Australian Multicultural Association Inc. celebrated Ganesh Festival with Indian and Australian members

Australian Multicultural Association Inc. celebrated Ganesh Festival with Indian and Australian members

Australian Multicultural Association (AMA) is a ‘not for profit’ organization incorporated in January 2015 with a view to address the issues affecting various communities in greater Melbourne and beyond. It was started by a group of likeminded individuals who are driven by social responsibility, community development and humanitarian values with a particular focus on underprivileged […]

The Miss and Mrs Punjaban Australia 2015 title crowned to Miss Gagandeep Kaur and Mrs Karanjeet Kaur

The Miss and Mrs Punjaban Australia 2015 title crowned to Miss Gagandeep Kaur and Mrs Karanjeet Kaur

By-Neha Kolape The Miss and Mrs Punjaban Australia 2015 were crowned in Melbourne on 12th September, 2015. The competition was presented for the second year in a row by the Sanjhi Awaaz Radio and Miss and Mrs Punjaban Australia organising team. For the very first time the event was held in Melbourne’s western suburb of […]

Ragaamrutha Music School: Preserving and promoting the traditional music of India

Ragaamrutha Music School: Preserving and promoting the traditional music of India

By-Neha Kolape Ragaamrutha’s mission is to preserve and promote traditional music art forms from India. It caters to the needs of the community at large specifically Indian Australian community for carnatic music learning. Ragaamrutha has been a result of relentless efforts that have been invested towards the Carnatic art form to the community in Hoppers […]

Have you eaten your curd today?

By- Sweta Uchil-Purohit Nutritionist   We all remember Little Miss Muffet eating her curds and whey in the nursery rhyme, but how many of you eat curd every day? If you don’t, then you may want to start including it in your diet from today. Yoghurt or ‘curd’as it is called in India is something […]

Tribute to Rajinder Singh Bedi on his Birth Centenary by Om Music

Tribute to Rajinder Singh Bedi on his Birth Centenary by Om Music

By: Dolly Kaher (Grand Daughter of Padma Shri Rajinder Singh Bedi)   Since the beginning of 2015, it was my wish to do something to celebrate my grandfather, Padmashree Rajinder Singh Bedi’s birth centenary in Melbourne.  He was an Urdu writer of progressive writers’ movement, playwright, who later became a Hindi film director, screenwriter and dialogue writer.   […]

Wyndham Eid Festival event a grand success for Wyndham residents

Wyndham Eid Festival event a grand success for Wyndham residents

By- Mohammed Fakruddin Jamal   The multicultural Eid festival event organised in short time broke all the records of crowd participation in western suburbs.  Wyndham Eid festival had a huge response from local and non local residents, who enjoyed the first ever Eid festival organised in Werribee. More than 12,000 people attended the biggest ever […]

Rajan has simply done what was a necessity

Rajan has simply done what was a necessity

Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has finally delivered a monetary policy announcement which reflects the underlying fundamentals of the Indian economy. The media and the markets are excited about this ‘surprise’ and will continue to rejoice over the coming days. But the fact remains that today’s 50 basis point cut was a necessity […]

BJP plays backward caste card to counter ‘Mandal’ politics

BJP plays backward caste card to counter ‘Mandal’ politics

In a bid to counter the ‘Mandal’ politics of the grand alliance in the Bihar assembly polls, particularly Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s pitch for ‘backward versus upper caste fight’, the BJP is playing the backward castes card. In order to woo the Dalits, Other Backward Castes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Castes (EBCs), […]