By Kersi Meher-Homji ICC Women’s Twenty 20 World Cup starts this Friday on 21st February and the question on everyone’s lips is: who will win it? The three favourite teams are Australia, India and England. India and Australia will meet in the opening match in Sydney, this Friday starting at 7 pm. Let us concentrate […]
By Neeru Saluja As a dancer, storyteller, writer and social activist, Mallika Sarabhai has powered change through performing arts. Besides being one of the leading exponents in classical dance, she is also vocal on women’s empowerment, making her a fearless feminist of our times. She is also the director of Darpana Academy of Performing Arts […]
By Vijay Badhwar It is second time in a row (if one ignores the first time few-days-long AAP government as a minor aberration) that the Aam Admi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal has swept the Delhi elections – in 2015, 67-3, and in the just-held contest 62-8, the consolation seats going to Bharatiya Janata […]
An analysis of Australia’s film, television and radio industries reveals a serious gender and diversity imbalance at the most senior levels, a University of South Australia study has found. A new paper published in Media International Australia warns of the dangers of a predominantly male, middle-aged, white workforce projecting their views on Australia, rather than […]
One of the world’s largest weight loss studies by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has found that following a scientifically backed ‘digital diet’ for as little as 12 weeks resulted in clinically significant weight loss. Almost 60,000 Australians following the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet from 2015 through to 2019 were studied to understand how the […]
India Club’s Shubha and Dr. Aksheya Kumar along with The Indian Down Under’s Vijay and Neena Badhwar, Vinod and Reeta Rajput, Puneet and Mona Anand donated $22,309 collected in a fundraiser concert for the Firies held on January 27, 2020 By Neena Badhwar The skies are red, the sun, a mere blob, merges […]
Stream two of the Community Languages Multicultural Grants program is now open. The grants are part of the Australian Government’s commitment to provide $10 million over two years to community language schools to help young Australians learn another language. Through stream two, community language schools can apply for funding of up to $25,000 for projects […]
After the successful Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar’s theatre play ‘Kaifi Aur Mein’ and Arif Zakaria and Sonali Kulkarni’s ‘Gardish mein Taare’ in 2018 and ‘A poetic evening with Deepti Naval’ in 2019 SAI Creative Arts Network ( SCREAN ) Australia now proudly presents comedy English drama ‘The Siddhus of Upper Juhu’ in March. ‘The […]
By Neeru Saluja A slice of New York has arrived in Sydney with the play ‘The Spoils’ by Academy Award winning American actor and playwright Jesse Eisenberg. Making it’s Australian debut at the Flight Path Theatre, the cutting comedy is directed by Ian Warwick and boasts of a stellar cast comprising actors Michael Becker, Haydan […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji ICC Women’s Twenty 20 World Cup starts on 21st February and the Final will be held on 8th March, International Women’s Day. Venues: Sydney showground, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra. Ten teams will participate: Australia (A), New Zealand (NZ), England (E), South Africa (SA), West Indies (WI), India (I), Pakistan (P), Sri Lanka […]