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Brett Lee and Tannishtha Chatterjee to star in new Australian feature  ‘UNINDIAN’  

              Anupam Sharma Parramasala Ambassador is totally thrilled yet humbled with the announcement by Prime Minister Tony Abbott of the movie ‘UnIndian’ on his trip to India   Thursday September 4, 2014.  UNINDIAN, the first feature of the recently established Australia India Film Fund (AIFF) will go into production […]

India hits back with vengeance as Raina and Rahane destroy England

              Suresh Kumar Raina   By Kersi Meher-Homji The Indian cricket team currently in England provides a roller-coaster ride, a cryptic puzzle.   On top one day, in a bottomless pit the next month and on a Himalayan peak a week later. This is how their fortunes have swayed: […]

Prime Minster Mr Tony Abbott to visit India in September

  Prime Minister Abbott met with the Australia India Business Council members today on Friday morning before announcing his visit to India on September 4-6, 2014.                       Sheba Nandkeolyar – National Vice Chair Australia India Business Council, Prime Minister, Tony Abbott and Dipen Rughani – […]

Hindu Council of Australia presents”¦

Deepavali at Martin Place, Sydney on September 26, 2014 from 11am onwards”¦ Pre Diwali Celebrations in Martin Place….       This September, Martin place is going to be full of buzz, fun, colour, culture and celebrations right in the middle of Sydney CBD. On the second day of auspicious Navratri, the pre Diwali celebrations […]

Deepavali Fair at Parramatta Park on October 19, 2014

                  This year Deepavali Fair 2014 organised by Hindu Council of Australia will be held on Sunday 19 October 2014 at Parramatta Park in Parramatta. Hindu Council of Australia is the umbrella body for Hindus in Australia. The organisations’ aims and objectives are to represent Hindus settled […]

New documentary asks: What’s wrong with Australian films

                  Josh Lucas with Coco in ‘Red Dog’ Australia produced the world’s first feature film with The Story of the Kelly Gang but today Australian film industry is struggling. Since the 1980s Australian films’ total share of the local box office has fallen steadily from over 23% […]

Curry On in Parramatta with Parramasala

                                            Top: Premier Baird launches  Parramsala Festival at the grand Marion in Parramatta Bottom: Di Henry, Festival Director (second from Left), Sumathi Krishnan and Sonia Gandhi at the launch When Premier Mike Baird says […]

Legend of Dharmendra lives on”¦ in Punjabi

              Manju Mittal met up with much more docile Dharam not the ‘Garam Dharam’ of yesteryears when he came to Sydney in August with his first wife Prakash Kaur leaving behind Hema Malini his second wife. Out of all the old flames two actors have survived well – Amitabh […]

Yoga guru B K S Iyengar no more

                “I am deeply saddened to know about Yogacharya BKS Iyengar’s demise & offer my condolences to his followers all over the world.” – Prime Minister Narendra Modi Indian yoga guru BKS Iyengar has died in the western city of Pune, aged 95. The message on his website […]

Government to release children out of detention

            Finally children in detention have been given an empathetic response by the government as Immigration Minister Hon. Scott Morrison has announced getting children out of detention and providing protection and support for young children under the age of ten released into the community on bridging visas”¦   August 20, […]