Suresh Raina with Virat Kohli By Kersi Meher-Homji What can one say, a miracle down under? It was one of the best matches ever in the game’s history featuring a spectacularly marvellous knock. I am referring to Virat Kohli’s fabulous century in the do-or-die one day international (ODI) last night in Hobart. India had not […]
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma 20th Anniversary of WOMADelaide has an impressive Indian line up. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma on Santoor, Shantala Shivalingappa in Kuchipudi, Parvyn Kaur Singh of Bombay Royale Music Group singing nostalgic Bollywood numbers from the 60s and the 70s and Chris Finnen, a guitar virtuoso, whose music has an Indian influence. Womadelaide is Australia’s […]
Neha Reddy Beginning in January 2012, Supa Secrets kid’s snack bars held a National competition to encourage teenagers between the ages of 13-17yrs to try their product and to think about what talents and creativity they have that make them the special people they are. There were several $500 weekly winners and one major prize […]
Members of the IITians Association of Australia (IITAA) elected a new executive committee for the year 2012 in the recently held Annual General Meeting on 11 Dec 2011 in Sydney. The outgoing president Dr. Ashok Manglick opened the AGM and was followed by a detailed report by the Secretary Mr. Inderjeet Singh Virdi, on the […]
Boys looking for girls: Mat 12. September 3, 2012. SEEKING match for my brother, Hindu, Gujarati – Patel, 32, 6 ft, vegetarian, Masters in Computing Studies, working and living in USA (American citizen). Looking for a loving Gujarati girl, caring with good family values, well cultured settled or trying to settle in USA or […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji It’s a case of give, give and give but no happy returns for India. I am referring to the Tri-nation match between India and Australia and another defeat and controversy on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. True, India’s performance in Australia this summer, with few exceptions, has been pathetic. But when […]
Sir Don Bradman By Kersi Meher-Homji Sri Lanka beat India by 51 runs in the Tri-Nation match in Brisbane last night (Tuesday the 22nd) to go ahead of India on the Points Table. The win was well-deserved but India’s captain Virender Sehwag and Little Master Sachin Tendulkar should hold their head high. Why, you […]
Stand up comedy with Umit Bali CENTURY ENTERTAINMENT presents Coming to Australia is the story of a teenage Fijian-Indian boy’s journey through the cultural swamp of bureaucracy to the promised land of permanent residency. A collection of oddball characters & anecdotes told through the eyes of this fish-out-of-water. Umit Bali is one of Sydney’s most […]
Kushma Ram says she loves saris, “Sari is an exclusive garment and I love the touch, the feel of it. The materials, the fabric, their colours are so exciting that nobody can escape the charm of a Sari.” Kushma Ram brings to Sydney the rich tradition of Sari with her Kay Collections in an exhibition […]
Mr. Biren Nanda, presently Ambassador of India to Indonesia has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia. He is expected to take up his assignment in Canberra shortly. Upon completion of his Post Graduation in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, Mr. Biren Nanda joined the Indian Foreign Service in […]