What a difference two years make!! If March 2020 was the Closure of all activities by the businesses in Harris Park due to the onset of Covid -19 pandemic March 2022 was celebrated by Little India Harris Park Business Association (LIHPBA) with great fanfare. As coming to age with this Pandemic and opening up of […]
By Rekha Rajvanshi #BreakTheBias Despite the rain, the Sydney community gathered to honour remarkable, high-achieving women at the Gargi Awards 2022 on Saturday, March 26th, 2022, as part of International Women’s Day. The award is named after Rishi Gargi, an ancient Indian philosopher who is regarded as the world’s first female philosopher, Gargi Vachaknavi […]
Here Out West In Cinemas, 3rd February 2022 Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Kurdish, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish and Vietnamese (with English subtitles) Run Time: 101min Producer: Annabel Davis / Sheila Jayadev / Bree-Anne Sykes Production Company: Co-Curious & Emerald Productions Director: Fadia Abboud / Lucy Gaffy / Julie Kalceff / Ana Kokkinos / Leah Purcell Synopsis: Nancy […]
हम सब मारे मारे फिरते हैं, ख़ुशी को ढूँढ़ने में| मंदिरों,मस्जिदों, गुरुद्वारों और गिरिजाघरों में सिर झुकाते हैं, बाबाओं के डेरों परजा माथा रगड़ते हैं | क्या ख़ुशी मिलती है? शायद पल भर के लिए हम सैंकड़ों और हज़ारों लोगों की उपस्थति देख, उन्हें झूम झूम कर नाचते देख सुरक्षित महसूस कर, उसे ही ख़ुशी […]
An adaptation of Sillapathikaram- The Jeweled Anklet. By Sudha Kumar On 26 March 2022, at Riverside Theatres, Sydney, Hamsa Venkat’s Samskriti school of Dance and Sumathy Ramesh of Lzerobzero presented a Bharatanatyam margam called ‘Kannagi enbathen peyare’, an adaptation ‘Sillapathikaram’ (Tamil for “The Jeweled Anklet”). Sillapathikaram is the earliest epic poem in Tamil, written in […]
Over time people may be unknowingly doing things that can actually hurt their relationship instead of strengthening it. “It’s important to be aware of our relationship dynamics. There is no such thing as a perfect relationship, but it can be helpful to acknowledge if any of our behaviours or patterns are hurting the people we […]
The Nine-Day Hindu festival Chaitra Navratri (falls in the months of March-April every year) commenced on April 2 and will end on April 11, 2022. Devotees fast and worship all the nine forms pf Goddess Durga over the nine days of the festival for prosperity and fortune. Here are the many forms of the goddess […]
By Anu Jose I am waiting for my zoom interview with director, Emma Macey-Storch and can’t hide my surprise and delight when Neetu Mahor appears on screen. Neetu is an acid victim survivor and the star of the documentary Geeta, written and directed by Macey-Storch with Agra as the backdrop. The film takes its name […]
By Melvin Durai In many families, husbands and wives split up the household duties. Most wives handle all the cooking and cleaning, while the husbands handle almost all tasks related to beer and sports. This includes purchasing, sharing and consuming. My family is quite different, partly because I was a stay-at-home dad for many years […]
It is important to understand that, at times, one has to undergo discomfort to grow and realise one’s potential, says Megha Bajaj. In the end, you won’t regret it Are you someone who wishes to grow in life? In all aspects? Be it health, wealth, relationships, and spiritual progress? Then one of the first things […]