview, former NSA contractor-turned-whistle-blower, Edward Snowden has responded to […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres on September 5 announced the biggest investment in sport and major event infrastructure in NSW since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, with a new 30,000 seat stadium at Parramatta the first project to be delivered as part of the package. More than $1 billion will […]
Parramatta City Library is holding the following sessions in Urdu and Hindi. Basic Computer Class – Urdu Friday 4 September till Friday 25 September (4 sessions) Parramatta Library is providing basic computer sessions for word processing and Internet access in Urdu. Sessions are held dependent on the availability of volunteers. Location: Parramatta Library, 1-3 […]
Satish Rai and Zara A Liverpool based producer and film maker Dr Satish Rai received Best Producer award and FOG Award for Excellence for his film ‘Sahara’ at the Festival of Globe (FOG) Film Festival held in San Jose, USA. Sahara is a 115 minute feature film […]
India Club celebrated Teej Festival and Independence Day with great gusto and acknowledged the ’70th Anniversary of End of World War 2’. Anita Malhotra jubilantly did an […]