India is the land of festivals, and no festival season is as busy as the one that begins during the Indian monsoon and carries right up to the time of harvesting in January. In this article, we show you four big festivals that occurred in the month of August, and what to look ahead […]Read More
Even to the most cynical of cynics, the first day of January every year ushers in hope. Yes, it’s an artificial landmark brought about by usage of a randomly chosen 12-month calendar which has come down to us from Roma times. Yes, it doesn’t have any practical value whatsoever – for in reality, it’s just […]Read More
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Sydney’s South Asian community wowed at Telstra’s Bollywood Wednesdays VIP Event
The Telstra Bollywood Wednesdays VIP event, held at Event Cinema Burwood showed Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan’s romantic-comedy film, Shaadi Ke Side Effects to a full house on 5th March 2014. Telstra Bollywood Wednesday’s is a way to reward Telstra customers, with $10 tickets to Bollywood films available every Wednesday at Telstra’s partner cinemas in […]Read More
A perfect getaway for the souls yearning for some fun and frolic this weekend, Sydney Harbour is putting up a stellar of a concert series on this Australia Day! Organised under the hat of NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency Destination NSW Australia’s young brigade of artists will showcase their talent to the much […]Read More
At Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne, AIII (Australian Indian Innovations Incorporated) held a Diwali fair that was easily the biggest, loudest, meanest Diwali event of 2013 in the country. Each year for the last twelve, AIII has been outdoing itself with their Diwali and Holi celebrations, and just when you felt that they simply could not […]Read More
Diwali is usually considered as the Festival of Lights by Indian people and is being celebrated on a grand scale all across the country. The festival holds a symbolic meaning in the lives of Hindu people as they say that it brings prosperity and happiness to their homes. Diwali demarcates the return of Lord Rama […]Read More
On a sun-kissed Sunday afternoon, people thronged the 20th Melbourne Art Festival and the whole place was buzzing with tourists. Laird Gann, Executive Director of Melbourne Main Street gave an estimation of 25,000 to 30,000 people at the festival. Artisans flew from all corners of the world including New York, Kansas, Georgia and North Carolina […]Read More
