By Sudha Kumar Kerala is reeling even after the flood waters have receded. A calamity of unprecedented scale. More than 350 people dead, 1,028,073 people in 3,274 relief camps across the state. About 101,500 of them children below the age of 12. Kerala came to a standstill when the skies opened, her rivers ran rogue […]
By Neeru Saluja As India celebrated it’s 72nd Independence Day, the movie ”˜Gold’ opened to houseful theatres with critics praising the movie’s nationalistic zeal. With the film, critics are also praising director Reema Kagti’s style of storytelling. Though ”˜Gold’ is her third film after ”˜Honeymoon Travels’ and ”˜Talaash’, Reema is not a novice to the […]
By Aradhana Bhatt Whether we attend social occasions or cultural evenings, the Indian dance scene in Sydney is dominated or hugely influenced by Bollywood. The audiences are subjected to the same upbeat movie songs, the same moves and similar costumes that are often poor reproductions of the originals they aim to present. Thus, an event […]
By Manju Mittal Aneek Chaudhari’s silent film on rape titled ”˜White’ was screened at Hoyts Highpoint Sydney on Saturday August 18, 2018. The film which was earlier screened in Cannes Film Festival in May. White has already made its mark in the international festival scenario with 8 International film festival selections in a period […]
I offer my sincere condolences to families and friends who lost their loved ones in the tragic floods in Kerala, which has left more than 800,000 people displaced. As rescue teams battle to save lives and relief efforts concentrate on supplying safe water and medicine, our thoughts and prayers are with the Australian Malayalee community, […]
Australia’s most loved Bollywood event, the 6th Annual Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition (TBDC), part of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), drew thousands to Melbourne’s Federation Square on Saturday, 11 August 2018 with returning judge Bollywood superstar Malaika Arora, joined by Bollywood heavyweights Nikkhil Advani and Avtar Panesar to judge all the Bollywood dancing action […]
Mahabir Singh was a godsend for the small Hindu community in the 70s. There were no temples then, neither any priests to perform the common ceremonies the community was used to back home in India and Fiji. There were only three Hindu priests at the time – Shiva Bhatt, Mahabir Singh and Sharad Arora who […]
Twenty-three road trains loaded with 1,200 tonnes of hay arrived in Condobolin today to assist drought-stricken farmers and their families, as part of RRT’s $2.6 million drought relief effort. The convoy is being donated by the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), an initiative of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, which is staffed by Church volunteers who […]
Top of the class in 2017 NSW HSC examination The State’s top science students will be challenged to achieve at even higher levels with a new course in the 2019 Higher School Certificate intended to foster future scientists and researchers. Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Education Minister Rob Stokes formally launched the new course, HSC Science […]
By Vijay Badhwar Sydney Morning Herald’s columnist Matt Wade wrote on August 15: Australia’s India diaspora has trebled in size during the past 10 years and continues to grow. He quoted from an expert report on India’s potential for Australia by the former secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Peter Varghese, that […]