Gaurav Joshi reports from India Sitting inside an enclosed media centre and listening to music on maximum volume through the headphones the chant of “Sa-chin Sa-chin” could still be heard even before Tendulkar entered the playing arena. Mumbai Cricket Association had opened the gates nice and early to ensure each fan was inside the stadium […]
by Kersi Meher-Homji In his final Test in Mumbai against the West Indies in November, Sachin Tendulkar will become the first cricketer to play 200 Tests. In 198 Tests so far he has scored 15,837 runs at 53.86 in 198 Tests, hitting 51 centuries (highest score 248 not out) and 67 fifties. He is the […]
Sachin Tendulkar is playing his last test against West Indies. Here is the euphoria that the little master is creating in India in his 200th and the last Test…
Pallavi Sharda in the panel in Q & A India to be simulcast live on November 18 Q&A India Monday 18 November, 2013 9.35pm on ABC1 (live AEST), simulcast live on ABC News 24 The line up for next Monday’s Q&A special – Q&A India – has been confirmed. Host Tony […]
Team PBD with HE High Commissioner of India Mr Biren Nanda By Neena Badhwar The last key note played on cricket by the former Australian captain Steve Waugh, the stands in Sydney where the regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) was being played, were rather empty but the test was a successful event. There […]
ABS data released on November 12 shows 2924 fewer loans for first home buyers were approved in the September quarter, compared with the equivalent quarter last year. First home buyers were hardly one-in-eight borrowers in spite of the low interest rates. This year to date, the number of loans approved for first home buyers has […]
Brookvale Union, an Australian brewery from New South Wales has a juxtaposed image of Hindu god Ganesha’s head and Hindu goddess Lakshmi’s body on its ginger beer bottles. This image has upset some Indians in Australia. “Is it just me or does anyone else find this ginger beer bottle offensive?” asks Taneea Thapliyal from Melbourne. […]
In a first for the program, Tony Jones will host Q&A India broadcasting live from Gurgaon – the business and commercial hub just south of the Indian capital New Delhi. As usual, a large studio audience will ask the questions, but this time the audience will be made up of Australian and Indian citizens and […]
Gaurav Joshi reporting from India Couple of years as Rohit Sharma played one of his effortless cover drives at the Brabourne Stadium in a Ranji Trophy match Dilip Vengrsarkar stood up from the comfort of his seat, raised his hands, applauded and said to one renowned journalist seated next to him “He is the best […]
Premier NSW lighting the ceremonial lamp NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell and Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello joined the Australian-Hindu community to celebrate the Indian Festival of Lights, Deepavali. NSW State Parliament was colourfully lit to mark the occasion, and the celebrations were led by Mr O’Farrell and Mr Dominello. Mr O’Farrell […]