Message from the Prime Minister on the occasion of Indian Independence Day I send my warmest greetings to the people of India, and their friends and family in Australia, on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of Indian independence. In 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru described India’s independence as the continuation of an ”˜unending quest’ ”” for […]
The Government of India is extensively engaging with the proud diaspora to commencing the auspicious occasion of 75th Independence Day celebrations leading to an 75th anniversary . As part of this, amongst many such initiatives one is uploading rashtragaan through an exclusive dedicated web portal for this initiative amongst them many will have a great […]
Feel proud to see in Hindi ‘Swayamsewak’ (सà¥à¤µà¤¯à¤‚सेवक ) on the medal the volunteers of Olympic Games were honoured with at the Closing Ceremony of Tokyo Olympics 2020. Hindi language is being recognised worldwide (3rd most spoken language at 615 million in the world after English and Chinese Mandarin), whereas here in Australia tomorrow we […]
India’s Neeraj Chopra won the javelin title at the Tokyo Games with a personal best throw of 87.58 metres on Saturday night, securing the title with a throw to spare. “It feels unbelievable,” he said as he stood atop the medal podium, feeling 10 feet tall. It was India’s first gold medal in Olympic track […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India needed only 157 runs on the final day with nine wickets in hand to beat England but it rained incessantly and the first Test in Nottingham ended in a draw. What a disappointment! Opening batsman Lokesh Rahul and opening bowler Jasprit Bumrah were the heroes who brought India on the brink […]
Ahead of the highly anticipated release of its biggest Anthology Navarasa, Netflix hosts a global musical fan event with the entire Tamil industry, coming together and presenting a heart-touching symphony of the nine human emotions represented in the film: Thursday, August 5, 2021: The countdown to the launch has begun and fans across the world […]
By Maj Gen Surjit Singh (Veteran) Memories of living next to a Famous Neighbour After the Independence (which we called ”˜partition’, those days) the first peace posting of our father, the late Major Balwant Singh ji was to Meerut Cantt, where we were from late 1947 to mid-1949. The house allotted to us was a hutment on the Grass Farm Road. A […]
Whole of India is celebrating the brilliant performance by the Indian Hockey team following an exciting 5-4 victory over Germany at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Overcome with emotions skipper Manpreet Singh said, “We worked very hard in the last fifteen months when some of us even got Covid.” After leading India to its first Olympic […]