15 year old Cherrybrook girl Simran Keswani raises $5,000 for girls in need to raise awareness against sexual violence by hosting a White Ribbon fundraiser Simran along with her mentor, Sue Advani organized an event to help raise awareness of White Ribbon Australia’s work to end men’s violence against women. All funds raised will support […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India defeated Sri Lanka in all three formats of cricket this November-December in India; 1-0 in Tests with 2 matches drawn, 2-1 in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and 3-0 in Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). Thus out of nine matches India won six, Sri Lanka one with two drawn heavily in India’s favour. Although Indian […]
Commissioner of Police Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho listens to Votualevu Tirath Dam Mandir treasurer Shiu Chandra on December 21, 2017. Photo: Lusiana Banuve December 22, 2017. Hindus worldwide are highly concerned after reports of desecration in Votualevu Tirath Dham Hindu Temple in Nadi area of Fiji. According to reports, desecration was caused on December 16 night, […]
The reception ceremony of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and actor Anushka Sharma at a hotel in Delhi was more of a traditional affair with a select few including Prime Minister Narendra Modi among the invitees. One of the most talked-about couples in both Tinseltown and cricket pitches who tied the knot in a private […]
By Melvin Durai Cricket is the most popular sport in India, but is there a chance that it could one day become the most popular food, too? Probably not, but don’t be surprised if cricket consumption increases considerably over the next few decades. I’m referring, of course, to the insects known as crickets, those noisy […]
Mind Blowing films releases in December during Christmas and in January 2018”¦ ARTH : THE DESTINATION RELEASE DATE: 21 December 2017 STARRING: Shaan Shahid, Humaima Malick, Mohib Mirza, Uzma Hassan LANGUAGE: Pakistani (With English Subtitles) SYNOPSIS: Strengthening film trade between the two countries, Arth 2 is a remake of Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth from 1982. This […]
A teenage girl from India, Nitisha Negi, has tragically drowned at a popular Adelaide beach on Sunday, December 10, 2017. Nitisha had been visiting Australia to play soccer at the Pacific School Games, when she and four other teammates got into trouble on Sunday. The 15-year-old’s body was recovered near the breakwater at Glenelg Beach […]
Deakin University’s Dr. Rangam Rajkhowa has been awarded 2018-19 Australia-India EMCR fellowship December 12, 2017. Australian scientists researching emerging mosquito-borne diseases, drug resistant tuberculosis and childhood type 1 diabetes are among the latest recipients of 2018”“19 Australia”“India Early- and Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) Fellowships announced today by the Australian Academy of Science. The EMCR Fellowships are […]
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan’s S Durga, previously called Sexy Durga, is among the two films which has been dropped by the I&B Ministry from being screened at the IFFI 2017. The other film is Nude. By Sudha Kumar Two films ”“ ”˜Nude’ (Marathi) and ”˜Sexy Durga’ (Malayalam) were dropped by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry […]
By Neena Badhwar Mera Wo Matlab Nahi Tha, a play brought to Sydney by Actor Prepares, Mumbai, is an interesting play that moves back and forth in time though it opens up to a scene in the present about a couple who meet in the park 35 years hence. They were in love in their […]