By Neena Badhwar There are over 500 Indian senior residents in nursing homes in NSW and many more who need home care as the community is aging. People who came to Australia in the seventies from the Indian subcontinent are aging and now number over 30,000 in the 75+ group. They need to access retirement […]
Pujya Morari Bapu Sydney community does not have to see their favourite Kathavachak on television screen which they have been doing for years or even go to India to listen to his discourses which some of them have done. Pujya Sant Shri Morari Bapu is personally coming to Sydney to narrate Sri Ram Katha to […]
28 July, 2011 Dear Friend, It gives me great pleasure to invite you to celebrate Independence Day (August 15) at my residence (No. 2 Pleasant Avenue, East Lindfield, Sydney, NSW 2070) from 0900hrs. As in earlier years, there would be a flag hoisting ceremony, singing of the National Anthem and reading of […]
[youtube o8wx69iv0Wg] [youtube 7Qkuzt9PPho] Astha Rajvanshi – a young Media & Communications student at Sydney university was unanimously chosen capturing close to 900 votes to become a board director of the Sydney universities’ student union in May. She used media tools to her advantage as she created a couple of raps around her […]
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is reminding everyone in Australia, including residents and overseas tourists, to accurately complete a Census form on Census night, Tuesday, 9 August 2011. The Census is a snapshot of the nation and accurately measures the number of people in Australia on Census night, their key characteristics, and where they […]
AHC Co-Ordinator, Tarachand Sharma Tarachand Sharma, Co-ordinator of Australian Hindi Committee (AHC) requests all the local Indian community to join in and support the issue of Hindi Education in Australia. AHC is holding Hindi stalls at CIA’s India Day Fair at Parramatta Park on August 7 and UIA’s India-Australia Friendship Fair 2011 on August 14 […]
Kersi Meher-Homji talks with her It is almost six weeks since I listened to the charming Sunanda Sharma swoon the audience with “thandee hawaayen” at Vinod Rajput’s Band Baajaa and still can’t stop humming that cool number. The 21 year-old Sunanda — Sunny to friends — has everything; hauntingly beautiful voice, winning personality and enchanting […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee “Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today” ”“ Mahatma Gandhi The great Indian freedom fighter and apostle of non-violence made this observation more than six decades back. If Mahatma Gandhi returns to his ”˜karma-bhoomi’ today, he may die another untimely death out of […]
Inner Space By Faith Harper No matter what happens in our lives laughter is always the best medicine. Lately, I have been watching Seinfeld DVDs and even though the jokes are nearly twenty years old they still stand up today. Here are some quotes from Seinfeld: Larry David(Co-creator and co-writer of Seinfeld), Jerry Seinfeld, […]
Jenny Brockie, presenter of Insight on SBS Popular forum program, Insight, returns for its second season of 2011 on Tuesday 26 July, at 7.30pm on SBS ONE. For its first episode, Insight looks at the boom in skilled migrants. Australia is in the midst of a resource rush and there simply aren’t enough suitable […]