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Countdown to CWG

Countdown to CWG

With under 60 days to go and stinging criticism emanating from all quarters against the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi is the cynosure of all attention. Be it stadiums, catering contracts, withdrawal of athletes, rubble on Delhi roads, Kalmadi is the buck stops man for the CWG 2010 Organizing Committee. Is [...]

Shreya Ghoshal: Singing all the way to the top

Shreya Ghoshal: Singing all the way to the top

ROHIT REVO
India’s melody queen Shreya Ghoshal has sung several songs for Bollywood and other Indian film industries. Besides Hindi, she performs in Assamese, Bengali,Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi,and Tamil songs. Ghoshal is one of the most awarded playback singers in recent times, with four National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards to her credit.
She is [...]

UIA demands review of Visa Capping Bill in Canberra

UIA demands review of Visa Capping Bill in Canberra

United Indian Associations (UIA) an umbrella body representing many Indian community organizations met the Federal Minister for Immigration, Chris Evans in Canberra and made submissions in regards to the proposed Visa Capping Bill and its impact on the International Students. Also present in the meeting were Federal MP for Reid, Laurie [...]

Kapil Sibal discusses problems faced by Indian community in Sydney

Kapil Sibal discusses problems faced by Indian community in Sydney

Swetha Selva Kumar
The Indian HRD Minister Kapil Sibal was in Sydney recently to discuss student issues and education collaborations with his Australian counterparts. The minister also met with Indian community organizations, student bodies and affected students from private colleges and conveyed to Australia that more needs to be done [...]

Tibetans in exile say, “Thank You India” at 50!

Tibetans in exile say, “Thank You India” at 50!

Aditya Raj Kaul
Tibetans-in-exile living in various settlements across northern India are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama’s arrival in Dharmasala town.
Aditya Raj Kaul, the India Editor of The Indian went exploring Dharamsala and interacted with the locals and the Tibetan administration to [...]

Sydney and Parramatta Lucky to Have Queen’s Baton

Sydney and Parramatta Lucky to Have Queen’s Baton

Harish Velji
New South Wales was very lucky that it had two of its cities host the Queens Baton and no one complained about the weather which turned out to be perfect to welcome the baton.
Much of the work gone into getting the Queens Baton into Parramatta and Sydney was [...]

Miss India Australia 2010

Miss India Australia 2010

Rohit Revo
Miss India Australia 2010 Talent and International Model Search was held on 13th March at Seymour Centre in Sydney. Miss India Australia launched in 2003, is the first ever-national beauty competition in Australia for women of Indian origin.
The prizes for the winner were worth $10,000 including fully paid trip to Durban, [...]

Long term legacy of Delhi 2010

Long term legacy of Delhi 2010

Boria Majumdar
The countdown has started. With a little under six months left for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, India’s fight with the clock is on. And because of its heuristic, practical and political value, Delhi 2010 has become a highly sought-after commodity, the long term impact of which hinges not only on [...]

Nafisa – Living life king size

Nafisa – Living life king size

Jyoti Shankar
On meeting Nafisa Naomi, the winner of the Packing Room Prize of the Archibald Prize entrants, the first thought that came to my head was, “Here is somebody who lives life king size!” And it was not just the size of her paintings that made me think that. It was her vivacious personality, her [...]

AKHIL AUSTRALIA MARATHI SAMMELAN 2010

AKHIL AUSTRALIA MARATHI SAMMELAN 2010

Smita Kale
When I arrived in Adelaide in July 2007, my newly acquainted Marathi friends were all excited about the “Sammelan” they had attended in Sydney earlier that year. They were busy with repeat performances of their show at the festival. Everybody was yet to get over the hangover of the event. [...]

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