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Have your say on life in Australia – can in Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam and English !

                  An Australian Indian girl takes a selfi with PM Modi when he visited Australia last year and had  said in his speech at the All Phone Arena, Sydney that we as Australian Indians should contribute to Australia positively and make India proud   An Australian public […]

Training India’s trainers

                  Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham 8 October 2015.  Australian expertise and knowledge will be applied to assist India increase the skills of its workforce through international trainer and assessor courses mapped to Indian standards. Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham tonight […]

Bollywood releases in October/November

October November are busy months not just that we are inundated with festivals such as Dussehra, Karvachauth, Diwali, Govardhan Puja and Bhaiya Dooj, its Bollywood festival time as well as many good films are released being auspicious months even for Bollywood producers. While Sydney gets ready for the most awaited film – Anupam Sharma’s UnIndian […]

An UnIndian guide to Sydney

                    Brett Lee and Tannishtha Chatterjee in unIndian (Pics by Kate Ryan)   7 October 2015: Cricket superstar and actor, Brett Lee  showcased Sydney and its attractions to Australian and Indian travellers with the release of his new film, unINDIAN, a romantic comedy filmed exclusively in […]

At the red carpet premiere of UnIndian

                                                            By Neeru Saluja It’s been a long wait to watch the film UnIndian, but all worth it! A year ago the Indian Down Under was […]

Finance Ministers’ delegation visits OZ for GST experience

                  Capt.  Abhimanyu with Santram Bajaj     By Vijay Badhwar A large delegation from India, comprising of 13 state finance ministers and their representatives, visited Sydney and Canberra on 27-30 September to meet their counterparts in Australia to learn first-hand from their experiences on Goods and […]

Indo-Fijian film Sahara draws applause from local community

              By Manju Mittal ‘Sahara’, an Indo-Fijian film based on indian Fijian farmers who were evicted out of their farms after the coup and their struggle to survive, was screened at Casula Powerhouse Art Centre on long weekend Saturday October 3, 2015. It has been produced and directed by […]

Sydney Pada Yatra – a spiritual journey right here!

    By Manju Mittal It was a historic long weekend in October for the Hindu Community in Sydney. Up to a hundred enthusiastic devotees with determination, faith and devotion congregated to participate in 65km walk for the annual event Pada Yatra -Westmead Sri Murugan temple to Helensburgh Sri Venkatershwara temple. It is a Hindu […]

Sydney remembers late Ghazal King Jagjit Singh

                “Hontho se chu lo tum mera geet amar kar do” By Manju Mittal Ghazal is a soothing poetic form consisting of rhythmic verses where the heart touches the soul. A legend by the name of Jagjit Singh was crowned “King of Ghazal” by millions of his ghazal […]

AIBC NSW Women entrepreneurs gave inspiring insights into surviving in a male-dominated industry

                  By Manju Mittal On September 14, 2015 AIBC (Australia India Business Council) NSW Women in Business held a panel discussion at Commonwealth Bank Darling Park Sydney about what it is like to work in a male-dominated world with a focus on women who have by sheer […]