By Sudha Kumar. On 3 Sep 2017, I had the absolute honour and privilege of spending a couple of hours with Dr. Shashi Tharoor – Member of Parliament (India), Former UN Undersecretary General, Author. After an extremely successful session at the Melbourne Writer’s Festival, Dr. Tharoor was a speaker at ‘Antidote – Festival of Ideas, […]
By Vijay Badhwar They are self-appointed representatives of God, claim miracle powers, live a life of luxury, control harems, command followers, rich and powerful – truly what a misguided human would see in the image of a god. O pity, pity, gentle heaven, pity! Those innocent, gullible, unsuspecting souls! Those 30 killed, injured and ruined […]
By Neena Badhwar We came to Australia in our young years and were the pioneering first Asians that set foot when the immigration doors opened by Australia in the seventies. Now this same very Indian population is growing old, entering its senior years and is sadly passing away. Delhi Road in North Ryde is our […]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has released its report in to the Government’s proposed citizenship changes to the Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2017. Labor’s major concerns in this legislation are: the requirement for new citizens to be able to speak university level English and; […]
12 September, 2017. Probably fearful of the Islamic backlash, Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) ‘Lamb Ad’ video does with an apology from Prophet Mohammad, but bankrupt of clever ideas and understanding of religious sensitivities, they stoop low to advertise lamb through gods from various religions sitting around a table, including Lord Ganesh raising a toast […]
Speakers, IDCA members and participants at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre By Dr. Satish Rai On March 20 1917 the abhorrent Indian indenture system, (now known as girmit in many parts of the world) was legally abolished by the Legislative Assembly of the colonial India. The Indian indenture system of human trafficking was preceded by […]
Monday 14 August, 2017: The Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition (TBDC), a signature event of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), returned to Melbourne’s Federation Square over the weekend with Bollywood celebrity judges and dance performances from 22 dance groups. This year Telstra live-streamed the event for the first time ever, over Australia’s […]
Confluence – A festival of India in Australia, representing two countries, two cultures, one festival which started in 2016 with an extravagant showcase of a fusion of Indian and Australian culture covering events in seven cities namely – Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Townsville and Perth is back on again this year from September 23 […]
By Anu Jose What a treat for Melbournites to have Shashi Tharoor grace us with his presence at the Melbourne Writer’s festival. Promoting his new book ‘Inglorious Empire: What the British did to India’, Tharoor was nothing short of brilliant. The man is a born presenter, eloquent, highly knowledgeable and entertaining. Writer, former UN official […]
By Manju Mittal Five Pleats with models walking down the ramp in extravagant Indian traditional sarees was officially launched in Sydney on Thursday evening August 24, 2017, at Concord Function Centre, Concord. The colourful rich ensemble was put up by Sydney’s Poornima Menon. She showcased not only her passion and love for sarees but presented […]