By Nidhi Kumari Prerna Bakshi, a writer, poet and activist of Indian origin from Australia, a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and the author of the recently released full-length poetry collection, Burnt Rotis, With Love, long-listed for the 2015 Erbacce-Press Poetry Award in the UK, gets candid in an exclusive interview with Indus Age. “Burnt Rotis, with love” a title good enough […]
By Sanjay B Jumaani All eyes are on the outcome of the 58th US Presidential elections; many have asked us to predict what lies in store for the most ‘Powerful’ country in the world. What do their Numbers depict? Will it be Donald who will blow his ‘Trump’et? Or Hillary have the last, hilarious laugh? […]
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party: An Inside Look Author: Pran Kurup Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 133 Two things stand out in the book. One, author Pran Kurup does not hide his adoration for Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Chief Minister and head of India’s youngest political outfit, the Aam Aadmi […]
By Vivek Singh Chauhan New Delhi On a hot summer day 11 years ago, 16-year-old Laxmi was passing by the Khan Market bus stand in central Delhi when a spurned lover threw acid on her – leaving her in excruciating pain. After seven surgeries – last one being the most critical – she is a […]
At the start of a new school year, thousands of year 11 students across Australia will have to make a choice about which school-leaving pathway to take; the world-renowned International Baccalaureate or the local HSC? Both courses qualify students to graduate high school, yet each in very different ways. The International Baccalaureate (IB) was founded […]
Numerology predictions for the year of Mars: 2016 So what does 2016 {2016=9, Mars (Mangal)} hold for us? Celeb Astro-Numerologist Sanjay B Jumaani gives us a peek at what the ‘Numbers’ have to say. Number 1: People born on the 1st, 10th, 19th and 28th in any month are termed as Number 1 people, ruled by the […]
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata An inveterate traveller, acclaimed Australian chef Christine Manfield is known for her love of Indian spices. Tracing the country’s culinary traditions through her books, the celebrated travel and food writer lists the humble flat mortar and pestle (silbatta in Hindi) as one of her favourite kitchen hacks and swears by the […]
The pride and the honour of the Indian Cricket Team; Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh will make their gracious presence at the Spice of Life Restaurant & Function at Harris Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia on 30th January, 2016. For updates visit: https://www.facebook.com/Spice-of-Life-Restaurant-Function-930054170377572/ Catch them right in front of your eyes!
By Ankit Sinha Internationally acclaimed sitarist, Anoushka Shankar said that Indian classical music has a “strong following” abroad. The daughter of late sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar earned her fifth Grammy nomination for her album “Home”, which reaffirms Indian classical music’s hold in the West. “I think our music in its purest form is something […]
Mumbai Flanked on one side by Nariman Point and on the other by Chowpatty beach with art deco buildings en route which hazily melt into the colonialist Raj Bhavan, Mumbai’s pride and the iconic Marine Drive turned 100 in December. To mark the momentous occasion, the Marine Drive Residents Association (MDRA) succeeded in getting the […]