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Prime Minister Paul Keating’s eulogy to unknown soldier on Remembrance Day in 1993

  Below is a transcript of the eulogy delivered by the Prime Minister, The Hon. P.J. Keating MP, at the funeral service of the Unknown Australian Soldier, 11 November 1993. We do not know this Australian’s name and we never will. We do not know his rank or his battalion. We do not know where […]

Harbhajan Mann in Gaddar-The Traitor

      Harbhajan  Mann entices Sydney fans with his popular song ‘gallan goriyan’ By Manju Mittal Popular Punjabi singer and actor Harbhajan Mann was recently in Australia to promote his new upcoming Punjabi film Gaddar-The Traitor. A great afternoon of the meet n greet was organised at Billu’s Restaurant in Harris Park on Easter […]

‘My parents’ experience made me write ‘Samantar’ – Prashant Tupe

  Prashant Tupe with Rohini Hathangadi By Neena Badhwar Prashant Tupe, a businessman-cum- writer-cum-actor from Perth, is staging currently the play ‘Samantar’ based on his own experience with aged seniors migrating and living in Australia with their children. Says Prashant, who got his parents to come and live with the family and help raise his […]

Rohit not opening a Mumbai Indians’ blunder

  By Gaurav Joshi Mumbai: On a most infamous occasion in a Test match against West Indies once, legendary opening batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar had decided to demote himself to number 4 to add solidarity to the middle order. But as it happened the openers were out in the first couple of overs and Gavaskar had […]

Save your brain, wear a helmet

          by Melvin Durai It’s illegal to drive a motorcycle or scooter without wearing a helmet in India, but you wouldn’t know that from watching all the two-wheelers on the road. Only a few people wear helmets, the ones who have decided that their brains are worth saving. The rest just […]

IFFM Curtain Raiser 2015

  Manju with festival director Mitu Bhowmick-Lange   By Manju Mittal Mind Blowing Films organised a great Friday morning on April 10, 2015.  Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Curtain Raiser event was held at the Investment Centre Melbourne in the presence of Festival Director Mitu Bhowmick, Festival Ambassador Vidya Balan and Victoria’s Minister for Industries […]

IFFM 2015 announced to take place in August

    Festival  Ambassdor Vidya Balan announcing IFFM 2015 to be held in August with  IFFM director Mitu Bhowmick-Lange, below   ‘Equality’ announced as the theme ‘Equality’ is the theme of the 2015 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), the southern hemisphere’s greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema, taking place this year from 14 – […]

Superwomen Lilly Singh comes down under in June

  Lilly Singh, better known to her 5.4 million YouTube subscribers as “IISuperwomanII” will return to Australia in June 2015 for her first National comedy tour as she brings  A Trip To Unicorn Island  Tour down under.   In a jam-packed night filled with laughter, music, dance, and plenty of surprises, Lilly will give you […]

Visit to India by Julie Bishop to conclude uranium sales

    Australia’s partnership with India is strategically important and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop  will visit New Delhi and Chennai on 12-15 April. She will be there to help progress the ambitious bilateral agenda following visits last year by Prime Minister Abbott to India and Prime Minister Modi to Australia. As part of the annual […]

Vidhu Vinod Chopra steps into Hollywood with Broken Horses

Vidhu Vinod Chopra scaling Hollywood with ‘Broken Horse’ By Neeru Saluja Vidhu Vinod Chopra is one of India’s most successful director and producer. He has challenged norms, touched controversial topics, played with politics, but all with a pint of laughter or romance. His films are a reflection of his beliefs – be it the controversial […]