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Indian Republic Day 2016 Message from Premier Baird

              Premier Baird with Rekha Rajvanshi and Kavita Shukla   It is a pleasure to send my greetings to everyone celebrating Indian Republic Day this year in New South Wales, at the same time as Australia Day. Indian Australians have made invaluable contributions to the social, cultural, professional and […]

Australia Day Message from Hon. Concetta Ferravanti-Wells

Australia Day Message from Senator the Hon. Concetta Ferravanti-Wells, Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Liberal Senator for NSW It is interesting to note that the buzz this year on Australia Day has been about diversity. At a time when many countries around the world are facing challenges, increasingly Australia is being seen as a […]

Australia Day honours to enterprising youth from our sub-continent

  Australia Day and India Day is tomorrow on 26th January, celebrated jointly by Australians in all walks of life and Indians settled here remember this day in quite an emotional and patriotic feeling singing songs and remembering their mother nation with a lot of love and nostalgia. Australia day honours are conferred every year […]

Sri Om Care seniors celebrate 26th January – India’s Republic Day and Australia Day

          By Neena Badhwar Sri Om Care Foundations’ Senior Group meeting on Monday the 25th of January, 2016 celebrated a joint celebration of India’s Republic day and Australia Day. Seniors were asked to say something on the day which is quite an emotional nostalgic ride for some on India’s independence as […]

Pandey’s timely ton leads India to a thrilling win in Sydney

              Manish Pandey is congratulated for his ton at the 5th ODI between India and Australia By Kersi Meher-Homji   I had headlined my yesterday’s story in e-TIDU: “Will India turn it around in Sydney today?” They certainly did, thanks to two youngsters, batsman Manish Pandey and medium-pacer Jasprit […]

An excellent play by Nautanki Theatre

              Neel Bannerjee as Eliott confused about his identity as a female trapped in a male body   By Neena Badhwar Nautanki Theatre’s presentation ‘Last Dance at Dum Dum’ is a delightful play based on Anglo-Indians living in Calcutta – the last vestiges of the Raj the Britishers have […]

India wins the fifth ODI vs Australia, finally!

                  Enthusiastic Indian fans (as always) at the Bill O’Reilly stand when the last ODI was being played at the SCG on January 23 that is today.  It is as if their prayers were answered when India beat Australia to score a consolation win in a series […]

Will India turn it around in Sydney today?

                  Come on India! Virat and Shikhar we need a win today!! By Kersi Meher-Homji So far India’s tour of Australia this month has been a huge disappointment. Magnificent starts followed by miserable heart-wrenching finishes. It has followed a deplorable pattern. In Perth Rohit Sharma hit a […]

Umaid Bhavan bags world’s best hotel award

Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, bagged the award of the world’s best hotel at the Travellers’ Choice award organised by TripAdvisor, a popular travel website. The winners of Travellers’ Choice Award, which entered its 14th year, were determined on the basis of the reviews and opinions collected in a single year from TripAdvisor travellers […]

Farhan Akhtar and his wife Adhuna separate

                By Neeru Saluja Bollywood goes through another break-up with the multi-talented Farhan Akhtar heading towards splitsville. After 15 years of marriage, Farhan and his hairstylist wife Adhuna announced their decision to  separate “mutually and amicably”. It has come as a shock to the industry and his fans […]