Aditya Raj Kaul
India and Pakistan have resumed yet another channel of communication in wake of increase in terror activities from across the border. But does this give us a cause for optimism?
Pakistani forward line expert Hassan Sardar’s onslaught on the Indian Hockey team in the 1982 Asian Games was humiliating. After 28 years, even though [...]
Rohit Revo
The recent tragic death of 3 year old Gurshan Singh Channa in Melbourne has served as a gruesome warning to young families in Australia about the dangers that are present in the bowels of the community. It is the sort of crime that absolutely distresses everyone. The boy’s parents had arrived in Australia from [...]
Tej Gyan Foundation (TGF) is a non-profit organization registered with the objective of creating a highly evolved society by spreading ‘Happy Thoughts’. The Foundation has multiple centers across India and some centers in other countries. TGF is a system for wisdom from self-help to self- realization. It has received ISO Certification (ISO 9001:2000) for its [...]
Rohit Revo
When the garbage collector from Toongabbie rose up in the ranks to become the Premier of the largest state of Australia, he was expected to maintain status quo. Before becoming Premier, Nathan Rees had built deep linkages with the Indian community in areas around Toongabbie and had been a regular attendee at most Indian [...]
ROHIT REVO
He is the Jarnail Singh Bhindrawala of Indian students in Australia and espouses ideas which some say are too radical and impractical. Gautam Gupta, Spokesperson of FISA, came to Australia to study Information Technology in June 1999 at Swinburne University and clearly saw the pattern of problems faced by Indian and international students. In [...]
Suneeta Chowdhry
Chitti aayi hai….. many years back this song from the movie ‘Naam’ had become an anthem with NRIs world over. After which Bollywood has played with the NRI hearts missing home far too many times. As kids it was difficult to understand the emotions that these songs and movies bring, but now as an [...]
By Saumya Menon
The Government of India has dedicated the 9th of January to celebrate the overseas compatriots. The Day Gandhiji returned from South Africa disgusted with racism, little did he know that his name will be used to fuel another form of discrimination and corruption.
The story goes back to the BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party) Government [...]
Dilip Chopra, Councillor for Hornsby Shire
It has been an extremely humbling experience for me to serve the community as a Councillor for Hornsby Shire. Ever since I got elected I have been amazed at the level of interest which the mainstream Australian community has developed for the Australian Indian community and how the Indian community [...]
Leena Munjal
There is no doubt women have struggled to get to where they are today. After years and years of fighting for a more equal society, they have finally gotten their feet off the ground and chased for what they believed in. Women have definitely come a long way in the working world, but there [...]
Boria Majumdar
In matters of food, I am like the majority of my countrymen. Even when I am far from the Indian shores, I tend to crave for the traditional Indian spice that spruces up my food. So much so that the first time I had been to Devon, the South Asia hub in Chicago, and [...]