A car accident involving Hema Malini, a popular Bollywood actor and Indian politician, has killed a girl and injured several others including the politician. The 66-year-old MP in the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, was rushed to a local hospital late on Thursday […]
Sydney house price are on fire as there is frenzied activity in the housing market making many local Indians, multi-millionaires in their own right who have invested in properties. For how long this housing bubble stays one cannot predict, it is interesting to note our own Ambani and Mittal homes, according to Forbes list of […]
Arjun Tendulkar By Kersi Meher-Homji You can’t keep the name Tendulkar out of headlines. During Wimbledon tennis last week, TV cameras were at times focussed on Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli watching the semi-finals. Now the name Arjun Tendulkar is in news. He is […]
Vivid Sydney has been recognised as a world leading event, taking out one of the top honours at the 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association Grand and Gold Awards. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said Vivid Sydney won the Gold Award in the Marketing – State Government Destination category, recognising State […]
Dr Peter Friedlander The Australian National University (ANU) South Asia Research Institute is calling for more Australian schools to teach Hindi or risk Australia falling behind in its relationship with India. The Institute will hold a workshop for education and language specialists on Friday to help develop a […]
An international study has found Australia’s performance has slipped backwards in terms of how well migrants integrate in their new countries. Between 2010 and 2014, Australia’s score on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) dropped by one point overall. Jessica Kinsella from The Australian National University (ANU) helped […]
By S. Sunder Das The Birth of Jesus is recorded in the Gospel according to St. Matthew thus: “Behold a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” Soon after […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji What, no MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravi Ashwin, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav? I had shouted to myself when I first read the Indian squad for the cricket tour of Zimbabwe. And my fears were justified when India under […]
Indians in Australia are second highest in number diagnosed with diabetes. Here is a news item which is important for all those who have diabetes or with imbalance of sugar levels and on the way to get diabetes: July 12, 2015. New research* released […]
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”- Thomas Merton He found himself as a blind man struggling for his identity, a father ailing for his estranged son, a Ghazal singer cum terrorist mastermind, a common man, an old and lusty lover and in various other shades of human nature […]