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. […]
On his recent visit to Sydney (3 September 2017) for ‘Antidote – Festival of Ideas, Art and Action’, Dr. Shashi Tharoor Former UN Diplomat, author, politician and proud father was gracious to give his time and share his thoughts with me on a range of issues. From his ‘central animating principle in all aspects […]
By Neeru Saluja When it comes to diversity on Australian television, Aussie-Indian actor Nicholas Brown always makes us proud. From playing the lead role in the TV series ‘The Cooks’ in 2004, appearing on the popular TV series Home and Away, Packed to the Rafters, Underbelly and many more TV credits, Nicholas is now selected […]
By Neeru Saluja At first glance, Kabir Singh fits the bill of the next Bollywood star. He’s young, tall, handsome and carries the charisma of an actor. But when you get talking to him, an intelligent man is unravelled who is not interested in becoming the next Ranveer Singh. He has become an actor with […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India’s winning streak in the last few months has become a normal pattern. Hope these victories do not sound “ho-hum”. India has won nine ODIs in a row since July this year; against the West Indies in West Indies, five against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka and now three against Australia in […]