On the occasion of Holi artist Pharrell Williams and Adidas Originals have released three new NMD Hu Trail shoes featuring a colorful story that pays homage to Holi festival, a Hindu celebratory holiday. One of the rituals of Holi consists of of adults and children assembling to sing, dance and playfully smearing each other […]
Business analysts at IBISWorld has revealed the 2017 list of Australia’s Top 1000 companies, offering a comprehensive and thorough insight into the corporate landscape in Australia, including the largest firms, growing and declining sectors, and new businesses to watch in 2018 and beyond. “The firms on IBISWorld’s 2017 Top 1000 list account for $1.94 trillion […]
Tickets for the unmissable 2018 Premier’s Harmony Dinner are selling out fast, Minister for Multiculturalism Ray Williams has announced. Mr Williams said The Premier’s Harmony Dinner celebrates our enormous successes as the most multicultural state in Australia. “In NSW we come from more than 300 ancestries and speak more than 200 languages. We are the […]
The New Gokula Farm in Cessnock is gearing up for the huge number of guests expected through the Easter period. It will be hosting His Holiness Janananda Goswami on Saturday, 31st March. Maharaj will give Srimad Bhagavatam class at 8am and a short talk at 1pm. On 5th April again at 8am, His Holiness Ramai […]
By Neeru Saluja With a strong belief that music has the power to speak to the soul, the sitar queen Anoushka Shankar, daughter of great virtuoso Ravi Shankar, proved her belief by connecting to us with her deeply expressive music. At a houseful concert at Sydney Opera House attended by classical music lovers, the global […]
By Neeru Saluja When the best of poetry, literature and acting is integrated with melodious music, every art lover is in for a treat. As the stars of ”˜Kaifi and Main’ Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Jaswinder Singh and Ramesh Talwar came together for the press conference ahead of the show, the media enjoyed a stimulating […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Although not understanding a word of Bengali I always have a passion for Bangla music as my musical heroes are Pankaj Mullick and Hemant Kumar. I can still recall some of the words of Pankaj’s songs from the Bengali movie Yatrik, seen over fifty years ago. So when I heard about Songs […]
Nepalese international student number in Australia grew by 113% International students flocked to Australia in record numbers in 2017, with new figures revealing the largest increase recorded in a single year. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the 2017 international education data showed there were more than 624,000 international students in Australia in […]
Award-winning math teacher Eddie Woo has been appointed a NSW super teacher in a role which will see him train other educators to engage and inspire students across NSW. Mr Woo, whose YouTube videos have received more than 10 million views, accepted the new position as a roving instructor, allowing him to continue in the […]
Multicultural March is a particularly exciting time for me as Minister for Multiculturalism. It is an opportunity for us to recognise and celebrate the rich cultural diversity of NSW. In NSW, we come from 307 ancestries, practice 146 religions and speak more than 215 languages. We are the sum total of every nationality in the […]