Kareena Kapoor visits MCG and throws her support behind the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020

Kareena Kapoor visits MCG and throws her support behind the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020

One of Bollywood’s biggest stars has thrown her support behind players competing in next year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, during a visit to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) this morning. As organisers count down the days to potentially break an attendance record at a women’s sporting fixture, Kareena Kapoor, the Indian actress and presenter, […]

An iconic cultural Bathukamma Festival celebrated by Telugu community

An iconic cultural Bathukamma Festival celebrated by Telugu community

By Nick Attam and RV Rao Townsville is seeing a growth in the multicultural community especially from India. We now have people from across all states of India living in the capital city of North Queensland. This year Telugu community gathered to celebrate an iconic cultural event Bathukamma Festival at Riverside Community Center in Douglas on 6th October, […]

Is Modi a modern Avatar of Gandhi?

Is Modi a modern Avatar of Gandhi?

By Shashi Narasimhiah               (Author is indebted to is friend Akshaya Malaviya for his valuable input into this article) Can anyone be compared to the greatest Mahatma the word has seen? And, can we be so adventurous as to even hazard a comparison between the immortal Mahatma and the […]

ARUNA GANDHI’S PASSION FOR BHARTANATYAM ART EVIDENT IN HER PRESENTATION OF “KRISHNAARPANAM”

ARUNA GANDHI’S PASSION FOR BHARTANATYAM ART  EVIDENT IN HER PRESENTATION OF “KRISHNAARPANAM”

By Raj Natarajan I received an invitation from an organization called Silambam-Sydney, a premier institution of performing arts, founded by dancer – choreographer Aruna Gandhi. The invitation was for a dance drama called ‘Krishnaarpanam’ a production in Bharatanatyam to launch Silambam’s 10th anniversary celebration to be staged at the University of NSW, Science Theatre. I […]

Home Is Where the Heart Is

By Sarea Bhar With the consistent increase in the number migrants, Australia has seen many young aspiring Indian students occupying the region. The transition from one country to another, is something that even I am familiar with. Moving to a different level of education and that too, to the other hemisphere, can be extremely challenging. […]

Final part of the series

Final part of the series

Final part of the series   By Prof Kuldip Sidhu The Psychological basis for Religion It is believed that three psychological tendencies which are pronounced in humans, but minimally expressed in other species are necessary for religion and these are: we seek patterns, infer intentions and learn by imitation.These are cognitive adaptations that helped our […]

Adani Rugby Run solar farm officially open and at full operation

Adani Rugby Run solar farm officially open and at full operation

Adani’s first renewables project in Australia, a 65 MW solar farm in central Queensland has now been officially switched on, powering more than 23,000 regional Queensland homes and businesses. Located near Moranbah in central Queensland, Rugby Run solar farm’s 247,000 solar panels makes it the eighth largest solar farm in Queensland and a significant contributor […]

Jammu and Kashmir officially bifurcated into two UTs

Jammu and Kashmir officially bifurcated into two UTs

Jammu and Kashmir ceased to exist as a state from midnight Thursday, and its official bifurcation into two Union Territories – of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, has taken effect. The state has been officially divided into the two Union Territories pursuant to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, which the government passed in […]