Siji Krishnan from Kochi, for this year’s Triennial at the National Gallery of Victoria, will be displaying an exquisite panoramic display that spans over 3 metres capturing portraits from her family during their get-togethers across generations – with representatives from infancy, youth, adulthood and advanced age. NGV Triennial is a large-scale exhibition of international contemporary […]
Ground breaking Australian wound-healing technology will be catapulted into space to treat astronauts, following the unprecedented win by Southern Cross University scientists at NASA’s global iTech competition. The Rapid Repair technology, developed by Southern Cross University’s Dr Rosemary Craig and Dr Nedeljka Rosic with business partner Gerard Criss, has won the final competition round. It […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji You must be keeping late nights watching the IPL matches in UAE. Especially today early morning (19th October) when both the matches ended in ties. In exciting super overs, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad. Three hours later Kings XI Punjab beat Mumbai Indians. Worth keeping awake till 4 am, Sydney […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji It is cricket season now and let’s welcome it with the most heart-lifting experience in this sport. I mean the special six appeal when, to quote English poet EV Lucas “a batsman jumps to meet one and a sixer climbs the sky.” Even the most level headed commentator gets excited and yells […]
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) today announced it will host its 2020 event online, in line with coronavirus gathering restrictions, screening over 60 films in 17 languages, including 34 International Premieres and 56 Australian Premieres from 23 to 30 October. IFFM Festival Director, Mitu Bhowmick Lange: “Indian filmmakers – from independent short film makers to our most […]
Lalit Mittal at Ku-ring-Gai Art Society’s Spring Exhibition By Vijay Badhwar Architect Lalit Mittal’s painting ‘Tulips’ was so appropriate for the recent exhibition of the Ku-ring-Gai Art Society to celebrate spring that it made to their invitation card to announce for their patrons the display of nearly 300 paintings by prominent artists at the St […]
Book Review By Kersi Meher-Homji Cricket’s Forgotten Pioneer – The Frank Tarrant Story by Mike Coward, Cricket Publishing Company (cardwell@mcks.com.au), 104 pages, price $55 plus postage. Foreword by Harsha Bhogle. This hard-cover beautifully presented book – full of rare photos, autographs, official letters, cartoons and statistics – is a must for every cricket lover in […]
Nirbhayas are happening in India all the time. Nirbhaya in Delhi, Disha in Mumbai and now this 19-year old girl in Hathras who was gang raped. Priyanka Reddies, Bhanwrin Devis happen daily with 1.7 lakhs of rapes that happen in India. Caste affliction, internet, girl/boy ratio a society where boys are preferred, gender bias are […]
मेरा मक़सद आपकी बीमारियाँ जानने का नहीं है और न ही आप कितनी दवाईयाँ लेते हैं, या फिर कब और क्यों| आप को ‘क़ब्ज़ी’ है और इसबगोल का छिल्का लेते हैं या कुछ और, यह आप जानें या आप का डॉक्टर, मेरा उस से कुछ लेना देना नहीं है| और न ही मुझे इस बात […]
Rekha Rajvanshi and Dr. Shailja Chaturvedi with Professor Peter Friendlander Hindi in Australia – Part 1 Present & Future of Hindi Language at ANU By Rekha Rajvanshi Hindi is second most spoken language of the world. More than 490 million people around the world speak Hindi. The campaigners all around the world have once again […]