By Neena Badhwar Shanul Sharma came as a student of IT few years ago to Australia. Little did he know that he will be one day an opera singer and a tenor at that. A handsome young man who landed in Australia at the tender age of 19 was moulded into what he […]
Indian Literary and Arts Association of Australia (ILASA) is now more than seven years old. With an aim to create a literary platform, ILASA, a not-for-profit organisation has congregated a select following made up of writers, poets and literature lovers in Australia. With state chapters in […]
Sydney, Australia: The Artistic Director of the 20th Biennale of Sydney, Stephanie Rosenthal, today announced 13 new artists and artist collectives who will be presented in the forthcoming exhibition. Titled The future is already here ”” it’s just not evenly distributed, the 20th Biennale will be presented at 19 locations ”“ including seven main […]
Neel Bannerjee as Eliott confused about his identity as a female trapped in a male body By Neena Badhwar Nautanki Theatre’s presentation ”˜Last Dance at Dum Dum’ is a delightful play based on Anglo-Indians living in Calcutta ”“ the last vestiges of the Raj the Britishers have […]
By Bibi Mukherjee Currently the NSW Art Gallery is exhibiting the most impressive art works from Scotland National Gallery. The collection encompasses 70 paintings from the Renaissance to Impressionism particularly the outstanding works by great Masters. The fresco of Edinburgh skyline with the Edinburgh Castle on the […]
A short story by Rajpal Sandhu In that freezing cold night, even the trees seemed to be giving an illusion of the paranormal. I’d just finished my studies and started driving a cab once a week. The Saturday night’s take helped cover my entire week’s expenses. It was 2AM. Still an hour to go […]
The Australian World Orchestra (AWO) will tour India in October 2015 at the invitation, and under the baton, of internationally renowned Indian conductor, Maestro Zubin Mehta. The tour has been made possible with the support of the Australian Government and ANZ Australia. The AWO will perform two […]
Casting call: Opera Australia is seeking 1x female actor, 5x male actors and 2x male dancers of South-East Asian backgrounds for their new production of The Pearlfishers To be directed by Michael Gow. His production will play in the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House throughout the months of January through March. […]
The NSW Government has established a new $50,000 annual fellowship to support professional development of artists in Western Sydney. “This is great news for arts in Western Sydney, and is in addition to $30 million over the next four years to grow Western Sydney’s arts and cultural sector” Geoff Lee MP, Member for Parramatta […]
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”- Thomas Merton He found himself as a blind man struggling for his identity, a father ailing for his estranged son, a Ghazal singer cum terrorist mastermind, a common man, an old and lusty lover and in various other shades of human nature […]