Global icon, multi-award winning actor, producer and women’s equality advocate, Shah Rukh Khan, will be awarded La Trobe University’s highest accolade during his visit to Australia for the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). La Trobe is the first Australian University to award Mr Khan with an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), in […]
Australian South Asian Forum Incorporated (ASAF) will hold its 3rd Annual South Asian Film, Arts & Literature Festival (SAFAL Fest) on the 3rd, 4th, 10th and 11th August with City of Ryde, Commonwealth Department of Communication & Arts, and Multicultural NSW being the Main Festival Partners. SAFAL Fest is an annual spectacular celebrating the rich […]
A new non-for-profit support group for migrant women from Maroubra and adjoining suburbs called ‘Key into Sydney’ has been formed to help migrant women settle in Australia. Says Co-Founder, Maia Saxena, “Settling in Australia can be very challenging for women. They have to cope with culture shock, find their way around in everyday life and […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India’s dream of winning the 2019 Cricket World Cup ended when they lost the vital semi-final to New Zealand by 18 runs. No excuses, the Kiwis deserved to win because of their all-round excellence ”“ especially their bowling. New Zealand won the toss and batted. After losing early wickets, skipper Kane Williamson […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji After seven weeks of intense rivalry the Cricket World Cup (CWC) has reached the semi-final stage. India finished on top with 15 points followed by Australia on 14, England 12 and New Zealand 11. Till yesterday morning the 6th July, Australia was on top but their loss to South Africa and India […]
By Suman Khanna Aggarwal So, summer has finally come, mused six year old Krishna, as he sat next to the dustbin outside the house where his mother worked as a domestic servant. It was a blistering hot afternoon in June but the little boy did not feel the heat. In fact the hotter it got […]
More than 10 million Australians will start to receive immediate tax relief from next week following the passage of Legislation through the Parliament today. The government has delivered on its promise, as outlined in the Budget, to build a better tax system and provide more tax relief to hard-working Australians. As a result, low and […]
By Neena Badhwar July 4, 2019. Little India Harris Park Association Inc. (LIHPBA) was launched today at Taj Bhavan at 73 Wigram Street, Harris Park as the businesses, shops went about their usual business attending to customers, patrons who come looking for food, Indian fashion, groceries, Indian sweets, immigration agents, accountants and many other diverse […]
By Vijay Badhwar G20 leaders’ summit in Osaka created more interest in who scored a private dinner with President Trump than real outcomes as the world waited on tenterhooks about the turmoil in trade and arbitrary sanctions imposed on nations. Indians were thrilled by patronising reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a selfie by […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Rohit Sharma (104 with 7 fours and 5 sixes) and Lokesh Rahul (77 with 6 fours and a six) batted brilliantly to put on a record 180 runs for the opening wicket. And Jasprit Bumrah bowled a brilliant final over as India defeated a gallant Bangladesh by 28 runs. The victory would […]