Parramasala 2017 starts this year on the Friday 10 March 2017 with the multicultural parade. The Parade shall commence at Town Hall Square Parramatta and culminate at the Prince Alfred Park. This parade features many different migrant cultures and communities of Western Sydney. This year it includes, the Indigenous cultures, the NSW Police Band, elephants, […]
By Vijay Badhwar From being an aspiring chief minister of Tamil Nadu, heir apparent Sasikala has ended up in a four-year sentence in a Bangaluru jail convicted for amassing disproportionate assets in a case that suddenly came to life after lying three years in slumber. The drama unfolded only after the recent death of AIADMK […]
The Turnbull Government wants to cut the pension for elderly Australians who travel overseas, with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation promising to stand with them in the Senate. The Liberal Party and One Nation are now a team, with Malcolm Turnbull unwilling to say what John Howard said years ago ”“ that One Nation should be […]
Deep in the heart of Asia TOPA is a place that is not a place ”“ an ephemeral crucible of constant change that might just change you in return. Welcome to XO State (ex-oh state), running from 22 ”“ 26 February. Breathtaking master singer, instrumentalist, painter and storyteller, Parvathy Baul, is one of the leading […]
Hema Malini with Dharmendra and Amitabh Hema Malini: beyond the dream girl By Ram Kamal Mukherjee To be released in October 2017 14 February 2017, New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers India has acquired the world rights for Ram Kamal Mukherjee’s authorized biography of Hema Malini, titled Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl. For those who […]
His vicious villain’s role in Sonakshi Sinha starrer ‘Akira’ was appreciated but Anurag Kashyap says, “Acting is not my cup of tea.” By Neeru Saluja Director Anurag Kashyap never fails to create waves in the film industry. Be it his passion to make films, the endless fight against the censor board or his cameo acting […]
Dharmica Mistry By Neena Badhwar Indian academics, wherever they have settled in the world, have contributed through their innovative work in the fields of science, engineering and research. Quietly, they have transformed the society, at times recognised, working in labs using ingenuous ways and techniques to make life better in the 21st century. Veena Sahajwalla […]
By Neena Badhwar Evil habits propagate fast. From India, the bane of dowry is now spreading Down Under. Not altogether an unworthy custom originating in ancient India, dowry was a gesture of goodwill that parents practised in a tradition that honoured women as goddesses, in an act of giving and never taking anything away from […]
Parwinder Kaur, killed in 2013, By Nitasha Bhatia Tasmin Bahar who had recently separated from Dave Pillay, her partner of six years, told relatives she was starting to get her life back on track. On Father’s Day, she took her three-year-old daughter to spend time with her dad. However, the decision to visit her […]
By Vijay Badhwar & Kanwaljit Kanwar Indian seniors at Indian Senior Hornsby Group Now is the time that the community starts a serious conversation about the seniors: where and how they will spend their later lives, the care they may need and the options there are so that they are relatively in a conducive environment […]