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‘One Less God releases on October 11 in theatres

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 […]

Dolphins understand their partner’s role in cooperative tasks

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 […]

Looking forward to Nautanki Theatre’s 3rd South-Asian Festival on November 15-16

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 […]

Oz Fest launched in India on September 18

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’ of Sydney gather to show off their six yard wonder

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! […]

Safal Fest this October 5th-7th: A unique showcase of South Asian Film, Art & Literature

SAFAL Fest is the flagship event of the Australian South Asia Forum Inc. It is the only event in the world to combine film, performing & fine arts and literature of the dynamic South Asian region which is a significant contributor to world economic growth as well as an increasing source of skilled human talent […]

India’s first manned space mission: Just four years away

By Melvin Durai The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) unveiled a spacesuit at the recent Bengaluru Space Expo, creating much excitement in the Indian space community. The spacesuit is what astronauts will wear during India’s first manned space mission in 2022. Let me clarify that: the mission won’t just be manned ”“ it will also […]

Darcy Rd Public School Wentworthville celebrates Hindi Divas

        By Neena Badhwar Darcy Road Public School in Wentworthville celebrated Hindi Divas on September 14. Whole school assembly had children, their parents and invited guests witness a colourful, informative and entertaining cultural program put together by Hindi teacher Kulwinder Kaur. Kulwinder worked on organising the event for the last few months […]

Hindi Divas celebrated at The Indian Consulate along with ILASA

Hindi Divas at the Indian Consulate General of India was celebrated along with ILASA, Indian Literary and Art Society of Australia on September 15. The session started with Consul General Vanlal Vawna welcoming the guests, Dr. Ian Woolford and Dr. Peter Friedlander also credited Rekha Rajvanshi in organising the Hindi Divas. Darcy Rd Public School […]

An Evening with Malala Yousafzai in Sydney on December 10

World’s youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate to visit Sydney and Melbourne Leading Australian business events provider, The Growth Faculty, will bring Malala Yousafzai to Australia for two exclusive events in December as part of the Women World Changers series. At age 11, Malala began her campaign for the rights of girls to receive an education, […]

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