Category archives for: Community

Sydney gets ready for Prime Minister Narendra Modi

                  Indian Australian Community Foundation with the support of 150 Indian organisations predominantly from NSW is organising a free public gathering in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 17 at Allphones Arena, Edwin Flack Ave, Sydney Olympic Park from 6pm onwards.  Indian Australian Community Foundation […]

Skilled migration reforms while safeguarding against abuse  

              Australian Government will reform the 457 visa programme for skilled migrants, while maintaining strong safeguards against abuse. The 457 programme must be a means of filling genuine skills gaps in the local labour market while not placing unnecessary administrative burdens on business. An effectively managed skilled migration programme […]

WIN A MILLION – Be treated like a star and have a bank balance of a star too!

                Event Cinemas is giving cinema lovers the chance to take home a prize booty of ONE MILLION DOLLARS, simply by purchasing their movie tickets online. There are no hidden catches, no requests for 25 words or less – just lock in your seats for the latest blockbusters, […]

Richie Mehta digs his roots for quality films

              By Neeru Saluja interview Ritchie Mehta, director of movie Sidhartha screening now in Sydney cinemas This year the Sydney Film Festival was packed with films from the Indian sub continent. One of the most powerful films was Siddharth, the story of an Indian father searching for his son. […]

Sydney ! get ready for Kanjoos !!

              Saba Abdi as Sarzina, Ambika Asthana as Mariyam and Amitav Goswami as Mirza Sakhawat Baig In a hall in northern Sydney for the last couple of months a very hectic rehearsals are going on with  local actors of the Adakar Group busy  practicing the play ‘Kanjoos’ just about […]

Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai win Nobel Peace Prize

              Kailash Satyarthi has worked for the last thirty years on saving children from labour and trafficking     Indian child rights activist  Kailash Satyarthi  was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday the 10th  of October, 2014 which he shared with Pakistani schoolgirl  Malala Yousafzai  who was shot […]

Wear Pink Sari for Breast Screen Awareness

                          SAHELI invites you to join us in the PARRAMASALA Festival parade to support the PINK  SARI PROJECT.   When : 6:00 pm, Friday, 17th October Where: Parramatta Town Hall   The PINK SARI PROJECT is a key community initiative of the NSW […]

AIBC NSW Media & Entertainment chapter launched recently in Sydney

            Dipen Rughani, Sheba Nandkeolyar, Sonia Gandhi, Ana Tiwary, Nicholas Brown and  Barbara Harvey at the launch By Manju Mittal AIBC NSW Media & Entertainment Chapter was officially launched at the MLC Centre Martin Place Sydney on September 17,  2014 followed by a presentation recognising the importance of Australia and […]

Abhinay School wins St George Community Group of the Year Award

                Abhinay School of Performing Arts won the St George Community Group of the year 2014 Award which was conferred by Premier Mike Baird on October 2, 2014.               Member for Oatley Mark Coure hosted the fourth annual St George Community Awards […]

Hon. Kevin Andrews’ message for Diwali

                      Hon. Kevin Andrews MP It is with great pleasure that I send my best wishes to all celebrating Diwali – the festival of lights. Hindus first came to Australia in the 19th century and have since added significantly to Australia’s social, cultural and religious […]