ZEE5 Global, the world’s largest streaming platform of South Asian Content, today announced the release of Subhash Ghai’s 36 Farmhouse, produced by ZEE Studios and Mukta Arts Ltd. With the story and music done by the legend Subhash Ghai himself, the family drama is directed by Ram Ramesh Sharma and stars Amol Parashar, Sanjay Mishra, […]
National Cabinet met today to discuss our response to COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, new approaches to test, trace, isolate and quarantine and the vaccine rollout and booster program. Since the beginning of the pandemic there have been 362,690 confirmed cases in Australia and, sadly, 2,226 people have died. Globally there have been over 284.4 […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji What a fantastic start of the series and a fabulous end of the Year 2021! In the first Test in Centurion, India defeated the home team by 113 runs. Winning the toss India scored 327 runs. Opening batters Lokesh Rahul (123 with 17 fours and a six) and Mayank Agarwal (60 with […]
By Preeti Gupta Telephone conversation with my parents yesterday got me thinking of a lot of things but mostly about my life as an Indian Diaspora here in the COVID context.For a person who travelled to India thrice a year and had been doing so for the past decade, it has been very difficult on […]
स्पेशलिस्ट का मतलब, विशेषज्ञ अर्थात किसी ख़ास काम में माहिर व्यक्ति | आम तौर पर हम डाक्टरों के बारे में ज्यादा तौर पर इस्तेमाल करते हैं| कोई हार्ट स्पेशलिस्ट है तो कोई ह्ड्डियों का या कोई दिमागी बीमारियों का| बहुत साल पहले अमृतसर में एक ‘राधू शाह छोले वाला ’होता था, (अब है या नहीं […]
The NSW Government is urging people to book in for their COVID-19 booster shotwith restrictions easing today as part of the reopening roadmap.The new settings that come into effect today include: Density limits will cease and masks will only be required on public transport andplanes, at airports, and for indoors front-of-house hospitality staff who are […]
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much-anticipated film, Gangubai Kathiawadi, starring Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn, has been selected to be screened at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival in February and will have its World Premiere at the festival. Gangubai Kathiawadi has been chosen to be screened as part of Berlinale Special, a segment of the film festival which is dedicated to showcasing exemplary cinema. This year’s […]
By Neena Badhwar Rekha Rajvanshi was conferred ‘Hindi Videsh Prasaar Samman’ by the UP Hindi Sansthan in Lucknow on November 28. The award carries an added cash prize incentive worth Rs. 250,000. Rekha recently celebrated 10th anniversary of ILASA (Indian Literary Art Society of Australia) and has published now eight books her recent one being […]
By Madhulika Liddle Some of you may know that besides being devoted to old cinema, I also watch a lot of modern Korean dramas. My love for K-dramas probably has something to do with the fact that the average Korean TV show has more than a passing resemblance to classic Hindi cinema, from star-crossed lovers […]
Nautanki Theatre’s South Asian Theatre Festival is being held on 16th & 17th Dec 2021. Three plays based on the topic, ‘Partition and diaspora’ will be presented during this festival.– My Piece of Sky (Kannada/Hindi/English)– Baazigar (Hindustani/Bengali) – Mann Batwara (Urdu/Punjabi) Neel Banerjee, Veena & Sudarshan Narayana and Mussawar Chughtai are the directors of the […]