Beaming Mr Abbott with wife Margaret and daughters Bridget, Frances and Louise By Rekha Bhattacharjee Prime Minister Tony Abbott has won with a decisive victory! Labor has avoided the rout it had feared. Currently the Australian electoral commission (AEC) has the Coalition with 88 seats in the lower house, Labor on 57, one for the […]
International students have greater chances to find employment under the federal government’s changes to the 485 Temporary Graduate visa. Under the changes to visa subclass 485, which took effect on March 23, foreign students who graduated with an Australian bachelor’s degree, masters or doctorate, can obtain a visa to remain and work in Australia […]
America born actress of Czech mother and Pakistani father, Nargis Fakhri is seen in ‘Madras Café’ with John Abraham which is running currently in theatres across Australia. A model turned actress, Nargis got into films as she started to get offers from Bollywood. In the movie her dialogue are […]
Alex Broun By Neena Badhwar Alex Broun, director, actor and past director of Sydney’s ‘Short & Sweet’ Theatre festival is quite busy these days. He is directing a play on the life of Swami Vivekananda – an idea brought to him by Madhu Sen. Alex has written TV and film scripts and also about 70 […]
Tannishtha Chatterjee’s film ‘Dekh Indian Circus’, recently having won the ‘Audience Choice best popular film award’ at the 16th Busan International Film Festival held at Busan in Korea, is being screened at Riverside Theatre on Friday September 12 at 7pm. The film also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui of “Peepli Live” fame. Says Tannishtha, “The film’s […]
Sahib Chatterjee as Swami Vivekananda with Dana Dajani as Sister Nivedita in ‘Oneness – Voice Without Form’ At Sydney Opera House Playhouse 17 and 18 September 2013 The story of one man’s search for enlightenment that changed the world”¦ On the 150th anniversary of Vivekananda’s birth Swami Vivekananda and his extraordinary life becomes alive […]
Arrival of Air India Dreamliner 787 flight 312 at Sydney airport – Pic by James Morgan Excitement was in the air as everyone anxiously gathered at the tarmac to witness the touch down of Air India’s Dreamliner flight 312 at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport today on August 30, 2013. Invited Media, anxious staff of Air […]
Neni Tiwary with wife Gargi Tripathi at UIA fair With the sounds of drums, the exotic smells of spices and the laughter of children emanating from the Athletics Centre in Homebush one knew it could only be one annual event, the India Australia Friendship Fair. Once again UIA hosted the India Australia Friendship Fair on […]
Its Lord Sri Krishna’s birthday today which is celebrated worldwide and in Sydney too. Every Hindu home proudly follows the holy book ‘Srimad Bhagwat Gita’ – a 700-verse scripture that is greatly revered by all the Hindusand was compiled by Adi Shankara in eighth century to begin with. Referred to as the ‘Song of […]
By Neeru Saluja Her entry to Bollywood was a major controversy, and so was her entry to Sydney. Despite opposition from the Indian community for her appearance at the India-Australia’s Friendship Fair, actress Sunny Leone extended her hand of friendship to her fans. Though Sunny Leone was a known adult star in Hollywood, she gained […]