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Dark Taliban clouds descend on Afghanistan

For the sake of their sisters, daughters and wives, Afghans should rise in Jihad against medieval practices of atrocities meted to women By Vijay Badhwar As it has always done, America has ended its role in Afghanistan: in utter chaos like in Iraq, Libya and Syria, akin to packing up hurriedly as from Saigon in […]

Oh what a proud feeling, India beats England at Lord’s

By Kersi Meher-Homji The last two days have given us triple celebrations. Sunday was India’s Independence Day, Monday morning dawned Parsi community’s Navroz (New Year) and Monday night saw India beat England by 151 runs in the second cricket Test at Lord’s to lead the series 1-0. So many heroes for India, opening batsmen KL […]

IFFM 2021 streaming live from August 15

IFFM (Indian Film Festival Melbourne)  is back!  This year the celebration goes double, as the festival will screen films both in cinemas from August 12-21, and free online streaming Australia wide from August 15-30. With 30 plus films running in cinemas, and many more online – the program this year will highlight film themes like […]

ZEE5 Global releases trailer of Original Film 200 – Halla Ho!

Premieres 20th August  India, Mumbai, 13th August 2021: Just a few days ago, ZEE5 Global released the teaser of its next Original film 200 – Halla Ho! which gave the audience a sneak peek into what the film is about. The trailer of the film, will definitely make you question a lot of things about […]

Scott Morrison: I feel the intense pain of separation felt by Australians of Indian descent.

Message from the Prime Minister on the occasion of Indian Independence Day I send my warmest greetings to the people of India, and their friends and family in Australia, on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of Indian independence. In 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru described India’s independence as the continuation of an ”˜unending quest’ ”” for […]

Sing Rashtragaan and be part of Amrit Mahotsav on August 15 at Lal Qilla

The Government of India is extensively engaging with the proud diaspora to commencing the auspicious occasion of 75th Independence Day celebrations leading to an 75th anniversary . As part of this, amongst many such initiatives one is uploading rashtragaan through an exclusive dedicated web portal for this initiative amongst them many will have a great […]

Remember to fill your ancestry as Indian in tomorrow’s Census 2021

Feel proud to see in Hindi ‘Swayamsewak’ (स्वयंसेवक ) on the medal the volunteers of Olympic Games were honoured with at the Closing Ceremony of Tokyo Olympics 2020. Hindi language is being recognised worldwide (3rd most spoken language at 615 million in the world after English and Chinese Mandarin), whereas here in Australia tomorrow we […]

Oh what a feeling, Chopra wins Olympic Gold

India’s Neeraj Chopra won the javelin title at the Tokyo Games with a personal best throw of 87.58 metres on Saturday night, securing the title with a throw to spare. “It feels unbelievable,” he said as he stood atop the medal podium, feeling 10 feet tall. It was India’s first gold medal in Olympic track […]

Rain robs India of victory in the Nottingham Test

By Kersi Meher-Homji India needed only 157 runs on the final day with nine wickets in hand to beat England but it rained incessantly and the first Test in Nottingham ended in a draw. What a disappointment! Opening batsman Lokesh Rahul and opening bowler Jasprit Bumrah were the heroes who brought India on the brink […]

Navarasa: Symphony of Emotions – 9 Tamil films on Netflix

Ahead of the highly anticipated release of its biggest Anthology Navarasa, Netflix hosts a global musical fan event with the entire Tamil industry, coming together and presenting a heart-touching symphony of the nine human emotions represented in the film: Thursday, August 5, 2021: The countdown to the launch has  begun and fans across the world […]

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