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Holi Mela number 1 promotes the spirit of India in us

  By Manju Mittal Hindi Gaurav of Australia held a successful Holi Celebrations at the Jeffery Reserve North Parramatta on Saturday  March 7, the actual day of the colourful festival Indians enjoy all over the world including India.   Anuj Kulshrshtha wishing Mike Baird the best of Holi A large number of people came together […]

Predicting Quarter Final winners of 2015 Cricket World Cup

  By Gaurav Joshi Right from the outset, the winner of the 2015 World Cup was going to be decided by virtue of which teams play the best three days of cricket. Apart from England, the teams that will participate in the Quarter Finals are as predicted. From now on the group stages counts for […]

Safety Audit of Parramatta Park

  Strike force Marcola has been formed to investigate the murder of Prabha Arun Kumar After the tragic murder of Prabha Arun Kumar in Westmead last week, authorities have established a co-ordinated approach in addressing the community’s concerns over safety in the area. On Friday March 13, 2015, Parramatta MP Geoff Lee, Parramatta City Council […]

Will India lift the World Cup for the third time?

  Suresh Raina By Kersi Meher-Homji Thanks to the ferocious hitting by Suresh Raina (110 not out with four sixes) and captain courageous MS Dhoni (85 not out with two sixes) India beat gallant Zimbabwe on Saturday to enter the Quarter Final. Now they will meet Bangladesh in Melbourne on Thursday the 19th March. On […]

UIA honours high achievers in the Indian community on International Women’s Day

  Dr Minoti Apte (2nd from left),  Pallavi Sinha, Aradhana Bhatt, Santosh Verma and  Dr Jayantee Mukherjee-Saha  with Sue Advani (middle)   By Rekha Rajvanshi International Women’s Day, also known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace, is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout the world. The theme for this year’s […]

England wins the match, Afghanis the applause

  Najibullah Wasseh with daughter Bahisht supporting the Afghani cricket team with the flag and wearing its jersey Kersi Meher-Homji provides crowd atmosphere The England – Afghanistan match on the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday (Friday) was in a way a non-event. Both teams had earlier failed to qualify for the quarter finals.   But the […]

Domestic violence campaigner receives top honour at Premier’s Harmony dinner  

  Nalika Padmasena A Sri Lankan woman who encouraged women from culturally diverse backgrounds to open up about family and domestic violence issues has received the top honour at tonight’s Premier’s Harmony Dinner. NSW Premier Mike Baird tonight awarded the prestigious Stepan Kerkyasharian AO Harmony Award to Nalika Padmasena in front of more than 1,300 […]

“I want my wife to get justice,” says Prabha’s husband Arun Kumar

  Arun Kumar (far right) at the press conference in Parramatta Story compiled by Neena Badhwar and reported by Manju Mittal Safety and security is a matter of great concern. And when a life is lost in the most tragic manner like that of Prabha Arun Kumar, a young, beautiful, talented IT professional doing it […]

Kersi hits a Four and a Six in SMH Column 8!

  Kersi Meher-Homji with Premier Mike Baird Kersi Meher-Homji, TIDU’s celebrated Sport writer, cricket specialist and statistician has hit a four in the recent Sydney Morning Herald’s Column 8 on a question he put on Friday March 9, 2015: Friday March 6. The deeply statistical Kersi Meher-Homji, of St Ives, has come up with a […]

Baird promises high priority investigation in the death of Prabha Arun Kumar

  Community mourns  sad end of a talented IT professional Prabha Arun Kumar NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Communities and Citizenship Victor Dominello today sought to reassure the Indian community that every effort is being made to investigate the fatal attack on an Indian woman at Westmead and bring the perpetrators to justice. […]