2010 November | The Indian Down Under

[video] Commonwealth Games 2010 opening ceremony

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Nov 27 2010 | Posted in Sport,Video | Read More »

$45 M investment for Indian education in Sydney’s west

A leading Indian education provider will invest $45 million to set up a new education campus in western Sydney creating 150 jobs. The NSW campus will be established by S P Jain Center of Management and will take its first students in 2012. The new campus is the first investment in education in NSW by […]

Nov 26 2010 | Posted in Community | Read More »

Lycamobile launches into Australia

Lycamobile (www.lycamobile.com) is a prepaid SIM card product that provides low-cost, high-quality international calls direct from mobile phones. Lycamobile is already distributed through a European network of more than 300,000 retail outlets. The brand is already the largest pre-pay international MVNO with 6 million customers across Europe. Present in ten markets, Lycamobile continues to grow […]

Nov 26 2010 | Posted in Biz India | Read More »

NSW government doubles the funding to community language schools

On November 23 Premier Kristina Keneally and Education Minister, Verity Firth announced that NSW Government will more than double the funding for Community Language Schools ”“ ensuring the children of migrants retain the language of their parents. There are more than 33,000 children studying at 435 Community Language Schools around NSW ”“ in 48 different […]

Nov 25 2010 | Posted in Community | Read More »

Parliamentary friends of India to be set up

Premier Kristina Keneally announced on November 24 that NSW Government is working to establish the Parliamentary Friends of India ”“ to foster strong links between India, the Indian community and NSW Members of Parliament. The Premier has written to the Opposition Leader seeking bipartisan support for the plan. Member for Macquarie Fields, Dr Andrew […]

Nov 24 2010 | Posted in Community,Featured | Read More »

Dr Vandana Shiva wins Sydney Peace Prize

[youtube VwZnh9i1gWE] [youtube vi1FTCzDSck] [youtube TVlJqwft9I8] [youtube PQDqEUd53YQ] A leading environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize on November 4 in a ceremony by the Sydney Peace Foundation for her commitment to social justice. Earlier Sydney Peace Prize recipients of Australia’s only international prize for peace include previous Nobel recipients Professor Muhammad […]

Nov 24 2010 | Posted in Community,Featured,Video | Read More »

Mein Chali Mein Chali – Professor

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Nov 24 2010 | Posted in Bollywood,Video | Read More »

India shines at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Tesjaswini Pandit, who has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actress. She delivers a deeply moving performance in the Marathi language film I am Sindhutai Sakpal By Neeru Saluja The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) has entered its fourth year and Indian films have received five nominations. As an initiative of the […]

Nov 24 2010 | Posted in Bollywood,Featured | Read More »

TV to parliament, it’s Obama all the way

The TV channel wars over bagging the best guests, offering more money to certain key analysts to remain available the entire day thereby undercutting a rival channel, all seem to have paid off. On Sunday, Obama specials on various channels did net TV channels a lot of viewership. A flash analysis by Audience Measurement and […]

Nov 24 2010 | Posted in Indian News | Read More »

Mandela’s musings a joy to read

By Rekha Bhattacharjee Nelson Mandela has released a new book on 12 October 2010 on his life in which he urges the world not to view him as a saint. He says he has suffered “weaknesses, errors and indiscretions”. “Conversations With Myself” brings together personal papers and hours of recordings with an unfinished autobiography to […]

Nov 24 2010 | Posted in Books | Read More »