Anchal Chanda Anchal Chanda is an Indian fashion designer participating in the Mercedes Benz Australian Fashion Week. Sydney catwalk witnesses Anchals’ creations on May 4 at 2pm. Indian- born and New York based designer, Aanchal Chanda founded her eponymous label in late 2009. Her work is ornate, glamorous, intricately detailed, and proudly celebrates the womanhood [...]
Minister for Immigration Chris Bowen with Department of Immigration and Citizenship staff in New Delhi Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Hon. Chris Bowen on his visit to India addressed FICCI (The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) on May 2, 2012. Mr Bowen is on a trip to the region including Sri Lanka [...]
Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello with Nihal Gupta Chair NSW Multicultural Business Advisory Panel Members – 2011 to 2013 and Jaswinder Bhogal International visitors to Australia are expected to increase at an average annual rate of 3.6% over the 2010-20 period to reach 8.4 million in 2020. Destination NSW is planning for extraordinary [...]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee Buoyed by the number of Indian tourists flocking to Australia, an influential tourism promotional body has asked the Australian government to invest $1 billion to attract more visitors from India and other Asian countries in the next decade. Besides India, the Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF) has also urged the federal [...]
अन्ना हज़ारे के अनशनों से यदि भारत सरकार परेशान हो सकती है तो क्या हम अपने अनशन से अपनी धर्मपत्नी को प्रभावित नहीं कर सकते? ऐसा हम ने सोचा था | अंदाज़े इतने गलत हो सकते हैं – ऐसा हम ने सोचा न था! बात कोई इतनी बड़ी भी न थी कि हम उस [...]
Akshita Mohan By Neena Badhwar May may be the month of Australian Fashion Week yet many of us love Sari. It makes one feel special in every way as compliments not only come from one’s own family and friends but general Aussies too who love the colour, the texture and the whole look of it. [...]
Groundswell, a committee founded for the development of diversity in the Australian arts and Media, today and tomorrow hold their Multicultural Arts Forum 2012, at Carriageworks in Eveleigh, Sydney. Topics to be discussed include ‘Do we need a voice for the multicultural arts sector in NSW’, ‘Professional and Community Arts Practice, The Interconnections’ and ‘Audience [...]
A Gujarati movie shot at Sydney locations by Vipul Vyas with Sydneysiders cast as many characters with storyline revolving around migrant experiences in a foreign land. It will be screened at Riverside Theatre Parramatta on April 28 and at Wetherill Park Hoyts on april 29, May 5 & 6. A must see for all.
Vipul Vyas and Druma Mehta Vipul with Mahkasha Ansari Shooting for a song sequence By Neena Badhwar “Making the film ‘Pardesh Ek Sapanu’ was a journey of 14 years since when I came to Australia as it has been on my mind for that long to make a film which depicts the stories of our [...]
Mrs Vimla Singh with her famous Balushahi Mrs Vimla Singh has been feeding us Balushahi for the last thirty years in Sydney and they are so popular that we all asked her for recipe as now she is 80 years old and we think the recipe may be left a secret. Singhs came to Australia [...]