By Ashok Kumar Vandana Shiva, the Dehra Dun girl, who started her campaign for environment protection and human rights with the Chipko Movement in her native Uttaranchal, has come a long way to be rightly selected for the prestigious Sydney Peace Prize. The announcement was made on Monday by the Sydney University. The Indian Sub-continent [...]
The sounds of Dhol reverberated the Westfield in Parramatta heralding the premier of Punjabi film Virsa at the Events theatre 7 on Sunday 2 May 2010. A procession led by lead actor of the film Aaryan Babbar and well known DJ and Music Director Bally Saggoo. The film was shot entirely in Australia and mostly [...]
Last Sunday, 16th May 2010 (Akshay Trutiya Nija Vaishakh Shukla Trutiya 5112 as per Hindu calendar) the auditorium at the Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Camberwell, Melbourne reverberated with the auspicious sounds of conch blowing and Vedic recitations, commencing the much awaited first ever Hinduism Summit (Hindu Dharma sabha) in Australia. Eminent speakers, Pandit Abhay Awasthi [...]
Predictions for MAY 2010 by Roseline Deleu LIFE PATH Tip LOVE FAMILY WEALTH YOU HELP and HELPERS CHILDREN & CREATIONS Tip STUDY, OPENNESS SELF CONFIDENCE Roseline Deleu’s digitally created designs leading to these May 2010 predictions, can be seen when watching her short video Clip on “FengShuiSteps” YouTube Channel – Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/user/FengShuiSteps – Happy [...]
In a coup of sorts the NDTV (India’s leading private TV channel) has ousted Doordarshan (DD) News for SBS TV’s World Watch program. NDTV was roped in after the SBS TV failed to access DD News capsule (for Australia) through the satellite. DD news bulletin in Hindi & English had started only from1st February and [...]
A lone ranger, Anuj Kulshreshtha, translated his burning desire to popularise Hndi among the Indian community in Sydney by launching his first Hindi internet paper Hindi Gaurav in the presence of small but distinguished gathering. Here’s a paper that has a wider agenda of catering to Hindi language needs of all sections of the community. [...]
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Budget Preview: Productivity: Surplus to requirements?
>By Megan Motto, CEO Consult Australia: The pressure on the Federal Budget to deliver a surplus whilst preserving existing services and supporting future productivity is considerable. Slashing bureaucrats’ consulting budgets is often seen as an easy-win to help achieve this balance. In recent weeks, following the election of Campbell Newman, and with a fiscally conservative [...]
Abbot vision for secure borders, cohesive society
As well as an occasion to reflect on the valour and self-sacrifice of Australia’s military personnel, Anzac Day, which we commemorated this past week, should also be a reminder of the role that our country has played in the wider world. Australia is an influential middle power and, whether we quite appreciate it or not, [...]
Bob Carr views a world with ‘overlapped’ cultures
Last month, US soldiers burned copies of the Koran at Bagram air base in Afghanistan. Days later, young people destroyed 238 war graves in Benghazi, Libya.Intentional insult or error of judgement, such acts can look like cultures at war as did the Taliban when it dynamited the Buddhas of Bamiyan, carved in stone 15 centuries [...]
Several Aus & Asian Universities in top 50 world ranking, but none from India
An Opinion by Dr. Yadu Singh: The latest ranking from The Times Higher Education World University ranking in 2012 places Harvard University at number 1, MIT at number 2, Cambridge at number 3 and Stanford at 4. Melbourne University, Australian National University [ANU] and University of Sydney are in the top 50. Many more are [...]
Multiculturalism in Australia: a policy, we can’t do without!
An Opinion By Dr. Yadu Singh: Australia is a great place where one can meet people from all backgrounds, cultures and religions. They can enjoy food from diverse backgrounds-Indian, Chinese, Italian, Sri Lankan, Thai and many more, including, of course, Australian. People can and do enjoy festivals from diverse backgrounds. I myself have participated in [...]