A book on famous, forgotten and magical bowling spells Kersi Meher-Homji reviews an unusual cricket book Spell-binding Spells by Anindya Dutta, Notion Press, India, 315 pages, foreword by VVS Laxman. Kindle Version: available on Amazon Australia at the following link for A$ 4.42. https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/aw/d/B0771JHL51/ Paperback Version: available on Booktopia Australia online bookstore for A$ 18.25. […]
Uzma Gillani plays the role of ageing Jehan Ara By Neena Badhwar Nautanki Theatre’s ambitious initiative that started last year celebrated its 2nd South Asian Theatre Festival on 9th and 10th of November at Riverside’s Raffertys Theatre in Parramatta. ”˜A Celebration in Language’ ”“ the festival staged three plays from the Indian subcontinent. They were: […]
By Manju Mittal I had the pleasure of visiting Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra in Chanakyapuri New Delhi on December 16, 2016 during my recent trip to India. I spent an engrossing half day at PBK and the whole experience was quite overwhelming and a visit to be cherished. On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti last October, […]
Indian Support Centre Inc. is organising a session on Medical yoga by Dr. Deepak Sachdeva, a powerful scientific yogic technique to heal your problems and help you stay fit forever on 18th November from 3 to 6pm and on 19th November from 8am to 10am. ISC request everyone to attend the session which is being […]
Brahma Kumaris Australia invite you with family & friends to first ever Meditation retreat in the Punjabi language. The theme of retreat is “The Power of Love and Acceptance”. The retreat will be conducted at Brahma Kumaris Centre for Spiritual Learning,186 Mount Hay Rd, Leura NSW 2780 from Friday 15 Dec (5:00pm onwards) to Sunday, […]
14 November 2017. Multiple hackathon victories under this Indian engineering student’s belt Indian immigrant and software engineering student Karthik Balasubramanian has made his mark on Sydney’s hackathon scene after winning three high-profile competitions in less than a year. Karthik Balasubramanian at the GovHack Awards. Image courtesy: GovHack. Hailing from Bangalore (Bengaluru) in southern India, Karthik […]
By Rekha Rajvanshi On October 24th 2017, Hindi workshop was held at La Trobe University. Hindi experts, educators, school teachers, principals and authors got together to read aloud the story of Hindi in Australia. Dr Ian Woolford of La Trobe University and Craig Jeffrey of Australia India Institute organized the workshop. Hindi, one of the […]
Scientists have come up with an innovative approach to tackling Australia’s poor vegetable intake, with the launch of a new app that challenges people to eat more veggies. Using a gamified approach, CSIRO’s new VegEze app aims to motivate Australians to add extra vegetables to their daily diets and form long-term, healthier habits through a […]
Young people learning a second language in a community language school will be given greater support under a new partnership between the NSW Government and the University of Sydney. Premier Gladys Berejiklian today, on 10th of November 2017, joined with Minister for Finance Victor Dominello and Minister for Multiculturalism Ray Williams to make the announcement, […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji “India wins” has recently become a clichéd headline; be it in Tests, in One Day Internationals (ODIs) or Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is); be it against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia or New Zealand. Following beating New Zealand 2-1 in ODIs, India triumphed against the same opponents in T20Is by 2-1 last night. India […]