Editorials
- The (Un)Making of Tony Abbott
One of the most noticeable things of Australian politics since the past 2 years not been the midnight axing of Kevin Rudd or the ascendancy of Julia Gillard to the post of PM, it has been the remarkable story of the ability of Tony Abbott to influence ...
Reshaping India Australia Relations There has been speculation that the relationship between this region's largest democracies, India and Australia has lost its political traction and that the Labour government has had a different perception of the re...
- Mumbai Bleeds Again
18 killed and 141 injured in terror attacks in Mumbai. How many times have you heard about the terror attacks in Mumbai? It happened in 1993, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008 and now July 13, 2011. Over 600 innocent people have been killed so far. Mumbai now has...
- The Elimination of Osama Bin Laden
Bin Laden changed the course of history and his death has again changed the course of history.
- The demise of Labor party in NSW
As Dhoni was driving India to glory in the Cricket World Cup, in Australia all eyes were glued towards Barry' O Farrell. Barry O' Farrell is the pied piper of NSW who attracted a whole stream of voters wedded to his ideology and to his party. The landm...
- Rudd Hai Ki Manta Nahin
WikiLeaks has been a blessing for students and media people who have now gained a new insight in the way diplomacy is being conducted by bureaucrats and leaders of different countries. Diplomacy is often a dirty game, digging out for dirty linen and pa...
- A Tale of Two Disasters
ON 9th January, after returning from work, I switched on the car radio and heard the Mayor of Brisbane talking about a deluge about to hit Brisbane and many parts of Queensland including Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley. He spoke about the flood levels...
- Sri Mandir Temple Attack Story – Why we did it?
[caption id="attachment_1395" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Temple priest, Pandit Jatin Kumar Bhatt"][/caption] One of the oldest temples of Australia attacked by vandals and the reports of the temple being the subject of similar attacks si...
- Why Ted Baillieu may be the key to renewed Australia India relations?
A lot of water has flown in the Murray Darling basin since part time taxi driver and Master of Accounting student, Rajneesh Joga died after being assaulted, taxi driver Jalwinder Singh was stabbed seven times by his passenger, Shravan Kumar poked in th...
- Western Sydney Infrastructure is failing
Western Sydney is growing at an increasing pace and the infrastructure spending has not kept pace with the rapid growth of this region. [pullquote] Population of the size of Tasmania will be moving to Western Sydney in the next 20 years and we ar...
- Back to Future for Australia and India
If you think Australian image in India has improved since the past 12 months, you are wrong. Even before the recent racist police email scandal burst, Australia continued to occupy a villainous image in the Indian minds. Majority of Indians are convinc...
- The Ethnic Vote
Post elections 2010, Australia now has the first hung parliament in more than 60 years which has left many observers baffled. The negotiations between the independents and the mainstream parties were like a circus which went for more than 17 days af...
- Watching the Election Campaign 2010
Watching the Election Campaign 2010, you can't help but notice how the attention this election has turned away from the prime contenders Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott to players who are not fighting the elections. Old Prime Ministers and old ministers and advisors are all over the air waves which gives an indication that the electorate thinks that two main contenders have been forced down their throats by the political parties. Both of them don't come across as dominant leaders who can steer Australia to a more commanding position. The elections have so far focussed on the former Prime Ministers primarily John Howard and Kevin Rudd apart from fringe players like Mark Latham and Laurie Oaks.
- Who should be Australia's ICC Representative?
Fears of an Australian Indian confrontation were reignited again last month after John Howard's bid for Vice President of International Cricket Council, as an Oceania candidate, got rejected. Had John Howard been elected he would have become the President of ICC after two years, when the current President and a powerful Indian cabinet minister Sharad Pawar steps down. However the controversy did not snowball into a media and a diplomatic tug of war, which partly showed how much John Howard is disliked these days even in Australia.
- Why is Stephen Conroy taking us to the Stone Age
How does it feel to be in the company of most oppressed nations like China , Iran and other smaller nations with no freedom of speech and how does it feel to be the only Western Country being lumped with this category. "Some internet content is simply not suitable in a civilised society. It is important that all Australians, particularly young children, are protected from this material".