By Gaurav Joshi Melbourne. The series is tied at 1-1. A crowd in excess of 70,000 is expected for the opening day of the Boxing Day Test match. India is aware that one more victory and they can regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australia knows that if they can win the third Test, […]
By Gaurav Joshi Ask any expert or an Indian fan why the team has struggled to win Tests abroad in 2018 and the blunt answer will be ‘selection’. Ever since the team departed for South Africa in the last week of 2017, the team management has made some poor decisions that have ended […]
By Zahra Alexander (8-year old Zahra Alexander is TIDU’s youngest writer who attended Malala’s lecture in Melbourne on December 11. Here she writes about her experience listening to her role model, Malala Yousafzai, an amazing girl who speaks for the education of girls with no access to schools or education.) I went to see Malala […]
Holy-day season has begun. Transform your holidays into “Holy – days” by visiting New Gokula farm in Cessnock and spend a relaxing day at the farm with cows, peacocks, kangaroos hopping across in a picturesque setting. Have darshan of the most beautiful Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda. Says Abhay Charan Dasa, “Please let us know you’re […]
By Sumathi Krishnan Vempati Narthanam, paid homage to Guru , the Kuchipudi dancer whose life’s dedication saw the evolution of an unique attractive and dynamic dance genre of Kuchipudi. Kalabharathi Performing Arts and its collective dancers presented amongst others, the thoroughly captivating Kuchipudi dancer, Priyanka Vempati, from the Vempati lineage, and four other talented students […]
A video promoting the art component of the Indian Summer Festival can be viewed and downloaded here. Giant murals painted by leading Indian and local street artists are set to hit Melbourne as part of the Indian Summer Festival – a free festival at Yarra Park, coinciding with the Domain Boxing Day Test between Australia […]
Every January, Sydney Festival starts the new year with a bang, transforming the city with a bold cultural celebration based on critical ideas and cutting-edge art and performance. Its a Sydney-wide multi-art form cultural celebration of dance, drama, music, international artists as well as with an aim to nurture local artists and diverse art forms […]
City of Parramatta is set to farewell the year that was with a spectacular New Year’s Eve celebration in the World Heritage-listed Parramatta Park on Monday 31 December from 4pm-9pm. The evening’s festivities will feature an amazing line-up of free family entertainment, live music, amusement rides and delicious food across four activation areas, before lighting […]
By Neeru Saluja “If you give an education to a girl, you are changing their life and the world, too.” Those were the inspiring words from Malala Yousafzai as she addressed an 8000 strong Sydney crowd at the International Convention Centre. As thousands of women, children and parents came to hear the […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Psychologically, India is on a high after winning the opening Test in Adelaide early this week to lead 1-0 in the series. Who will win the Perth Test which starts today [Friday]. If Australia wins, the series be locked 1-all. If Virat Kohli’s confident men win, they will lead 2-0. And if […]