Sandip Hor, Chairman AITTC with Reena Tory at the Government of India Tourist Office, Sydney Over recent years wildlife tourism has been one of the fastest growing sectors of international tourism, with experts reporting growth of 15-20% year-on-year. The broad appeal of wildlife tourism […]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee There is a long and fascinating history behind India’s capital city. From Indraprastha of 400 BCE to Luteyns’ New Delhi, the teeming northern Indian megapolis has been through seven major avatars and numerous rulers. In the history spread over three millennia, Delhi may have seen majestic Moghuls and splashy Sultans but […]
Rekha Rajvanshi, our own Hindi writer and poet of the Australian Indian community down under, has been invited by the Sahitya Akademi to represent Australia in the IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association) nations to participate along with many renowned writers and poets. The International Festival of Poetry is being held in Delhi from March 1 […]
“Simple, easy actions can protect the health of our water resources and help save drinking water supplies. There is not one individual who cannot help to make a difference to the health of the environment” – Ian Kiernan Clean Up Australia Day is a simple way one can take action to clean up, fix up […]
Knowing Mandela John Carlin A personal tribute to the great Nelson Mandela, one of the iconic figures of our time, written by the acclaimed South Africa correspondent and author of the international bestsellerPlaying the Enemy (filmed as Invictus) who has been reporting on Mandela since the 1990s. Description After serving twenty-seven years of a lifetime […]
Year 2014 has brought not good news for some. Monika Chetty – of Fiji Indian origini died of burns at Concord hospital on January 31. Monika , 39, was found in bushland at West Hoxton with horrific burns to 80 per cent of her face and body. And then in Melbourne two young students – […]
L-R: Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Mr Dilip Walse Patil (in blue), NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell, Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council Mr Shivraj Deshmukh, and Maharashtra Minister Suresh Shetty A Wollemi Pine will go on display in the grounds of a major museum in Mumbai after a sapling was gifted to the […]
Kersi Meher-Homji is both happy and angry It was a complete turnaround. After nine Tests without a win and seven defeats, Australia proved her critics wrong by triumphing in the Brisbane Test on Sunday. It was not just a win. It was a stupendous, morale-shattering, sensational, 381 run triumph with a day to spare. One […]
An Australian-Pakistani family of five – Amir Khan, Mr Khan’s wife Nazia Amir, and their three children, Romana, 17, Adam, 14 and Haider, 7 has been brutally murdered by wife’s nephew Sikander Zia. The family was on a holiday in Pakistan. Zia an MBA graduate confessed to the police telling them that he had […]
Hopefully the transport system in Sydney gets better with the announcement of additional train, ferry and bus services and help reduce traffic jams. Or perhaps is it going to be a series of road tolls as e-Toll bill stealthily takes over our lives while fuel, carbon tax and energy bills are the main and […]