By Neeru Saluja She’s everyone’s favourite with her popular roles in Four More Shots Please!, Made in Heaven, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan and Ujda Chaman. Talented actor Maanvi Gagroo now takes a global leap with international writer-director Rahul Chittella in the virtual show ”˜Islands of Contentment’. Co-produced by Hypokrit Productions and The Tank, Islands of […]
By Vijay Badhwar Vasooligate in Maharashtra – blatantly practised corruption allegedly infecting the whole chain of government from lowly police to the top ministers – claimed its first high profile victim, none less than the State Home Minister, Anil Deshmukh. Not that he went gracefully. Denying any wrongdoing and defended by his Chief Minister Uddhav […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Another late night (rather early morning till 3.30 am) in front of the TV and another reward by watching a cliff-hanger. It was the first of the three one-day international (ODI) series between South Africa and Pakistan at Centurion, S Africa, and the match was decided off the last ball of the […]
By Neena Badhwar We speak to Lalitha Chellappan, a songstress, beautiful Sydney girl, who is ready to go an extra mile for her love of Bollywood. I remember listening to her at Natraj Academy’s musical evening where she sang ”˜Hawa Hawai’. She fully worked on the execution of it with fellow actors for memorable stage […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji The final One Day International (ODI) between India and England was a real nail-biter, the end of the match and the series in doubt till the final over, the final ball. The series was level at one-all when the third and final ODI started at Pune. Amid mind-blowing tension India won by […]
Indian communities across Victoria are set to benefit from a new Indian Community Centre opened by the Hon Alan Tudge MP in Rowville today. The centre was partially funded by the Australian Government with $2.5 million in funding. Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge said that once final council approval is complete the two-storey building […]
By Neena Badhwar and Santosh Gupta India’s High Commissioner in Australia for just over a year, Gitesh Sarma, leaves Down Under having turned 60 on March 7 this year, the community remaining unfulfilled not having seen enough of Mr Sarma due to COVID-19 and a relatively short stay. Mr Sarma is an erudite bureaucrat and […]
Holi 2021 Message from the Prime Minister Namaste to all my Indian Australian friends as you celebrate the Festival of Colours. Holi is a story with ancient origins ”“”“ a timeless festival that draws Indian families and communities together around the world. Last year, the colour, life and enthusiasm of Holi was overshadowed by the […]
By Neena Badhwar When it comes to Chemistry during school years and college, both Organic and Inorganic chemistry intrigued me a lot. But didn’t realise how important it was in my day-to-day life and the body’s health. Chemistry is fully involved in all our biochemical reactions in the body. Forget how we used to separate […]
By Devaki Parathsarathy AMAL (Now on Prime) So many times i have complained that a movie is soooo long that the message is diluted. So many times I have reviewed a movie is super cliched! As if Director Richie Mehta has heard me, he paces the movie excellently at 101 minutes! Big tick of approval […]