Hindi Divas 2017 Celebration in Sydney

Hindi Divas 2017 Celebration in Sydney

Hindi Divas is celebrated on 14 September because on this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India had adopted Hindi written in Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India. Later, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru announced this day to be celebrated as Hindi Divas in the country. First Hindi Divas was celebrated […]

Grand celebration of Colourful and vibrant floral festival of Telangana : Bathukamma

Grand celebration of Colourful and vibrant floral festival of Telangana : Bathukamma

‘Bathukamma’, a colourful and vibrant floral festival of Telangana celebrated by women with flowers is now part of global celebrations wherever the people of Telangana are settled.  On 23rd September, 2017 the same was celebrated in a grand manner in Sydney – Australia @ Belhaven Manor in Wentworthville where more than 500 people especially women and […]

SWASTIK INSTITUTE OF DANCE PRESENTS- ‘KATHAK DARPAN: A live performance by Pandit Rajendra Gangani’

SWASTIK INSTITUTE OF DANCE PRESENTS- ‘KATHAK DARPAN: A live performance by Pandit Rajendra Gangani’

One of Indian most revered classical dance performers, Pandit Rajendra Gangani, is coming to Sydney – not only for a live show, but to hold an intensive six-day Kathak workshop. Akash Arora has the low down: Sydney’s premier Indian cultural school, Swastik Institute of Dance has scored a real coup. It has managed to convince […]

Sur, Oman: Perfect stop for lovers of exotic beaches

Sur, Oman: Perfect stop for lovers of exotic beaches

By Sandeep Sharma (Sur (Oman) A picture-perfect lighthouse, a dhow factory, wadis, a cinema hall, mountains, fishing, boating and a few exotic beaches — Sur, the second-richest city in Oman after the capital Muscat, has a lot to offer to travel junkies. Situated on the north-eastern coast of Oman, the city, which is the capital […]

Chef Gaggan Anand: There is no such thing as a curry

Chef Gaggan Anand: There is no such thing as a curry

By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru Ranked as Asia’s best restaurant for three years in a row for his eponymous “Gaggan” in Bangkok, Kolkata-born Chef Gaggan Anand is all about taking Indian food to the world beyond its stereotyped curry prism. He’s on a mission to prove to the world that the concept of curry doesn’t exist […]

Walking through London, tongue in cheek (Travelogue)

Walking through London, tongue in cheek (Travelogue)

By Papri Sri Raman London Going around is a British invention, not improbable in the land of the cartwheel penny, but the London Eye tops it all. It earns 25,000 pounds every day. This millennium marker was supposed to last just five years but has gone around for 17. The slowly moving Ferris Wheel takes […]