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Nadine Gordimar the famous Nobel prize winning anti-apartheid writer is no more

                By Rekha Bhattacharjee The passing away of Nadine Gordimar at the age of 90, is a great loss to the literary World. An end of a different era! An anti apartheid activist throughout her writing career which started at a tender age of 14! She was against […]

How Anil Ambani and Tina finally tied the knot!

              Tina these days is  involved in a number of philanthropic and charity activities and is currently running an NGO and a hospital while Anil  Ambani is busy growing his wealth as his networth is $5.9 billion according to the Forbes billionaire list for 2014 One of the most […]

The ‘Queen’ of hearts – Kangana Ranaut

                  Neeru Saluja, Arti Banga, Kangana Ranaut and Manju Mittal at MIFF By Neeru Saluja Kangana Ranaut is the reigning ‘queen’ of Bollywood. It’s been an eight year journey for a small town girl to become one of the top actresses. Kangana has always made a smart […]

My lunch with Ritesh Batra

              By Neeru Saluja Everyday, Mumbai’s famous dabbawallas deliver 200,000 tiffin boxes to office goers. There are 5000 dabbawallas who collect freshly made food from homes and deliver them to offices. Their transport mode is bicycles, carts and local trains. A tradition since 125 years, dabbawalas  make less than […]

The night when Sydney rocked to Adnan Sami!

                  An unparallel master performer Adnan Sami with a mesmerised Sydney audience By Manju Mittal Adnan Sami needs no introduction to his fans world wide. Adnan is an accomplished Pianist, Music composer and singer. Adnan is the first artiste to play Indian Classical music on the electric […]

A chance to have tea with Salman Khan?

              Do you have a chah to have cha with Salman Khan? Yes”¦Yes!!! ‘Chai with Bhai’… On the occasion of Salman Khan’s soon-to-be-released movie ‘KICK’ one of his fan will get a chance to be in Bollywood and see the buzz and glamour of Bollywood film industry and get […]

SBS’s Manpreet Kaur honoured with International radio award

                Manpreet Kaur Singh’s radio documentary ‘The  Enemy Within’ on domestic violence in local Punjabi women was also the Walkley Awards  2013  finalist   SBS has taken home Silver at  the New York Festival’s prestigious  International Radio Program Awards,  held in New York last night. SBS radio Punjabi […]

Modi as PM: Triumph of Developmental Politics Over Vote Bank Politics

                By  Rekha Bhattacharjee When Narendera Modi was sworn in as  India’s 14th prime minister on Monday evening, the world’s largest democracy was marking the ushering in of a new era. Over 2,500 privileged guests witnessed not only the culmination of a perfect storm generated by the Modi-led […]

John Robertson proudly marches in support of RDA Section 18C

                  NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson has described yesterday’s (Sunday May 25th 2014) community Walk for Respect to show support for Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act as a resounding success. Mr Robertson said he was proud to have marched alongside more than 1000 people to […]

Tony Abbott tweets Narendra Modi and congratulates him on his success

            Message from PM Abbott to the Indian community in Australia:   I spoke to PM-elect Modi on the night of his election and congratulated him on his electoral success.   I am looking forward to working with him.   I invited Prime Minister Modi to the G20 Summit later […]