Archive for: January, 2020

Australia India Business Council support for the Australian bushfire crisis

On behalf of the Australia India Business Council Ltd (AIBC) Board of Directors, Industry Chapter Chairs and all members, in my capacity as National Chair, we wish to express our deepest sympathies to the families who have lost their loved ones and to the brave volunteer firefighters who have lost their lives fighting the ongoing […]

Celebration of a Life

Mira Raheja 11-11-1926    to   28-11-2019 Mira was born on November 11, 1926 in Kamalia near Lahore now in Pakistan. One of 11 siblings she was always the most lively and active member of the family who was in many ways the glue keeping the entire family together. Mira had studied Bachelor of Arts from Khalsa […]

Sahir’s poetry carried charisma that was a class apart

By Neena Badhwar Maine Chand Aur Sitaron Ki Tamanna Ki Thi was the song my parents sang in my home in Delhi which I brought to Australia as a memory and played it along with many memorable songs from the era of 1950s and 1960s. Today my daughter who was brought up here plays these […]

Assistance rolls out as stock losses continue to mount

The NSW Government has distributed more than 880 tonnes of fodder to bushfire affected farmers in south-east NSW, as the number of livestock reported killed or euthanised as a result of the fires rose to almost 5,200. NSW Department of Primary Industries and Local Land Services staff, working in 18 field teams, were able to […]

Sydney Test’s colourful sidelights and highlights

By Kersi Meher-Homji No, I won’t describe the one-sided and boring Sydney Test which ended last evening when Australia slaughtered New Zealanders by 279 runs and won the 3-Test series 3-0 by huge margins. I know, you Sydney Indians watched the Test live at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) dressed in pink shirt / saree […]

Sri Om Care Centre in Clarence burnt down in Mt. Gosper’s fire, looking for donations to rebuild

On Saturday, December 21, 2019, the Sri Om community received the tragic news that one of their activity centre, 184 Kerma Crescent, Clarence (near Lithgow), the main premise had been completely destroyed in the Mt. Gospers monster fire that has currently burned through over 500,000 hectares of land. Fortunately, none of the members or the […]

Watch out for Janhvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan and Ananya Panday

Watch out Sydney as the star kids of Bollywood hit the screens this year. Whether they have the same charisma as their parents will be decided by you, the audience. At the moment the Papparazi chase them all over the tinsel town and make them front page news of every film mag and gossip columns. […]

Migrants, refugees and deaths on migration routes

Geneva ”“ The International Organization for Migration reported today 110,669 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea during the year just ended, marking the sixth straight year that at least 100,000 arrivals were recorded on three Mediterranean Sea Routes. The total is only slightly below the 116,273 men, women and children who crossed the Mediterranean in this […]

Sthree Chakra – The wheel of womanhood

By Sudha Kumar ”˜Sthree Chakra’- The wheel of womanhood  a solo Bharatanatyam performance was presented by Vidya Gokul of Samskriti School of Dance in November 2019 at the Pioneer Theatre in Sydney, Australia. ”˜Sthree Chakra’ traced the experiences of a woman as the wheel rolls along the path of life. It was a celebration of […]

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