By Suman Khanna Aggarwal So, summer has finally come, mused six year old Krishna, as he sat next to the dustbin outside the house where his mother worked as a domestic servant. It was a blistering hot afternoon in June but the little boy did not feel the heat. In fact the hotter it got […]
More than 10 million Australians will start to receive immediate tax relief from next week following the passage of Legislation through the Parliament today. The government has delivered on its promise, as outlined in the Budget, to build a better tax system and provide more tax relief to hard-working Australians. As a result, low and […]
By Neena Badhwar July 4, 2019. Little India Harris Park Association Inc. (LIHPBA) was launched today at Taj Bhavan at 73 Wigram Street, Harris Park as the businesses, shops went about their usual business attending to customers, patrons who come looking for food, Indian fashion, groceries, Indian sweets, immigration agents, accountants and many other diverse […]
By Vijay Badhwar G20 leaders’ summit in Osaka created more interest in who scored a private dinner with President Trump than real outcomes as the world waited on tenterhooks about the turmoil in trade and arbitrary sanctions imposed on nations. Indians were thrilled by patronising reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a selfie by […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Rohit Sharma (104 with 7 fours and 5 sixes) and Lokesh Rahul (77 with 6 fours and a six) batted brilliantly to put on a record 180 runs for the opening wicket. And Jasprit Bumrah bowled a brilliant final over as India defeated a gallant Bangladesh by 28 runs. The victory would […]
Article 15 ”“ Running in Cinemas currently Cast: Star Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Isha Talwar, Manoj Pahwa, Savani Gupta and Kumus Mishra Director: Anubhav Sinha The film draws its title from Article 15 of the Constitution which forbids discrimination against any citizen on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. But the reality […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji The end of financial year was also the end of India’s invincibility in the ongoing Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2019. India lost her first match in this CWC to England by 31 runs at Birmingham last night [30th June]. But every team has lost at least one match, India and Australia are […]
By Manju Mittal The Fred Hollows Foundation was established in 1992 by eye surgeon Professor Fred Hollows. The foundation has helped treat and prevent avoidable blindness and other vision problems for more than two million people in Australia and 25 countries around the world. As a writer and working in the disabilities services Industry, Fred […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India is marching ahead aiming for her third Cricket World Cup (CWC). They had won her first CWC in 1983 in England and her second in India in 2011-12. Out of 10 teams competing in the current CWC, India remains the only unbeaten team. Among other top teams, Australia has lost to […]
Guru of Chai July 23, 24; Venue: Bunjil Place Studio Beginning as a chai-wallah at an Indian train station, Jacob Rajan weaves a solo tale playing 17 different characters. Guru of Chai is not to be missed! In the swirling buzz of a railway station, a young girl is abandoned and brings the place to […]