By Kersi Meher-Homji Is this a case of déjà -vu? Is it Wimbledon or US Open? Is it July 2015 or September 2015? The results have been almost identical in Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. Like in Wimbledon two months ago, two Indians did themselves and all us […]
The dangers of labelling and stereotypes were debated by more than 200 students from NSW schools and youth organisations at Multicultural NSW’s annual Youth Leaders’ Day, IDEATION 2015, on Wednesday 9 September. An energetic day of workshops and performances at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney was guided by the […]
The former owner-operator of a Sydney café will face the Federal Circuit Court after allegedly underpaying a 457 visa-holder employed as a pastry chef more than $22,000. The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against Arthur Antonopoulos, who formerly owned and ran the Wild Sage Café at Cammeray in the inner north. Also […]
Leading refugee and migrant settlement agency AMES Australia has welcomed the federal government’s announcement that Australia will take an extra 12,000 refugees from Syria. AMES Australia CEO Cath Scarth said Australia was well placed to accept the increased number of refugees. “Australia has the infrastructure and capacity to […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee September 5 saw the passing away of a dear friend, elder sister who passed away on her birthday, on Janmashtami, at the age of 79 in Sydney. Jogmaya Narpat Singh, or Mayaji, as we […]
Shyama, once she said in an interview, “Allah must have made me with fursat!” Shyama an old time actress was a chiseled beauty, born in Lahore and was Khursheed Akhtar when Vijay Bhatt gave her the name Shyama. She married cinematographer Fali Mistry who […]
Premier Mike Baird has sent this compassioned response to The Indian Down Under on the growing international crisis as millions of refugees head to Europe. Germany has decided to take in 800,000 refugees while some other countries such as Hungry have decided to build walls to keep them at bay: “Sometimes you […]
By Rekha Rajvanshi Hindi Poetry is losing its charm amongst youth especially born and brought up overseas. Children born here or moved here at a young age are losing touch with Hindi and Hindi poetry. They don’t know Kabir, Mira, Nirala, or contemporary poets such as Harivanshrai Bachchan, Munawwar Rana, Gulzar, Ashok Chakradhar etc. […]
IABBV Hindi School celebrates Hindi Divas 2015 on September 13, all invited India’s national Hindi Divas falls on the 14th of September every year. Hindi was adopted as the official language of India by the Indian Constituent Assembly on September 14, 1949. People all over India, schools, government and NGOs all celebrate this day […]
Edward Snowden in an exclusive interview with Upfront show host Mehdi Hasan a program by Al Jazeera channel that was launched on September 4 Washington D.C. – 3 September, 2015 – In a rare and exclusive Al Jazeera television interview, former NSA contractor-turned-whistle-blower, Edward Snowden has responded to […]