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. [...]
By Rekha Bhattacharjee Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced an early withdrawal of Australian troops from Afghanistan Tuesday, a day after the 18-hour terror siege of Kabul ended. Giving the keynote address at Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the Australian prime minister said the troops would start returning home later this year and [...]
Freida Pinto in Trishna Releasing Thursday 10th May Starring - Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth, Meeta Vasisht, Harish Khanna Synopsis - Based on Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Tess of The D’Urbervilles, Trishna tells the story of one woman whose life is destroyed by a combination of love and circumstances. Set in contemporary Rajasthan, [...]
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 [...]
Rajesh Khanna in Anand movie एक ज़माना था जब लोग अपनी बीमारी छिपाते थे । यदि किसी को टीबी हो तो कह्ते थे खांसी बिगड़ गई है, या फिर किसी को हार्ट अटैक हुआ तो कहा जाता था कि पेट का दर्द है या गैस बनी हुई है । परंतु आजकल बीमारी एक प्रेस्टीज सिम्बल [...]
Suresh Raina with Virat Kohli By Kersi Meher-Homji What can one say, a miracle down under? It was one of the best matches ever in the game’s history featuring a spectacularly marvellous knock. I am referring to Virat Kohli’s fabulous century in the do-or-die one day international (ODI) last night in Hobart. India had not [...]
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma 20th Anniversary of WOMADelaide has an impressive Indian line up. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma on Santoor, Shantala Shivalingappa in Kuchipudi, Parvyn Kaur Singh of Bombay Royale Music Group singing nostalgic Bollywood numbers from the 60s and the 70s and Chris Finnen, a guitar virtuoso, whose music has an Indian influence. Womadelaide is Australia’s [...]