Victor Dominello, Minister for Citizenship and Communities addressing ethnic media at the press launch of Multicutlrual March Year 2014 has hardly begun with school holidays, Australia day celebrations, India’s Republic day and a packed Chinese new Year has kept everyone busy. Come March the Multicultural Month – a […]
Recognised as the wisest of the Sufi teachers in history Mulla Nasruddin is referred to as ‘The One & Only’. He has been praised by Gurdjieff as a man who was ‘intelligent not in the European sense of the word , but in the sense which is understood on the continent of Asia. The Mulla, […]
Premier Barry O’Farrell Nominations for the 2014 Premier’s Multicultural Community Medals open today, seeking to recognise community leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the society of NSW. The awards coincide with Multicultural March, a program of activities showcasing cultural diversity, and complement national Harmony Day events on 21 March, NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell […]
The world’s 85 richest individuals now own as much as the poorest half of the 7 billion global population, according to a report released by Oxfam on Monday the 20th of January 2014. The leading anti-poverty charity called on the global economic elite gathering in Davos this week for the World Economic Forum to “counter […]
Neena Badhwar The only ‘Paro’ of Sharat Chander Chattopadhayay’s novel ‘Devdas’ can be none but the one and only Suchitra Sen – the most beautiful Bengali actress who acted in about seven Hindi films and all of them quite memorable. Her screen presence, her acting and her ethereal beauty carried a mystique yet […]
Victor Dominello with Aishverya Nidhi On the occasion of India’s 64th Republic Day on 26 January 2014, The Hon Victor Dominello, Minister for Citizenship and Communities has sent the following message to the Indian community in NSW: “It is an honour to send my best wishes to the Indian community of New South Wales […]
Manna Dey a loving father with wife Sulochana Kumaran and daughters Shuroma and Sumita By Neena Badhwar Manna Dey performed in Sydney around half a dozen concerts and won us all as we became his ardent fans and devotees of his music. I remember once he came and the concert organiser had put up […]
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards, at the Valedictory Session of the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in New Delhi on 09 January 2014. The Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Shri Vayalar Ravi and the Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with Swami Tadananda receiving the award […]
Australia, in 2015, will host the two biggest sporting events with our favourite game of Cricket and the Games of Football – the ICC Cricket World Cup in February and The Asian Cup in January. 12 Teams from cricketing countries as well as football have already qualified and will head down under early next […]
Passengers flying into India will have to fill in a new customs form on their arrival from the new year while the need to fill immigration form for returning Indians is being done away with. All passengers coming to India will be filling up an ‘Indian Customs Declaration Form’ seek details that will be different […]