By Kersi Meher-Homji India’s openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan batted brilliantly enabling India to win by nine wickets with 10.3 overs remaining in the Asia Cup at Dubai on Sunday. It was India’s biggest victory by wickets against Pakistan. The win is even more creditable as India won without their best batsman and experienced […]
Rekha Rajvanshi in conversation with Dr. Ian Woolford. Dr. Ian Woolford is Hindi Lecturer in La Trobe University, Melbourne. The discussion focuses on importance of hindi and spread of hindi in Australia. The discussion happened during Hindi Divas Celebration 2018 at Indian Consulate Sydney organised by Indian Literary And Art Society Of Australia (ILASA).
By Lokesh Varma When word spread that Jazim would be visiting Sydney, the generation of ghazal fans from across south-east Asia wondered who is this young talent. The ghazal which is essentially a lyric poem set to music while exploring human emotions associated with love and separation was the milkiat of singers like Jagjit Singh […]
By Neena Badhwar Shrimad Bhagwat Katha was being told to Sydney audience for the last eight days by respected Ramesh Bhai Oza in Minto. Thousands came to listen to the discourse which at times overwhelmed not just the audience but the story teller (kathvachak) too. His voice would break at places, love flowing through his […]
Fomrer Miss India Liza Varma will be choreographing the silk & Sparkle Fashion Show By Manju Mittal Australian Indian Wedding Expo is all set to take place in Sydney on October 7, 2018 and will be hosted by the event planner Anju Goyal of Silk and Sparkle. World renowned Liza Varma is choreographing the Silk […]
The Australian theatrical release has been announced for One Less God commencing October 11 and rolling out through October and November. Inspired by true events, and told from the perspectives of both hostages and terrorists over the course of the devastating three-day siege in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the award-winning debut feature by […]
A new study by researchers at The University of Western Australia and the United States-based Dolphin Research Center shows that bottlenose dolphins not only cooperate with each other, but can do so with precise behavioural coordination never before demonstrated in nonhuman animals. Dr Stephanie King, from UWA’s Centre for Evolutionary Biology, said behaviours that looked […]
Usma Gillani in ‘Jahan Ara’ In language Theatre Festival of various Community Theatre Groups South-Asian Theatre Festival is first of its kind to support community based theatre groups in NSW. Many South-Asian community theatre groups are running plays for many decades. Nautanki Theatre will work along such organisations and help them keep practicing theatre as […]
Australia to host major cultural festival in India 26 Projects | 75 events | 20 cities | 203 days 18 September 2018. Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Her Excellency Ms Harinder Sidhu, today unveiled the program for Australia Fest – a six-month celebration of Australian culture, involving over 75 events across 20 cities in India. […]
Saree lovers’ Poornima Menon, Preeti Gupta and Shirley Jacob by Preeti Gupta The group Saree Lovers is an idea Shirley Jacob, Poornima Menon and I had discussed most passionately at different point in time over the past couple of years but the ”˜busyness’ of our lives meant it would get put on the back burner! […]