It was something quite unusual for the otherwise quiet Heritage Park of Selandra Rise, to witness a big gathering of members of Australian Indian community celebrating Deepavali on 13th November, 2015. The function was arranged on the auspice of proposed Selandra Rise Australian Indian Community (SRAIC). The function was inaugurated with lighting a lamp and […]
By Aparajita Gupta Title: Indian Family Business Mantras; Authors: Peter Leach and Tatwamasi Dixit; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 252. True to its title, the book summarises the spirit of Indian family businesses. It has not only captured the positive side of family-run business but also highlighted the various challenges faced by such companies. The book, written […]
Today we have real evidence of the mobile phone bringing down the cost of REMITTANCE and now there is access for everyone to every day much needed financial services. Hong Kong based mobile Fin Tech company bux.com global limited (www.bux.com) has released the latest version of a mobile app, available on iTunes and Android, offering […]
It is customary to wear new clothes, buy gold during the festive season to appease ones respective planets {Grahas}; one can do so by wearing their Lucky colors, for increasing the magnetic attraction. Or can even invest in their lucky gems, or birth stones, what with Gold prices so stagnant! Sounds like a Gem of […]
By Somrita Ghosh They are known for doing innovative and creative business and this Diwali, start-ups have come up with novel ideas and concepts that companies can gift to their employees. Start-ups like UrbanClap, Easyfix and Easyrewardz, to name just three, have taken up offbeat routes to celebrate Diwali with employees. UrbanClap, which provides instant […]
By Jaydeep Yeole Thailand a land of Smiles, a land of spectacular beaches and islands, is the most popular tourist destination and has been hitting the top charts since many years. Indeed, its wealth of history, culture, world class resorts, adventure sports, water sports, tropical forests, graceful highlands, developed infrastructure and hi-tech urban life makes […]
The Gurukull is an organisation where educational activities are held in a fun filled manner. Children and senior citizens are the prime focus of this organization. The Gurukull aims to keep the cultural and traditional practices strong among the kids by teaching Hindi, arranging cultural activities, etc.,it also aims to help the senior citizens with […]
To suit the present times, mythology has its own interpretations by present generation writers. Read this unknown side of Shakuntala, a little different from what the Mahabharata had to say. Also to read are tales on the Allahabad of yore and of underage CEOs who are raising their ideas into careers. 1. Book: Shakuntala: The […]
An Indian-American teen may soon feature in International Tennis Federation (ITF) top 200 rankings after she won the girls’ singles and doubles titles at the 2015 Atlanta ITF tournament. The first Indian-origin player to achieve the double feat in an international tennis tournament, 14-year-old Natasha Subhash, from Virginia, played on hard courts at the Life […]
An Indian-origin researcher in the US has won a $150,000 grant to study genes linked to the deadly melanoma skin cancer, a media report said. Anurag Singh, an assistant professor of pharmacology and medicine at Boston University, won the grant from the Melanoma Research Alliance to study as to why some forms of melanoma with […]