Australia

LITTLE POWERHOUSE

07-06-2020 Gday India

Where many adults would give up after a setback in life, six-year-old Ria proves that by staying positive and taking charge nothing is impossible in life

LIVING THE DREAM

07-06-2020 Gday India

When ethics, hard work, determination, and putting people first is the basic foundation of a company, magic is bound to happen. Sunil Kumar of Reliance Real Estate is living example of this.

A Company That Believes in Putting Value to Your Peace of Mind

11-05-2020 Gday India

Imagine planning a holiday and then the news of the airline you were flying with is declared insolvent or the website through which you bought your ticket go bust. Also, imagine being stranded in an airport because of some untoward incident.

Towards Stardom

21-04-2020 Gday India

They say 60 is the new 30 and Satinder Chawla simply proves it. It is never too late to try something new. At the time when people often plan retirement, Mr Chawla became an actor. Let us hear from him

‘Australia is The Place to Be’

04-04-2020 Gday India

Preeti Daga clearly dons many hats. A public relations professional and a charismatic voice for many causes, her journey from India to Australia has been quite a smooth ride, contrary to the assumption that migrants generally find it hard to get a toehold in the industry of their choice.

THE FACES BEHIND INDIANS IN MELBOURNE

03-04-2020 Gday India

Beenu, a cybersecurity professional with a double degree MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School, admits it was all quite raw in the beginning although his brother Dinesh Arora who was in India then helped him with the project as a moderator

Infusing Indian Art of Rasa With Comedy

10-03-2020 Gday India

Moving away from the usual storylines and anecdotes, Australian-Indian comedian Ashwin Segkar is bringing a unique technique at the upcoming Melbourne Comedy Festival. Cultivating Rasa, the ancient Indian drama technique used in Sankrit drama about 1500 years ago,

At 15, Shivaan Bahl dreams to entertain the world and spread positivity through music

06-02-2020 Gday India

At the age of 15, Shivaan Bahl has a few memorable events that stand out tall in his memory. For instance, performing with Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in Melbourne in 2017 in front of a huge home audience was a “big and happy moment”.

Meet the Khakh brothers who made a name through enterprise and culture

11-01-2020 Gday India

Lovedeep Singh Khakh is proud of his roots which goes back to the northern Indian state of Punjab. His surname Khakh is derived from his ‘small town’ Khakh near Amritsar. Of course, it is not something peculiar to him alone. After all, most Indian names are based on a variety of systems and naming conventions

STICKING TOGETHER Craigieburn Falcons Hockey Club

21-11-2019 Gday India

With every member bringing a different piece to the table, the all-Punjabi Craigieburn Falcons Women’s team is working its way to prominence. In the satellite suburb of Craigieburn just outside of Melbourne, one cannot miss the busy and well-kept hockey field at 450 Grand Blvd where girls and boys,

How a Sydney-based family is raising awareness about organ donation

07-11-2019 Gday India

When your seven-year-old comes home from school and suddenly asks you if you have registered to become an organ donor in the eventuality of death, you brush aside the topic thinking he is too young to even know anything about organ donation, reflects Rupesh Udani.

Noble Efforts to Pave the Divine Path For Others

07-11-2019 Gday India

As the world celebrates the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus this month, a look at one man’s mission to spread the message of Guru Nanak Dev in his own small ways

Mitu Bhowmick Lange’s Mind Blowing Films dominates Australian independent film industry

02-11-2019 Gday India

With Bollywood film Sanju winning the Highest Grossing Foreign Film Award at Australian International Movie Convention (AIMC) for the fourth time, Mind Blowing Films has sealed its place as one of the top companies dominating the Australian independent film industry.

Sunanda Sachatrakul on being openly gay and her debut at Melbourne Fringe Festival

10-09-2019 Gday India

By her own telling, Sunanda Sachatrakul admits she has a peculiar last name. A third generation Punjabi Thai, her great, great grandfather moved to Thailand from India before Partition. “My father adopted a Thai first and last name because at the time, that was the Law for all

Ravi Chand attempts to create awareness about culture & identity

10-09-2019 Gday India

For more than 20 years of his life, Ravi Chand struggled with his identity. Was he Australian? Was he Fijian? Was he Indian? These conflicting thoughts presented themselves to him more starkly when he tried to enter the screen industry.

Sanchita Abrol brings her Kathak presence to Australia

10-09-2019 Gday India

Sanchita Abrol did not foray into dancing by chance but she admits ‘Kathak found her and she found Kathak’ one afternoon when she was very young. There has been no looking back since.

Meet Shashi Singh, perhaps the first India-born female winemaker in Australia

02-08-2019 Gday India

When Red Hill Estate winemaker Shashi Singh started her extraordinary career more than two decades ago, it was a field that was totally new. Starting her first vintage brought an adrenalin rush. “I never wanted this vintage to end. I loved what I was doing.” She found her calling.