The Australia India Business Council Ltd (AIBC) formally launched its innovative MAKE IN INDIA Chapter on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at a glittering event held at the Consulate General of India in Sydney. Mr Jim Varghese AM, AIBC National Chair believed setting up the Chapter’s Focus Group was a step in the right direction. He […]
By Sumathi Krishnan Krishnaarpanam, presented, directed and choreographed by Aruna Gandhi of Silambam School of Indian Classical Dance to mark the School’s tenth anniversary was one of the best performances I have seen in sometime to come. Engaging, colourful and scintillating from the word go! Opting to get straight into it, after a brief introduction […]
The glamorous and dazzling event, organised by Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) Sydney North West Chapter, was held at Bowman Hall, Blacktown on October 20, 2019. The GOPIO Sydney North West Chapter team has been conducting ‘Caring & Sharing’ events for the last 10 years, raising much needed funds for the less […]
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’ earlier this year SAI Creative Arts Network ( SCREAN ) Australia now proudly presents comedy English drama ”˜The Siddhus of Upper Juhu’ in November. […]
By Devaki Parthasarathy There are movies, then there are great movies and then there’s Super Deluxe movies! With this movie, Director Thiagarajan Kumararaja has set the bar too high for others to follow. In the movie four stories run parallely but are somehow connected. There is a heartless and horny cop, a quirky don, a […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji The just concluded 3-Test series between India and South Africa for the Gandhi-Mandela Trophy was the most one sided and mis-matched series I have watched between two strong countries. India thumped South Africa by an innings and 202 runs in three days and seven minutes at Ranchi to win the series comfortably […]
“I send my warm greetings to everyone celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights. This is a special time of the year for people of multiple faiths. Equally, it is a chance for the broader community to acknowledge the meaning and significance of this occasion and to share in its universal message that even in the midst of […]
By Neena Badhwar As Khushal Vyas the young Emcee started the countdown asking guests to join in: 5,4,3,2, 1”¦ with Premier of NSW Gladys Berejiklian, Dr Geoff Lee, Acting Minister for Multiculturalism; Dr. Harinath, Chairman Multicultural NSW, Indian Consul General in Sydney Mr. Manish Gupta and other dignitaries on the podium, the iconic Sydney Opera […]
By Vijay Badhwar People love to hear stories about celebrities, how they lived, shuffled their busy schedules and fitted in their family situations and if they, in fact, were as sketched in their public persona. Especially if the anecdotes relate to the best known contemporary Indian icon, Mahatma Gandhi, or the most humble prime minister […]
By Neeru Saluja Every day, eight women lose their life to breast cancer in Australia. This year, 19,000 Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. To put that into perspective, 76,000 Australians would lose a mother, daughter, sister or wife in the next 10 years. The statistics are alarming but there is a team […]