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India Australia Friendship Fair

India Australia Friendship Fair

UIA celebrates India Australia Friendship Fair every year in Homebush. This year this event is going to be more enjoyable and memorable. The highlights of this year’s program are yet to be announced but The Indian has confirmed the performance by the hottest young singer Mika Singh!
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UIA team endeavours [...]

The GOPIO Young Achievers Awards Nite – 2010

The GOPIO Young Achievers Awards Nite – 2010

The GOPIO Young Achievers Awards Nite – 2010
You are cordially invited to the Awards Night to be held in week four of
May 2010 to congratulate HSC students of NSW of Indian Origin
on their achievements in HSC 2009 exams.
Sunday, 23 May 2010 at 6.00.p.m.
Pioneer Hall, Castle Hill Library [...]

Soorya presents ‘The Rhythm’

Soorya presents ‘The Rhythm’

Soorya – a leading stage and film society is bringing to Australia a mega event named ‘The Rhythm’. The event is a fundraiser and all the proceeds from the show will go to Children’s Hospital at Westmead. ‘The Rhythm’ is a fusion of traditional & contemporary dance & music and features 25 [...]

Bura na mano Holi hai!

Bura na mano Holi hai!

Holi or Holli. Whenever we talk or even think about Holi, So many things comes to our mind altogether like beautiful and vibrant colours , delicious food, variety of sweets and above all the sense of togetherness, happiness, respect to our elders and a strong bond which we share with our friends and family members. [...]

Christmas Celebrations at the Indian Seniors’ Group

Christmas Celebrations at the Indian Seniors’ Group

Kishore Singhal
 The year 2009 has become history and, like other past years, has left beautiful memories. The year ended on a festive note with Christmas and New Year celebrations at various places. One such place was the Indian Seniors Group, Hornsby. The group celebrated the occasion on 20th December 2009 in a fabulous manner. A [...]

Sydney man flies sitting in a chair using Gas Balloons

Sydney man flies sitting in a chair using Gas Balloons

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Harpinder relives the amazing moments and tells how he did it.
Harpinder Bagga (Sam) aged 26 years is an enthusiastic person who loves to take life as an adventure. He was born and brought up in India and ever since childhood it has always been his passion to do something different in life. In 2005, he [...]

Story behind Christmas

Story behind Christmas

Leena Munjal
With Xmas around the corner, let’s understand the history of this festival…
Christmas has had a long and varied history. It wasn’t until the 19th century that Americans began to embrace Christmas. They re-invented Christmas, and changed it from a carnival holiday into a family-centered day of peace. The family was also becoming more sensitive [...]

Bollywood in Cobbitty

Bollywood in Cobbitty

 
 
 
 
 
 
GOPIO, Sydney once again true to its values of providing necessary assistance to people of Indian origin joined hands with the Community of Cobbitty in organising Bollywood in Cobbitty. This event marks another stepping stone for GOPIO, which has raised money in the past for generous causes. This time it was organised to raise funds [...]

City gearing up for Xmas festivities

City gearing up for Xmas festivities

By Leena Munjal
 Sydney, the largest city of Australia is perhaps the most ideal destination to experience the colors of Christmas. Unlike other countries in the west, in Australia, Christmas is a summer festival. The perfect treasure of nature teamed with warm clear blue sky of December and the city’s most dazzling coastlines dressed with lights [...]

Moments of Festivities

Moments of Festivities

By Leena Munjal
 The auspicious occasions of Diwali, Annakut and New Year…commemorated with great fanfare from 17-19 October at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Rosehill, Sydney. The celebrations took place with the charisma of BAPS Sadhus, Pujya Jnanpurush Swami and Pujya Adarshmuni Swami. The fragrance of flowers, the brilliance of illuminations, the echo of chants, the aroma [...]

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