by Catherine King, member for Brand In the 1890s, following the sudden death of his wife, my great-great-grandfather Eli Pizer packed up four of children and his life in Melbourne to join the luck of the gold rush in Kalgoorlie. Eli Pizer wasn’t a miner but he started a hansomRead More →
Do Judge Dharmender Rana’s reasons really differ? When Judge Dharmender Rana granted bail to Disha Ravi on Tuesday night, it was bound to bother India watchers why Disha was treated more liberally than Safoora Zargar by the same judge faced with two bail applications by young girsl with no priorRead More →
I hope readers will indulge me a slightly more personal column this month. It has ben a long time since I have last written for this paper, and this absence has been due entirely to the personal dislocation caused by the Victorian government’s policies in response to COVID-19. It hasRead More →
Why Ghulam Nabi Azad said he is a proud Hindustani Muslim Within days of Aman Chopra’s now famous interview with former Vice President of India Hamid Ansari, a prominent Indian Muslim leader of the Congress party – Ghulam Nabi Azad – now former leader of the Opposition in the RajyaRead More →
Melbourne, February 15: A 36 year-old Tamil refugee, who was the victim of an alleged deliberate hit and run attack, was transferred by air ambulance to Australia late on Friday, 12 February. The incident which caused serious injuries – reportedly fractures to the back, shoulder, leg, hand and hip ofRead More →
This week at the Sydney Cricket Ground Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj set the standard Australia must follow and adopt when it comes to racism. Subject to racist abuse, he showed great courage to pause the game – to highlight the fact of this abuse, and that it must beRead More →
When Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell met the chief of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Mohan Bhagwat, last month, he tweeted that RSS had been actively supporting the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The @RSSorg has been actively supporting the community during COVID19. I met with Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat whoRead More →
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is an interesting political character. He has demonstrated great skill in the art of election campaigning and his victory over Bill Shorten and the Labor party in the 2019 election was proof of this ability. Morrison does a good job as coming across as anRead More →
The 2008 terrorist attack on the Indian city of Mumbai beginning on 26th November (typically referred to as 26/11) and ending on 29th November will be regarded for long as a near cataclysmal event, writes Professor Raghbendra Jha. A series of attacks engineered by Lashkar-e-Taiba, an extremist organisation based in Pakistan,Read More →
La Trobe University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences is proposing to disestablish its Hindi Studies Program due to feasibility concerns caused by a decline in revenue from lack of students. Hindi along with other language programs within Humanities Studies is deemed to be unprofitable by La Trobe and hence,Read More →