New report calls for a tri-state co-operation between Australia, India and the United States to meet challenges in the Indo-Pacific by forging new partnership. Sydney, August 25: Australia should lead in creating a strong partnership with India that complements our core alliance with the United States, according to a new reportRead More →

Melbourne, August 24: Melbourne’s annual Indian Film Festival in celebrating Bollywood to arthouse films through its theme – women empowerment for 2016 kicked off true to its spirit. Richa Chadha got talking! A snap-verbose-nee-women-empowerment googly from actress and feminist Richa Chadha – and media went ga-ga about how Richa defend­ed herRead More →

Melbourne, August 23: Southern hemisphere’s greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema, the 2016 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne was packed to the rafters, complete with Festival Ambassador, Vidya Balan. From the prestigious Westpac Indian Film Festival of Melbourne awards to IFFM Equality Award to Festival guest, Pakistani actor Fawad Khan;Read More →

New Delhi, August 17: In its 69th year of independence, India is continuing to make its mark globally. The country’s growth in areas of service sector, infrastructural developments, and scientific breakthroughs are a testimony to its accomplishments. Yet, almost seven decades after India won its freedom, millions of children areRead More →

Indian influx raises branch-stacking question for Shorten’s Labor: The Australian @rickwallaceoz Melbourne, August 16: As Bill Shorten prepared his statement to wish Indians on Independence Day, The Australian dropped a bombshell – Labor’s branch-stacking scandal in Victoria. Leader of Opposition and Member for Maribyrnong, Bill Shorten said that the “contributionRead More →

“Whose Democracy?” questions a Seminar in London on the eve of Indian Independence Day London, August 14: Kashmiris are facing an existential crisis under Indian army occupation, said Kashmiri academic, novelist and activist Nitasha Kaul at a seminar at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) organised by South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG). “ItRead More →

Melbourne, August 10: Cadbury’s Picnic chocolate bar advertisement featuring a flight controller speaking with a thick ‘Indian’ accent, was taken off air last month, after being found that it ‘negatively stereotyped’ Indians. The ad being broadcast on free-to-air TV was part of the Picnic brand’s “Obey your mouth” campaign featuringRead More →

It makes my blood boil to see how factually wrong information is broadcast… says Ravi Bhatia …Indian girls will not sacrifice their chastity just to get their PR… says Uday Dhumatkar Melbourne, August 3: The time was just after 8am on Monday June 27 morning and the start of theRead More →