By Neena Badhwar Indian community is greying since the ones who came in the 60s and the 70s when Australia opened its door to Asians. The Indians who passed the immigration points, then, were mainly doctors, engineers and teachers. Now they make up the retiree force as they enter into their sixties, seventies and the […]
Dr. Meenakshi Srinivasan of The School of Vedic Sciences (Aust) Inc. with Gopal Subramaniam at Parravilla Function Centre “Celebrating our language, our culture in our multicultural Australia”, is the first ever Indian Community Languages Schools Parents & Teachers Conference in Australia held on June 19, 2016. […]
Hindi is now recognised in Australia as one of the five priority Asian languages for study in Australian schools. This is quite an achievement. However, a lot of work remains to be done to convince schools to introduce Hindi in their curriculum and to develop necessary […]
By Vijay Badhwar It was only an act on stage by two NSW parliamentarians in opposite camps, impromptu and impermanent, but an apt reminder on the second International Yoga Day that union of minds is a joyful experience, an occasion to celebrate the oneness even in our diversity. Jodi McKay, NSW Labor Member from Strathfield […]
Kersi Meher-Homji was entranced with Seema Bhardwaj’s melodic voice Recently I was at the Mukesh – Mohammed Rafi Mehfil presented by Vinod Rajput. As detailed in my previous story, it made me feel very nostalgic listening to old melodies sung by Vinod, Seema Bhardwaj and Kedar Pagaddinnimath. […]
Australia Telugu Samithi and Sydney Telugu Association jointly celebrated UGADI festival on May 7th at Bahai Centre, Silverwater. More than one thousand Telugu speaking people in Sydney participated in the event. The guests were welcomed by Dr. Bharathi Reddy (President, ATS) and Mr. Siva Sankar Peddibhotla (President, STA). The program was hosted by Masters of […]
The month of July brings some interesting Mind Blowing Films’ releases in our cinema halls. Salman Khan in ‘Sultan’ which had created a bit of a stir when Salman had mentioned that after every shoot, based on the life of ‘Sultan Ali Khan’ a champion wrestler, he felt like […]
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), the southern hemisphere’s greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema,today unveiled details of the 2016 program Taking place from 11-21 August with “Women’s Empowerment” as its unifying theme, this year’s festival explores the richness of contemporary cinema from India and the […]
By Kris Raman This is my brief review of the I Oz show held at Panthers on Sunday the June 12, 2016. It is always a pleasure to write about a successful show planned, organised and conducted by a group of dear friends, who are also […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee With the dust settling on a raucous election campaign and with a new regime taking the reins in its hands, an analysis of the Assam poll results becomes apparent. The passing of the baton from a well-entrenched Congress to a debutant (in the state) BJP should be seen as nothing less than […]