Pandit Ram Chandra Suman: A life in rythm Pandit Ram Chander Suman, a well know tabla player of Sydney turned 80 on April 1 this year. Sydney classical community, Sarod player Adrian Mcneil and Pandit ji’s disciples have come together for a concert to celebrate the maestro’s contribution to the Indian classical scene by […]
Well known playback singer Alka Yagnik is on her way to Australia and will perform live in Sydney in UIA’s Freedom Concert a pre event that UIA is involved in with Showbizz before their August 19 Friendship Fair on Sunday. The famous ‘Ek do Teen’ and ‘Mere Angne Mein’ singer Alka will croon her famous […]
India the leading place of birth for people arriving from overseas since 2006 Australia’s annual population growth rate was 1.4% for the year ending 31 December 2011, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) results released today on June 21. Australia’s population increased by 302,600 people to 22.5 million (22,485,300) people. And the Indian […]
Radhika Budhwar, Gurmeet Chaudhary, Mahima Bhardwaj and Amer Singh go through an Australian tour to examine stereotypes While SBS’ Bollywood Star Reality show takes on the Indian community and tries to turn some of the Bollywood hopefuls down under into a Bollywood star as the finalists four Gautam, Tiegan, Sarah and Sharon go through their […]
Mehdi Hassan [youtube 1kkgleGYNnY] ab ke hum bichhade to shaayad kabhii khwabon mein milen jis tarah suukhe hue phool kitaabon mein milen The 84-year old great ghazal maestro of Pakistan Mehdi Hassan, who was greatly loved by the Sydney community as well as the world, is no more. He passed away in Karachi […]
We as NRIs love India and speak about our home country with a lot of love yet when it comes to problems in the country we are able to assess much better sitting from afar. While India progresses at a fast pace economically and modernization in general yet it is quite far behind in […]
Priyanka Chopra – star attraction at IFF Melbourne on June 11 Fashion Designer Sabyasachi with Vidya Balan – He will be conducting a workshop ‘Talking Through Fabric’ Six of India’s biggest film names confirmed to attend the Opening Night of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne while Malaika Arora Khan and Rituparno Ghosh attend Sydney […]
Gurmeet, Mahima, Joe, Radhika and Amer with ‘do you want to pash an Indian sign’ in Melbourne Series premiere Wednesday 20 June at 9.30pm on ABC2 Are Australians dumb, drunk and racist as they have been portrayed since the spat with Indian students a couple of years ago when Indian media went berserk reporting cases […]
Bollywood Star Judges Raj Suri, Dipti Patil and Anupam Sharma Bollywood Star premieres Saturday 2 June, 7.30pm on SBS ONE Bollywood is twice the size of Hollywood. In fact it is the biggest movie industry in the world, with hundreds of movies made each year and 14 million Indian fans visiting the cinema each day. […]
Bollywood meets ethno art pop in the release of Australian songwriters Jessica Chapnik Kahn and Nadav Kahn’s first single from their soundtrack for the film “Despite the Gods”. Directed by Penny Vozniak, and shot in India, the documentary is one of the featured documentaries showcasing at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival. The soundtrack and […]