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Volume 10, Number 12 Saturday, September 14, 2013

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WE have a new Government and a new Prime Minister, while Spring has sprung, soon it will be Christmas, with mixed feelings I note that September 2013 marks the completion of our tenth year. What an extraordinary journey it has been, it has been made possible with a lot of sweat and tears, why I say that is that many people would not realize the struggles and obstacles that had to be overcome to keep the paper in existence. Through this sacrifice many have benefited, profiles of individuals and associations have improved. I must say that my personal profile and many appointments have been a result of the paper.

Our advertisers have greatly contributed to the economical success of the paper, but every month there is a shortfall which is met by the publishers. Many of our community event advertisements are put in for free or at a minimal cost. Unlike other publications full of advertisements, we have tried to feature as many community articles as possible, most of the months increasing the number pages beyond the breakeven point, as we did not want to leave out anyone’s articles, though we have had to edit many articles from time to time.

Apart from putting together the newspaper a considerable amount of time is spent on updating the website, and emailing the upcoming events reminder every week, just for your information the weekly email blast now stands at over five thousand per week, this has proven to be a very successful medium of events promotions and many have benefited by sell out shows and functions, it is a huge task which consumes a lot of time, it is for the community’s benefit, no benefit to us as it does not generate any income. Despite all this very few people appreciate the work that goes in, the general perception is that they are minting money, look at all the advertisements!, yes we now have a good number of advertisements, but our rates are very reasonable and the time it takes to produce the ads, especially the small ones which take as much time if not more than the large ones, say for a sixty dollar ad if we have had to make three changes and then chase after the payment, it has cost us four times that in labor cost. Many of the ads designed by us have been used for the other publications.

Our staff spend a lot of time responding to requests of upcoming events which are uploaded to our website, then on a weekly

basis uploaded to our Facebook page, print outs are used for broadcasting on three weekly radio programs. Our team has assisted many associations with designing flyers etc, our team have on company time assisted organize functions, process stall bookings etc often without any recognition.

I often get criticized for being in too many articles or having too many photos, for this I do apologize, but what can I do when I get so many invites to so many worthy functions, when I serve on so many committees.

If it wasn’t for the paper many important events etc would not have been covered by any other media, say for instance the historic trip to Guadeloupe, the regional PBD in Mauritius, the appointment and reappointment as a People of Australia Ambassador, service as a Hindu Chaplin and many more.

I have always been very passionate about community work and I will continue to do that, you will still find me at Gayatri Mandir almost every Tuesday Night, you will still find me managing Brisbane Babas Band, you will still find me doing three voluntary radio programs per week, you will still find me at many functions, you will still see me at temples, you will still see me at meetings, seminars and conferences.

I must acknowledge the support and determination of my wife Usha Chandra, without whom I would have been nowhere, her dedication and can do attitude gives me the courage and strength to keep going, she has stuck by me through the rough and tough times. Special thanks to Trudi, an amazing lady who has been with us for nearly all of the ten years, she does a wonderful job and has strived to maintain the high quality of the paper. I must mention Charmaine, tough she is not with us any more, another amazing person who put so much into the company and community.

A special thanks to all our honorary correspondents, who month after month bring newsworthy articles to you, our distributors who have supported us by carrying our newspaper, our advertisers without whom we would not be in existence today, all our readers and subscribers whose demand has made us increase our print run. On the occasion of our tenth anniversary, happy reading!

Until next month Good Bye. Umesh Chandra

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Recent news about Australian Migration Regulations Visa Application Charges increase from 1st September 2013 FROM 1 September 2013, the Federal Government decided to increase all visa application charges, except for Student (Temporary) (Class TU) visas and Tourist (Class TR) visas.

How will the increase to visa application charge affect my application?

The cost of the first installment of the visa application charge is dependent on when the application was received by DIAC. If you lodge and pay the total first installment charge for your visa application and it is received by DIAC before 1 September 2013, then these increased charges will not

apply to your application. If the visa application charge or foreign currency rate changes in the time it takes for your application to be received by DIAC, you may have to pay any difference in charges.

Examples of when you will need to pay a difference in charge include: - you pay for your visa application in Australia before 1 September 2013 and lodge your application with an Australian Embassy outside Australia on or after 1 September 2013.

- you send your visa application with the visa application charge before 1 September 2013, but it is not received by DIAC until on or after 1 September 2013.

- you send your visa application charge in a foreign currency with your visa application to an Australian Embassy outside Australia before 1 September 2013, but it is not received by DIAC until, or after, 1 September 2013.

ACT Government GSM nominations open again for ICT and Engineering Occupations The ACT Government has announced that it is now able to nominate certain ICT occupations, which DIAC had previously removed from their list. The distribution of these places will be issued on a pro rata basis over the 2013/14 program year: - ICT Business and Systems Analysts Status: Limited - ANZSCO Major group: 2611 Telecommunications Engineering Professionals Status: Limited - ANZSCO Major group: 2633 - Other Engineering Professional Status: Limited - ANZSCO Major group: 2339 - Software and Applications Programmers Status: Limited - ANZSCO Major group: 2613 - Electronics Engineers Status: Closed ANZSCO Major group: 2334 - Chemical and Materials Engineers Status: Closed - ANZSCO Major group: 2311

Significant Investor Visa: eligible managed fund investments From 23 November 2013, eligible managed fund investments for the Significant Investor Streams of Subclass 188 and 888 visas will be introduced.

The eligible managed funds listed in the instrument are listed below, with notation showing whether it is new or showing how the wording has changed from the previous instrument. a) infrastructure projects in Australia; b) cash held by Australian deposit taking institutions (including negotiable certificates of deposit, bank bills and other cashlike instruments); [Previous instrument: “cash held by Australian deposit taking institutions”] c) bonds issued by the Commonwealth Government or a State or Territory government; d) bonds, equity, hybrids or other corporate debt in companies and trusts listed or expected to be listed within 12 months on an Australian Stock Exchange; [Previous instrument: “bonds, equity, hybrids or other corporate debt in companies and trusts listed on any Australian Stock Exchange”] e) bonds or term deposits issued by Australian financial institutions; f) real property in Australia; [Previous instrument: “real estate in Australia”] g) Australian Agribusiness; h) annuities issued by an Australian registered life company in accordance with section 9 or 12A of the Life Insurance Act 1995; [NEW] i) derivatives used for portfolio management and non-speculative purposes which constitute no more than 20 per cent of the total value of the managed fund; [NEW] j) loans secured by mortgages over the investments listed in subparagraphs 2(a) to 2(h) of this instrument; and [NEW] k) other managed funds that invest in the investments listed in subparagraphs 2(a) to 2(j) of this instrument. [Previous instru-

ment: “other ASIC regulated managed funds that invest in the above list of investments”] Cessation of Automatic and Mandatory Student Visa Cancellations Automatic and mandatory student visa cancellations were abolished on 13 April 2013 and replaced by a discretionary framework for dealing with visa condition breaches.

This enabled case officers to assess applications on a individual case by case basis.

All student visa holders must abide by the conditions that apply to their visa or risk having their visa cancelled. Until 13 April 2013, student visa holders who fail to abide by their visa conditions were subject to automatic and mandatory visa cancellation processes. These changes address recommendations from the Knight Review in 2011.

- Discretionary cancellation involves a DIAC officer examining a report and taking the individual circumstances of the breach into account when making a decision on whether or not to cancel the visa.

- Automatic cancellation occurs when a student visa holder has been reported by their education provider for not maintaining satisfactory course progress or class attendance. The student visa holder receives a notification from their education provider about this breach and has to attend DIAC offices within 28 days of receiving this notification, to discuss the possible ceasing of the visa cancellation process. Students who do not contact DIAC within the 28 days had their visa automatically cancelled.

- Mandatory cancellation primarily occurs when a student breaches visa conditions relating to work restrictions. These include working for more than 40 hours per fortnight or working before their study commences. Mandatory cancellation also occurs for failing to maintain satisfactory course progress or class attendance.

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Recent news about Australian Migration Regulations

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Visa Application Charges increase from 1st September 2013 Student visa holders will still need to meet the conditions of their visa, including maintaining course progress and attendance.

Education providers still need to tell a student if they breach their visa conditions and to report this information to DIAC for action.

Under these changes education providers still need to report a student visa holder who has failed to maintain satisfactory course progress and attendance. Each report will be assessed by DIAC. I am a student visa holder and have received a section 20 notice–what do I do now? Up until 13 April 2013 education providers issued students a notice under section 20 of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (the ESOS Act), known as a ‘section 20 notice’. A section 20 notice was issued to a student who breached their visa conditions. If you received a section 20 notice on or before midnight 12 April 2013 you must comply with it by attending one of our offices within 28 days of the date specified in the notice. If you do not, your visa will be automatically cancelled.

My visa has been automatically cancelled–what do I do? If your visa has been automatically cancelled, you should visit one of DIAC offices as soon as possible to discuss your visa status. You may be eligible to apply for a revocation of the automatic cancellation.

Any eligible student visa holder who has had their visa automatically cancelled can still apply for a revocation of the cancellation, even after 13 April 2013. If you would like to request revocation of an automatic cancellation, please email the Student Integrity Unit.

Email: student.integrity.nsw@immi.gov.au What impact will the changes have on education providers? From 13 April 2013, a student’s visa must no longer be able to be automatically cancelled and education providers must no longer issue students a section 20 notice.

LEADERS in the Asia-Pacific have congratulated Australia’s Prime Ministerelect Tony Abbott on his victory, and welcomed his commitment to regional relationships.

Mr Abbott’s Liberal National coalition defeated Kevin Rudd’s Labor party in the Saturday, 7th September poll.

Analysts say Mr Abbott is likely to be less focused on foreign affairs than Mr Rudd, a former foreign minister.

Mr Abbott is expected to turn his attention to domestic issues such roads, childcare and broadband - but asylum-seekers, trade and foreign aid are expected to continue shape relations with neighbours.

The Coalition has already said it will cut the growth rate of foreign aid spending, saving $4.5 billion over four years.

In a recent interview Mr Abbott said that, if elected, his first travel priorities would be to visit Indonesia, China, Japan and South Korea, ahead of visits to London and Washington.

Indonesia - Mr Abbott has described Australia’s relationship with Indonesia as its most important, and incoming Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop says visiting Jakarta is a high priority.

“It is one of our nearest neighbours and one of our most important partners and he is keen to establish a strong mutually respectful relationship with Indonesia as soon as possible,” she said.

The deputy chief editor of news outlet Tempo, Yuli Ismartono, has told Radio Australia’s Asia Pacific program that’s being welcomed in Jakarta.

“The Indonesians, as I read in the editorials, they’re very appreciative of Tony Abbott’s picking of Indonesia as his first country to visit,” she said.

“We are the closest (country) and there are so many, many clarifications to be discussed.

“There’s a lot of misunderstandings still between the two countries, even on the

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part of the governments, most especially on the asylum-seekers issue.”

Ms Ismartono says Indonesia has a waitand-see attitude when it comes to distinguishing the details of Mr Abbott’s asylum-policy.

She says there are also some concerns over the Coalition’s moves to reduce foreign aid to fund domestic infrastructure.

“We do rely a lot on Australian aid and it has done a lot of good in terms of improving relations between the two,” she said.

“Given the difference in economic development of the two countries, it means that Australia really cares.

“As he... slashes aid to Indonesia, the impression that people have is of a government that is only concerned and focused on business and making money, and less on developing people capital.”

Pacific - Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has written to Tony Abbott to congratulate him on the Coalition’s election victory.

He assured Mr Abbott his government is committed to working closely to further enhance relations between the two countries, and suggested a possible meeting on the sidelines of the APEC Leaders Meeting in Bali next month.

Meanwhile, Fiji’s interim prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, says he hopes for a new and positive relationship with Australia following the election of a Coalition government.

Commodore Bainimarama says he has warmly congratulated Tony Abbott after his weekend electoral victory.

He says he appreciates the understanding of Fiji shown by incoming foreign minister Julie Bishop, and looks forward to an era of constructive engagement with the new government.

The Coalition has said it intends to normalise relations with Fiji, which has been subject to sanctions by Australia, New Zealand and other countries since the military coup in 2006.

“Since 1974 when Australia and China established a relationship...the Chinese leadership is used to this and I think the changes will not make much difference.”

He says there are ample opportunities for renewed collaboration with Australia as Fiji moves towards its first democratic elections next year.

The New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, says he looks forward to working with Tony Abbott to build on the close and unique relationship between the trans-Tasman neighbours.

Mr Key says the bilateral relationship with Australia is the most important one for New Zealand and the two leaders will have several opportunities to meet over the next few months.

China - An expert in Australia-China relations says Mr Abbott is not as well known in China as his predecessor, but his victory is being watched with great interest in China.

Professor Zhang Yongxian, head of Australian studies at Renmin University, says Mr Rudd was recognisable to Chinese because of his Mandarin language skills.

“Kevin Rudd has been very popular because he speaks the language, and people do not know at this moment about Tony Abbott,” he said.

“There are so many Australians who can speak the language...knowing the language is not essential.”

China’s trade relationship with Australia is seen as a key issue, while Chinese investment in Australia is also expected to figure in the relationship.

Professor Zhang says given China’s once-in-a-decade leadership transition process, another change at the top in Australia is not expected to have significant impact on the overall relationship.

“The Chinese Government is used to the frequent changes in the Australian leadership,” he said.

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Indian Seniors celebrate Seniors Week Article contributed by Mrs K Sahai THE Management Committee of the Indian Senior Citizens Association Inc, together with its integral body, the Ekta Women’s Group had organised its annual function to celebrate Seniors Week at Runcorn Heights State School hall, from 2pm to 5pm on 18th August, 2013.

Amongst the attendees were the Association’s members, their families, friends and guests. Several dignitaries and leaders of other organizations were also present. The guest speaker at the event was Freya Ostapovitch MP, Member for Stretton. Ms Ostapovitch expressed her support for the seniors and recognised the importance of their ongoing contributions.

She also spoke of her interest in Indian festivals, culture and food.

Although it was Seniors Week, the committee’s intent was to make it an intergenerational and a multicultural event. It provided an opportunity for the people of all ages to join and celebrate together the valuable contributions senior members make to their community.

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worked hard when young, had raised their family and contributed in many ways to enrich our society. And whilst their responsibilities may have changed, their wealth of knowledge and experience was a valuable resource for the following generation. They deserve love, kindness, respect and honour; values not only inherent in our culture, but our duty to give to the deserving seniors.”

Several cultural items were presented including classical and Bollywood dances by adults, youth and young children. There was a yoga demonstration by the members

• Opening Ceremony at the Seniors Week celebration.

of the Seniors group and the All World Gayatri Pariwaar of Brisbane followed by some Polynesian dances that held the audience captivated. The Ekta Women’s Group

• Members of the Ekta Womens Group performing.

sang ‘lok geet’ and ‘bhoj puri’. Mr Lalta Prasad presented his ‘birrha’ - an Indian ballad that remains ever popular. The event was also a great opportunity to share information on the availability of after hours Doctors and on assistance available for mental health issues.

In addition to tea, coffee and a variety of snacks, everyone enjoyed the sumptuous dinner.

The Indian Senior Citizens Association, formed in 1998, was incorporated on 4th July, 2000. It has members with back grounds from Fiji, India, different parts of Africa, and of course Australia. It promotes the welfare and interests of the seniors, organise cultural and health related activities and create awareness by developing a positive approach to senior citizens.

This event was partly supported by Lord Mayor’s Suburban Initiative Fund through Councillor Kim Marx of Karawatha Ward.

Sikh Human Rights Education Project Courtesy MP Singh BORONIA Multicultural Services Inc. (BMS), Toongabbie, took the initiative to apply to the Federal Attorney General’s Department, under the Human Rights Education Grants Program, to fund a project which was aimed to educate and train the Sikh Community in Sydney Metropolitan region on domestic violence as a human rights issue and effectively addressing this issue within the community. BMS is still working in partnership with The Sikh Council of Australia Inc. in implementing this project.

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Centre. He presented a case study and the group discussed various issues pertaining to the case study, which was in relation to racism and racial discrimination.

The second workshop was organised in Liverpool for people living around this area. Paula Abood, Community Cultural Development Consultant gave a power point presentation on the understanding of Human Rights. About 30 motivated people from all over Sydney attended this worthwhile workshop. After the presentation, people worked in small groups to have an action plan to address domestic violence issues in the community.

Some of the actions that we all can take as community members are: undertake education programs, become more aware of the symptoms of domestic violence, asking the right questions to people who we think might be experiencing relationship problems, observe behaviors in children and be aware of their conversations, promote support services by distributing information leaflets, support friends and community members in need, undertake “accidental counseling” training, develop support network within the community: welladvertised and well known by the community, organise weekend camps for women, all Sikh organisations to work together and remove stigma in acknowledging domestic violence as a social issue, and not perceive it as a personal issue.

The last workshop was held on 11th August at Reg Byrne Community Centre, Wentworthville. Ms Amrit Versha presented the morning session, which was very well received and gained a lot of input from the participants. This was followed by guest speakers Ms Clorinda Lee, the Migrant Communities Liaison Officer at Parramatta LAC, Senior Constable Irena Edgehill, Domestic Violence Liaison Officer at Parramatta LAC, Ms Nalika Padmasena, Solicitor at TARS and Toongabbie Legal Centre and Management Committee member of BMS, and Ms Aurelia Rahman, Community Capacity Building Coordinator of THHPMRC). The afternoon session was presented by Dr. Rugmini Venkatraman, Manager of BMS on taking responsibility, duty of care and possible strategies to address the issue of domestic violence by the community itself. The participants came up with some very concrete strategies and put forward their names to take on certain tasks for raising awareness about the issue and for involving community members to take responsibility.

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FATHERS day brings in yet inant. The respect and love that we another significant day of our should give to our elders cannot be existence as humans. It is a measured in any terms. The speeches aspect where understanding given were testament of our teachand serving our elders is ings from Vedas- Matra devo bhava, Jitendra Deo supreme. The Vedas relate to Let your mother be God unto you; President us about five Mahayaj’s mother is God. Pitra devo bhava, let (mankind’s duties), and Pitra your father be God unto you, father is Yaj is one of them. The third Yaj is to adore our God. Every senior citizen in this world deserves parents, and teachers (gurus). Our mother who respect, love, care and help. has given us this beautiful human body which The knowledge from Vedas can be used in every gives us a chance for relief and salvation. It is situation, and lot of problems can be avoided if the most precious and beautiful gift that we have people follow the teachings from this divine been given by God. God has given it to us, in the book of knowledge. These days we see lot of form of our mother. The first necessity to reach fighting, disrespect for each other, killings, stealsalvation is that we need a body, a strong healthy ing to name few, and they are common in this body. To experience the beauty of this life we world today. It makes us wonder, why people do need a body. So we need to be thankful to our this, must be lack of true knowledge, ignorance parents and then to our teachers. The Vedas com- and ego. The simple solution to overcome this is mand us, Matra devo bhava, Let your mother be by true knowledge, and Vedas contains all this God unto you; mother is God. Pitra devo bhava, knowledge. let your father be God unto you, father is God. The true knowledge once gained can make difAcharya devo bhava, let your teacher (guru) be ference to peoples lives, and they can start God unto you, Guru is God. To respect all of respecting each others life, property, freedom of them, to take care of them, to obey them, to speech and amid others their right to live as serve them, is Pitra Yaj. Fathers day though human beings. Lets all respect each other, give comes once a year, but Vedas say otherwise, its the due respect to our elders, our teachers every day, not just once a year. (gurus) and make this world noble. Remember Recently, a Fiji Senior Citizens Association fathers day is every day, so serve with gratitude organised function, had guests from greater sec- and put that smile on the face of your father or tion of community. The caring, love and unity of that senior citizen. Where love is, there God is all regardless of colour, race, religion was dom- also. Mahatma Gandhi

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Indian Independence Day flag raising ceremony at Indian Consulate in Queensland AUGUST 15, 2013: Every year, dot on 9am the Indian Flag is raised at Indian Consulate office situated at 175A, Swan Road, Taringa, to mark Indian Independence day. As a sign of respect and out of national Pride many gather to witness the flag raising. Honorary Counsel for India in Queensland, Mrs Archana Singh as the host, welcomed everyone and together with Professor Sarva Daman Singh raised the flag, following which the Indian National Anthem was sung by all present.

The following is speech delivered

by Mrs Archana Singh at the ceremony; “Respected elders, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, We are all gathered here today to celebrate the 66th anniversary of India’s independence.

15th of August 1947 saw the dawn of a new era for India- when she cast aside the shackles of oppression and exploitation to rediscover her glory and her pride.

Countless men, women and children, everyday people heroically stood up to beatings and shootings, giving their all, even their lives, to make it possible for us to live in freedom.

We also remember our great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, great patriots like Maulana Azad,

Rabindranath Tagore, Subhash Chandra Bose and Sarojini Naidu who worked tirelessly to awaken us from our slumber. We have indeed come very far from those early fledgeling days of ‘swaraj is my birth right and I will have it’. India can be very justifiably proud of all her achievements in all fields of industry, infrastructure, education, research and technology.

Economic performance and growth rates are no doubt an important indicator of our tremendous achievement. However, hand in hand with the celebrations, some soul searching is also crucial to India’s future progress . It is only when every citizen becomes an integral part of the journey into the future and partakes of the benefits of freedom and development, that we will be true to the memory of all freedom fighters.

There is so much to be done. India must aim to achieve an equitable distribution of the enormous economic gains of her economy, and to instil in every citizen, a true appreciation of the political process and democratic institutions - together with the greatest respect and admiration for her enormous contributions to the world. The mother that has nurtured and sustained us through trials and tribulations over the centuries-now, more than ever needs careful attention.

We may not live in India, but in our own small ways, we can all honour and sustain her great traditions of social harmony, religious pluralism and freedom of thought and belief.

This is the true essence of independence. Happy Independence Day! Vande Mataram.

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SUVA, 16 August, 2013: The 67th Independence Day of India was celebrated at the India House in Suva with the unfurling of the National Flag by the High Commissioner. The High Commissioner read Hon. Rashtrapatiji’s message, followed by rendition of patriotic songs by the faculty and students of the Indian Cultural Centre. Fiji has the distinction of being the first to celebrate the day in the world. In the evening, a cultural programme was organised at the Indian Cultural Centre.

The functions were attended by the NRI/PIO community including officials of the Bank of Baroda, LICI and New India Assurance Company, and the media.

Both Fiji Sun and The Fiji Times carried special sections on the occasion. Fiji Sun also carried a message from Foreign Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola. In his message FM Kubuabola said that Fiji envisaged India as one of its key bilateral partners and is proud to join with the Government and the people of India in their remarkable celebrations. Congratulating the Government and the people of India for transforming the country into ‘Incredible India’, he said that Fiji has always and will continue to value India’s leadership and guidance in fora such as the G-77, NAM, and WTO. (Fiji is the current Chair of G-77 plus China.)

AUGUST 15, 2013: I extend my the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas greetings to Indian nationals and Convention via video link in People of Indian Origin who New Delhi and Sydney. have made Australia their home The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas(PBD) has been celebrated on the occasion of India’s 66th in India on January 9th each year Independence Day. India’s relations with Australia since 2003 to mark the contribuhas grown from strength to tions of the overseas Indian strength since the establishment • His Excellency, High community in the development of a strategic partnership Commissioner of of India. between the two countries in India, Australia, Mr Regional PBDs are organised 2009. Our bilateral trade has Biren Nanda by the Ministry of Overseas reached US$20 billion.

Indian affairs with the collaboThere has been a very signifiration of the host Government, cant growth in two-way investment. Indian the Indian Mission, Prominent Overseas companies have invested significantly in Indians and Organizations catering to the the resources sector have propelled out needs of the Indian Diaspora. economic relationship to the strategic The objective is to reach out to those level. members of the community who have been Indian companies have established joint unable to practice in the annual PBD in ventures in Australia in the manufacturing India and to provide a platform for the sector in areas like auto components, air- Indian community in Australia and the craft manufacture, the manufacture of trac- Pacific to contribute to the relationship tors and refining of vegetable oils. between countries of the region and India.

The supply side constraints of the Indian Participation in the event is expected from economy-resources, energy, education, all States and Territories of Australia and skills and science & technology are dri- from neighbouring countries including ving our economic relationship. The Free Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Manila, Trade Agreement that we are now negoti- Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, New ating will diversify and deepen our eco- Zealand, Fiji and the Pacific Islands. nomic engagement.

This convention is not only for the Indian Last year, the persons born in India were community, but for all persons who are the largest segment of new immigrants in interested in plugging into India’s growing Australia. The 400,000 strong Indian com- relationship with Australia and other munity in Australia is acting as a Pacific countries. It is expected that more bridge between the two countries. They than a thousand individuals will participate have the potential and the capacity to in the conference. The Convention will be qualitatively transform our bilateral rela- a unique networking opportunity for all tions in the future. those who participate in it.

Recognizing this immense reservoir of The Confederation of Indian Industry, the human capital, the Ministry of Overseas Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre and Indian affairs of the Government of India the Australia India Business Council will and the High Commission of India are participate in the Regional PBD organizing a Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Convention in Sydney.

Divas (Overseas Indian) Convention in The programme of the event will feature Sydney from November 10-12, 2013. discussions on different aspects of India’s The theme of the Convention will be relationship with Australia and countries “Connecting for a shared Future: The of the region including resources, energy, Indian Diaspora, India and the Pacific’’. infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, The convention will be held at the Sydney services, skills and education, languages, convention and Exhibition Centre. It is women in business, youth, media and culexpected that a 1000 delegates from States ture. and Territories of Australia and neighborSpeakers at the event will include minising countries, including New Zealand, Fiji, ters and prominent dignitaries from Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and India, prominent members of Malaysia and Singapore will participate. the Indian community, Australian and At a function held on may 30,2013 Mr. Indian business, academicians and media Vayalar Ravi,Hon Minister of Overseas persons.

Indian Affairs of the Government of India and Hon.Barry O’Farrell, Premier of The registration for the Convention is NSW, jointly made the announcement of now open at www.pbdsydney2013.com.au.

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Gold Coast Hindu Cultural Association celebrates one year AUGUST 17th marks the end of one year for the Gold Coast Hindu Cultural Association (GCHCA). The management committee was unanimously elected in the inaugural meeting on 17th of August 2012 when the wider Hindu community of South East Queensland came together and formally launched the Gold Coast Hindu Cultural Association, to great fanfare. Looking back at the past one year, the Association has come a long way, walking the hard mile with its share of challenges. The membership and support has grown far beyond South East Queensland to nationally and internationally. The achievements are many.

One of the biggest milestones is the GCHCA building fund attaining DGR (Deductible Gift Recipient) status, which enables any donation of $2 or more to be issued with a tax receipt, which can be claimed as a tax deduction. The next biggest achievement is the successful bid

by GCHCA for a sizeable land from the Gold Coast City Council (GCCC). This land is located in a prime location within the city limits and along the main transport corridor (close to Harbour Town, the new University Hospital, Griffith University and the upcoming Commonwealth games village). The wider community very well recognizing the vision of the Association demonstrated its confidence with over $340,000 donations. These are just a few of the achievements of the GCHCA in the past year. With these in place and with the support of people from within and outside Australia, GCHCA is pleased to embark on the next stage, which is to build the iconic Hindu Education and Cultural precinct.

During the past one year GCHCA focused on gaining support from the wider community locally, nationally and internationally as well as from community leaders and politicians at local, state and federal levels.

The management committee acknowledges that without the support from them progress to this level within this short period would not have been possible.

Having secured the land, the committee is now working with Architects and Town Planners on the layout of the cultural precinct. The cost of stage one, which incorporates the education centre and a place for worship, is estimated to be $2 million. The committee is actively collecting the funds from the community. The founder membership drive is going on in full pace, as this membership category will be closed on Sept 13th as per the constitution. No new founder member application can be made after Sept 13th 2013. The GCHCA appeals

• GCHCA members engaging in hard negotiations with GCCC officials.

to the wider community to join as the founder members before this date. Details on joining the membership and the requirements can be found in the Association’s web site culture.goldcoasthindu.org or by contacting the Secretary, Mr. Indrajit Siva at gchcan@gamil.com (or at +61 434 600 814).

GCHCA, in addition to the building activities, conducts a Monthly Bhajan on the 3rd

Friday of each month at the Helensvale Community Centre (31 Discovery Drive) starting at 7.15pm. GCHCA is also making arrangements to celebrate the “Navarathri” on Oct 12th at 6pm in the Bicentennial community Hall, Nerang with a quality cultural program. Many leaders (community, local, state and federal) have already accepted the invitation and would be attending this festival and endorsing their full support to the

Association. Navarathri is widely celebrated by the Hindu community world over with Pooja, prayers and cultural programs dedicated to 9 different forms of three goddesses in Hinduism the Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati believed by Hindus to bless the world with Energy (force / divine power to destroy the impurities affecting the world), wealth, knowledge and wisdom respectively. The cultural program will showcase the different art forms of Hindu culture and well-known artistes from South East Queensland community will perform in the program. You may get further information about this event by emailing the Secretary at gchcan@gmail.com. Tickets for this event (no entry fee) can also be ordered through http://goldcoasthinducultural association.eventbrite.com.au The second AGM will be held on 22nd of September 2013 and all members are cordially invited to attend this important meeting and be ready to make history.

Dr G. Subakumar, Director of Resources, Media, Publicity and Asset Management, The Gold Coast Hindu Cultural Association. www.GoldCoastHindu.org

Senior Tibetan Lama tells Sunshine Coast people to stop worrying A TOP Tibetan Buddhist lama says the people of the Sunshine Coast would be much happier if they could stop needlessly worrying.

His Eminence the 7th Dzogchen Rinpoche says if Sunshine Coast folk spend so much time fretting about their families, health and business then they lack the clarity to solve those very same problems.

Dzogchen Rinpoche will be in Maroochydore on Friday the 4th of October at Millwell Community Centre, to give a public talk on the subject of How to Stop Worrying. Doors open at 7pm.

His Eminence says: “Worrying about our concerns particularly at the last minute, without understanding their true causes and conditions or thinking about the consequences of our actions, leaves us confused and unsure what to do.

“Instead we should use our inner wisdom to plan ahead for these issues so we can face them with confidence and then there is no need to panic.

“It’s more helpful to have wisdom worry; this kind is better for us because we can avoid all sorts of obstacles and problems.

“But normal worry often comes too late and that is very unhealthy for us, people don’t see the consequences until later on – this we must try to avoid.”

In this public talk Dzogchen Rinpoche will explain how to recognise in advance the difference between the conditions that create suffering and those that generate peace so that we can experience

joy and be free from worry.

Doors open at 7.00pm, talk begins at 7.30pm.

Tickets are $20 ($15 concession). For tickets and further information call 0416 404 826 or go to www.trybooking.com/DEDU The talk will be followed by a weekend teaching on What is the Truth of Time? on Saturday the 5th of October at the Beerwah Community Hall and a week-long retreat on Trust: Just as it is from Sunday 6th to Friday the 11th of October in Tuchekoi in the Mary Valley.

These events are part of a worldwide tour which covers France, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Australia and finally India.

The tour will consist of public talks, empowerments and teachings and residential retreats in most countries.

Dzogchen Rinpoche, one of the highest lamas in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, is the authentic Dzogchen lineage holder and head of Dzogchen Monastery in South India with more than 280 branch monasteries in Asia mainly in Tibet, India, Nepal and Bhutan and in the West.

Dzogchen Rinpoche is available for a limited number of media interviews ahead of the tour. To check for availability contact Alistair Clay on +44(0) 7919 574180 or email press@dzogchen.org.in For more information go to www.dzogchen.org.in and click Programme/Teaching Schedule.

Brisbane Malayalee Association (BMA) hold Tug of War Tournament & celebrate Indian Independence Day

BRISBANE Malayalee Association (BMA), conducted ‘BMA - Tug of War Tournament 2013’ along with 67th Indian Independence day celebrations on 17 August at the Wavell Heights Primary School, Wavell Heights.

President of BMA, Mr Manoj George inaugurated the programme, Fiona King, Deputy

Chairman of Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee along with Councillor Norm Wyndham, Deputy Chairman of the Field Services Committee joined in flag hoisting.

Winners of the Tug of War were; 1st Prize: BMA Chermside Spikers $1001 - (By Euro Solar)

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and BMA Ever rolling trophy 2nd Prize: Kairali Brisbane $501 - (by PEC Melbourne) and BMA Ever rolling trophy (By Pulickans Group) 3rd Prize: Melam Brisbane $251 (By IN 2 Driving School) and BMA Ever rolling trophy (By Indian Spice Shop - Aspley) www.indiantimes.com.au

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Election of office bearers for Queensland Telugu Assn.

(QTA), 2013-14 Courtesy of Prasada Rao DS IT is my pleasure to inform you that the process of electing members to the positions on the Management Committee has been completed at the Annual General Meeting of the Association held on 25th August. The three vacant positions of President, Vice-President and Treasurer were filled following nominations from the floor at the AGM. As the Returning Officer, it is my privilege to announce that the following members are elected (unopposed) to various positions on the Management Committee.

President: M.R.K. Krishna Rao Vice-President: Sudershan Kanthakadi Treasurer: Rajeev Jarugula Secretary: Prabhakar Bachu Cultural Secretary: Ratna Buddhavarapu Two Members: Anoop Nannuru, Kiran Kumar Parvathaneni Please join me in wishing the new Management Committee every success in their endeavours.

I also wish to thank Dr. MRK Krishna Rao who acted as a joint Returning Officer for his efforts in conducting these elections. I also wish to thank QTA for giving us the opportunity to serve the Association in these roles.

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Nominations open for Australia Day Awards LORD Mayor Graham Quirk is inviting residents to nominate someone who has made Brisbane a better place, for the 2014 Lord Mayor’s Australia Day Awards.

The Lord Mayor said there were Brisbane residents who made an extraordinary contribution to the local community every day.

“Whether it’s improving our natural environment, helping others less fortunate or working with children, the elderly, or people with disabilities, these residents are making Brisbane a better place to live for us all,” Cr Quirk said.

“It is these types of people – the unsung heroes, that I am asking residents to nominate for the 2014 awards. This person could be a neighbour, a friend or someone you have come across through your local school, church or sporting group.

“These are the types of people who work tirelessly to help improve your life and the lives of others.”

Cr Quirk said the awards would be announced on Australia Day on Sunday, 26 January, 2014.

Lord Mayor’s Australia Day Awards Categories * Citizen of the Year * Senior Citizen of the Year * Young Citizen of the Year * Community Event of the Year * Australia Day Cultural/Arts Award * Australia Day Sports Award * Australia Day Achievements Award * Lord Mayor’s Green Heart Award – Individual * Lord Mayor’s Green Heart Award – Organisation * Lord Mayor’s Green Heart Youth Award Nominations open on Monday, 9 September and close at 5pm on Friday, 15 November, 2013.

For more information, or to nominate someone, visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au and type in ‘Australia Day Awards Nominations’.

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150th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Swami Vivekananda in Brisbane – September 2013 The most famous person you’ve never heard of... and he’s coming to the Sydney Opera House & Queensland Multicultural Centre in September this year.

FOR the first time, Australians can learn about a major figure of our times at the iconic Sydney Opera House and Qld Multicultural Centre events as Australia joins the international celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

A new play Oneness – Voice without Form – the Extraordinary Life of Swami Vivekananda will be staged in three performances at the Sydney Opera House’s Playhouse Theatre, on September 17 and 18 and at the Queensland Multicultural Centre in Kangaroo point (BEMAC) on 22nd September 2013 (two shows – one from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and another from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m).

The play is written and directed by award winning Australian playwright and experienced director, Alex Broun (pictured left).

Nominated for an AWGIE award in 2012 Alex has a lifelong passion for the theatre, starring in plays with Nicole Kidman at the Australian Theatre for Young People, and having appeared in numerous television shows and films. Alex also played a leading role in developing ‘Short+ Sweet’ the world’s largest ten minute play festival, which began in Sydney in 2002 and has now gone international.

Alex said the challenge in developing his new play was “what to include and what to leave out from the wonderful teachings and eventful life of Swami Vivekananda.”

Broun will direct a cast of leading Australian and Indian actors, including Shaheb Chatterjee, a Calcutta based film and theatre star, who will play Vivekananda. Oneness will be co-directed by Felicity Nicol and designed by Tobhiyah Feller, both recent NIDA graduates.

Swami Vivekananda’s life and teachings have inspired countless great artists and leaders: * “Swami Vivekananda said if there is a God, we must see Him and if there is a soul we must perceive it. Otherwise it is better not to believe. It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite. At last I found someone who made sense and I wanted to go deeper into it.”

--- George Harrison

* “The renowned Swami Vivekananda … said that, holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character.”

--- President - Barack Obama. * “I have gone through his works very thoroughly, and after having gone through them, the love that I had for my country became a thousand-fold.” --- Mahatma Gandhi. * “He had great foresight and I feel I am a follower, trying to implement his dream of creating inter-religious harmony in the world.” --- the Dalai Lama As India celebrates Swami Vivekananda’s 150th Birthday with commemorative stamp and coin issues, national media coverage, and a travelling train exhibition on his life sponsored by the Government of India; hundreds of thousands of Indian students are also reflecting on his life through essay and elocution competitions. Yet despite global communication and unprecedented access to information and travel, he remains largely unknown outside his native land---the most famous person you’ve never heard of.

In 1897, Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Order. The Order, comprised of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission of monks and the Sri Sarada Math and Mission for nuns, are quietly serving, through their hospitals, schools and relief works, the teeming millions of India. They also have an international presence, including centres in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

We are proud to join the worldwide celebrations with these

• Saheb Chatterjee.

memorable programs in Australia that will introduce Swami Vivekananda’s legacy for our modern era to the public at large.

Contacts: Swami Atmeshananda:info@vedantabrisbane.org Dr.Unni:- 0430 383825; Dr.Naidu – 0421 877717 Address: 181 Burbong Street, Chapel Hill, Qld4069.

Tel: 07 37200228

INFORMATION ABOUT WEBPAGES AND OTHER LINKS:Comprehensive information and links with information about Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Order and its Centres in Australia: General * www.oneness.org.au * www.vedantabrisbane.org * www.vedantasydney.org Our Facebook: * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oneness-Voice-Without-Form/641511535859854?ref=hl Latest Youtube video * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY1x2yt4yzk Venue and location * www.bemac.org.au * www.qmc.org.au/ Ticket booking link * http://www.trybooking.com/DJIR Google map * http://goo.gl/maps/iQc6Q Links to recent articles about Swami Vivekananda in the New York Times & the Wall Street Journal: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/opinion/sunday/how-yoga-won-the-west.html?_r=0] What Did J.D. Salinger, Leo Tolstoy, Nikola Tesla and Sarah Bernhardt Have in Common? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577305581227233656.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Media quotes:“The most famous person you’ve never heard of - and he’s coming to the Sydney Opera House & Queensland Multicultural Centre in September this year.”

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The Bridge of Hope Marathon for the Dalits of India

• Pete with Event organiser and ECO of GFA Australia, Geoff Darr.

ON Saturday 3 August our correspondent Pete Lane Rai was at the “Bridge of Hope Marathon” organised by Gospel for Asia (GFA). People were invited to walk, run or cycle, alone or in teams, a marathon distance (42.2km) from Mitchelton to Woody Point, where all participants, received a welcome massage and a BBQ. The event is five years old, the Bridge run is especially focused on raising funds to help the Dalit (untouchable) children of India. It was a very successful day with over $35,880 pledged to the Dalit children and if you want to sponsor a walker you have until 30th of September 2013 to do so at www.thebridge.net.au and go to ‘Sponsor a Walker’.

Pete has met some of the GFA workers during his travels in India and Sri Lanka, so is familiar with their great work. In 2011 he did the Bridge of Hope run which was then 50km!

Pete spoke with Geoff Darr, the event organiser and CEO of GFA Australia, who has been involved with GFA for nine years.

He explained the purpose of Bridge of Hope centres. He said, “Bridge of Hope” is Gospel for Asia’s children’s outreach program. It is designed to rescue thousands of children in Asia from a life of poverty and hopelessness by giving them an education and introducing them to the love of God. The aim of GFA is to sponsor 500,000 Dalit children. For the majority of India’s 300 million Dalits, very little has changed since the nation became a democracy over 50 years ago and declared equal human rights for all citizens.

Illiteracy keeps millions of people on the Indian subcontinent steeped in desperate poverty and holds them prisoners to slave labour, debt bondage and exploitation by those in higher levels of society. So the Bridge of Hope centres seek to change this and by emphasising that that all people are of value to God regardless of their gender, religion or social status. Christians believe the love of God is shown to the world through the life, death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ who loves all people equally. To Him they are so precious that He died for the salvation of every person on earth. Whoever believes in Him receives eternal life and becomes a son or daughter of God. This love means we can have a new life both here and in eternity “ If you want a fun family day out and would like to participate in the 2014 Bridge of Hope marathon get training now! It will be held on the 2nd of August 2014.

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GOPIO Queensland praised for India Day Fair 2013 BRISBANE residents and visitors revelled in all things Indian at the India Day Fair 2013 on Sunday, 11 August in the Roma Street Parklands.

Now in its third year, the fair was organised by the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin and is being supported by the Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs through funding.

Queensland Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs Glen Elmes said the fair was a great chance for Brisbane to celebrate and acknowledge the richness of Indian cultures and traditions, while also observing the significant anniversary of Indian Independence, which occurred on 15 August 1947. “The India Day Fair has become a major event for Brisbane’s Indian community and a time when we come together to celebrate Indian Independence Day through a great communityfocused event,” Mr Elmes said.

“With more than 10,000 people attending the fair this year, it is a great example of how the community unites to celebrate Queensland’s cultural diversity, share our many different cultures and traditions, and recognise the achievements and contributions of Queensland’s Indian community.”

Mr Elmes said the fair offered visitors a day of live entertainment and parades, art and crafts stalls, cultural and community stalls, as well as fireworks.

The India Day Fair 2013 took place on Sunday, 11 August from 10.30am to dusk at the Roma Street Parklands Amphitheatre in Brisbane.

The day began with the VIP reception at the newly built rotunda, followed by the now popular India Day Parade. Apart from the invited dignitaries various associations took part in the parade to start off the celebrations. The official program included, a moving welcome to country by Aunty Delame Barton, the national anthems with flag raising and keynote speeches.

Minister Glen Elmes got a pleasant surprise with a birthday cake and the popular Hindi version of Happy Birthday song performed by Brisbane Babas Band. President Shyam Das welcomed everyone and spoke on the significance of India Independence day celebration showcasing colours of India . GOPIO Queensland Patron Dr Maha Sinnathamby did a special presentation on Mahatma Gandhi.

The record breaking crowd enjoyed a full day of wonderful stage performances by some of Brisbane’s great local talents. The food stalls did brisk business with customers lining up to be served. The beautiful environment of the parklands was enhanced by the equally beautiful weather, for protection from sun GOPIO Queensland had umbrellas at their stall, however not many people took up that option and enjoyed taking the dose of vitamin “D”.

Ms Janeth Deen was awarded the annual GOPIO Lifetime achievement award for the lifelong community service. The newly appointState Director for DIAC, Jill Simpson presented Janeth Deen with the annual GOPIO ed State director for DIAC Jill Simpson had the •Lifetime Achievement award, pictured centre is Umesh Chandra, GOPIO International honour of presenting the award.

Coordinator Oceania. Photo by Sabha Chaudhry The stage shows included, live Band, Bollywood Dances, Bollywood dance work shop, Bhangra dancers, live Bhangra singer with, Indian Classical dances, Contemporary Bollywood dances, group songs, solos and more.

The day finished off with the Fireworks extravaganza , though the location of the fireworks was changed everybody still enjoyed and applauded the prolonged display which they viewed from various locations.

President Shyam Das Said he was very happy with the outcome and especially with the large number of people who attended, he said he would like to thank everyone involved, the executive committee, the planning committee, the sponsors, the stall holders, Roma Street Parkland management, the performers, the MCS, the volunteers, three levels of Government, the suppliers, the security people • Photo by Sabha Chaudhry and to everyone who attended.

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Modern Decorating takes on old world appeal TRAVEL enthusiast and owner of Samarang Lifestyle Furniture, Airlie Maclachlan, is a regular buyer of Indian furniture and artifacts. She brings her love of Asia and collecting unique bits and pieces into her thriving, retail store at Teneriffe.

Visitors to the store are sure to be dazzled by the array of colourful merchandise; from embroidered cushions and decorated ottomans to the unique furniture pieces that have all been hand-selected during Airlie’s travels to western India and Indonesia.

The idea of bringing the world into our homes is catching on. Colours and textures are used throughout Samarang’s visually stimulating showroom to meld the love affair of ancient cultures with contemporary design.

In order to fuse Indian furniture with modern furniture,

it’s important to keep it simple; focus on certain elements and décor to capture the right look for your home.

When you know what the important components of style are, you can pick out the ones that are most suited to your own preferences and create a space you like.

Customers love that they walk away with some pretty unique pieces that others just don’t have.

In minimalistic homes, the piece of artwork in a room is the standout item; a statue made of wood, stone or marble is always a nice addition to a room that needs a lift.

Samarang fills the need of locating functional and WOW pieces to dress up a room or even an entire home to give an ethnic edge to your home’s interior styling.

The collection includes furniture made of reclaimed materials

with deep, rich stories and inherent natural beauty; all from

Brisbane Babas Band on a high note ESTABLISHED more than ten years ago, from the very humble beginning, The Brisbane Babas Band today has become Brisbane’s most performed Bollywood and Bhangra Band. The band has been supporting the Multicultural community with performances at many multicultural festivals.

They enjoy spreading the goodness of Indian Music including colourful vibrant Bhangra and Bollywood music to the wider community. The small group delivers high powered music appealing to the wider community, the versatile group can manage all genres, be it Classical, Bhajans, Garba, Bhangra or Bollywood.

The group is relatively small, not by choice but by market forces, many organisers are unable to afford a big group especially when airfare and accommodation is involved. Most of the shows are in half an hour segments, enough for one singer to manage. Our community associations do not allow for artist fee, so the band has been supporting them with free perfor-

the home of the world’s most gifted craftsmen.

You may find your creative juices after a quick read of Samarang’s new blog site which highlights latest trends and great decorating ideas http://samarangfurniture.com/blog.html If you are searching for a furniture store that leaves an impression, then Samarang is your stop for some of the most authentic, beautiful Indian pieces available … there’s lots to love!

The Teneriffe store at 25 Helen Street is fast becoming Brisbane’s leading name for showcasing Indian furniture and home

mances.

The Band has already been booked for three Diwali functions already, one in Brisbane and two interstate. They have other bookings right till the end of the year. With few core members the band invites other singers, if and when required, as it is not a closed group.

Fee paying engagements are based on the number of musicians or singers in the band.

Right now the band is looking for a female vocalist willing to travel and be available on short notice, and being able to perform with minimum practice, classically trained preferred.

Samarang Lifestyle Furniture 25 Helen Street Teneriffe QLD Phone 07 3252 9244 Web www.samarangfurniture.com Email contact@samarangfurniture.com

‘REMOX’ OPENS IN ST LUCIA ON 9th August 2013, ‘Remox’- Brisbane’s most competitive and trustworthy Remittances and Money Exchange Company, opened its new branch in St Lucia. Mr Unni Menon, a popular South Indian playback singer, in the presence of Prof. Sarvadaman Singh, former Honorary Consul of India, Queensland, inaugurated the new branch at St Lucia News on 217 Hawken Drive. On this pleasant August afternoon, with delicious Indian culinary delights, the function was well attended by St Lucia residents, Mr Ram, Director of Remox, Australia, friends of Remox, staff of St Lucia News and the proprietors of St Lucia News, Rahul and Sangeeta Singh.

Remittances and Money Exchange Pty Ltd. (Remox) was incorporated in 2007 in Australia and offers a Range of services, including purchase and sale of various Foreign Currencies, International remittances to bank accounts anywhere in the world for trade and individual requirements, and international cash pickup and receive services as agents for Moneygram. With very satisfied customers and highly efficient staff it is no wonder that besides Perth and Darwin, Remox has branches in Sunnybank Hills, Taigum, Lutwyche, Upper Mount Gravatt and now St Lucia.

St Lucia News should prove to be a perfect venue for a new branch for Remox. Set in the heart of St Lucia, in the St Lucia Village, popularly known to all University of Queensland

patrons as ‘The Ville’, St Lucia News has been a popular stationery and newsagency business since 1962. Rahul and Sangeeta Singh bought the business in 2002 and have become the ‘Service with a Smile’ face of St Lucia Village. The longserving staff of the business are loved by all St Lucians, students and residents alike, as they strive to provide the best service and ambience.

In 2009, St Lucia News diversified its services by incorporating St Lucia South post-office into it, making the place a little hub of postal and news services. With Remox also within its walls now, this little shop is all set to provide not just stationery, magazines, lotto, post and parcels, passport applications and services, visas, gift cards etc, but also the most competitive services in Forex and money transfers.

With the combined effort of St Lucia News and excellent products of Remox, there is no reason why one should not expect the ultimate atmosphere, value and service a business can offer in St Lucia.

Future secured for Townsville Cultural Fest THE future of the Townsville Cultural Fest has been guaranteed with the Government announcing $150,000 over three years for its continuation.

Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Kate Lundy said Labor Government was committed to ensuring the future of this iconic local festival.

“The Townsville Cultural Fest attracts thousands of people from the region to celebrate multicultural Australia and, thanks to Cathy O’Toole’s advocacy, Federal Labor is proud to support its future,” Minister Lundy said.

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al musicians, dancers, poets, street and cultural performers.

“The Cultural Fest is a major event on Townsville’s calendar so this is great news for our community,” Ms O’Toole said.

“For 19 years the Townsville community has celebrated our heritage at the Cultural Fest and I am proud to be part of a team that is supporting the festival’s future.

Government will fund the Townsville Cultural Fest through the Diversity and Social Cohesion Program (DSCP), which aims to strengthen social cohesion in Australia’s diverse communities.

Funding for this commitment will be met from existing unallocated resources.

Celebrations for the annual five-day festival, transformed The Strand Park into a vibrant cultural melting pot.

Organisers said this year had taken on a music festival flavour and attracted new festival goers.

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Hungry Kids of Hungary, alternative rockers Sticky Fingers and Aussie hiphop act, Impossible Odds.

The colours, costumes and cuisine of more than 50 countries was on display as Townsville showed its diversity through 75 arts, crafts and clothing stores and about 27 food stalls.

Event manager Erfan Daliri said it was an important event on the city’s calendar.

“It is an important event to show that we are a multicultural society and the festival goes a long way in saying that by expressing that we are all

Australian,” he said.

New flavours featured on the menu this year including Moroccan, Korean and Mexican as the annual festival expanded its reach.

It was first time The Strand promenade had been blocked off and included in the festival to create a “beach party” atmosphere.

“One of the main focuses is to provide a space for up-and-coming artists to play to an audience they would never (otherwise) have the opportunity to (reach),” Mr Daliri said.

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FICQ - 2013 DIWALI - Indian Festival of Lights

By Varad Raval Public Relations Officer, FICQ IN Queensland, the concept of multiculturalism comes to light every year with the celebrations of FICQ’s Diwali festival. In association with Brisbane City Council and supported by the Queensland Government, FICQ is proudly hosting the 4th annual Diwali Celebrations on 25th October 2013 at King George Square, Brisbane.

The Federation of Indian Communities of Queensland Inc. (FICQ) is the umbrella body consisting of 33 Indian member organizations. This year’s Diwali festivities are planned to extend from 11am to 11pm. In the past this function has been graced by the Premier of Queensland, the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, State leaders from both sides of the Parliament, several councillors, and local community representation.

Various member organisations of FICQ along with the Executive Committee put in tremendous efforts to present the highest standards of a cultural extravaganza for the spectators.

It is a free entry event open to one and all – being a Friday, when most people finish work early or prefer to go into the city for late night shopping, massive numbers of people are expected to enjoy the above celebrations. FICQ esti-

mates some 20,000 plus people to have walked past the function venue throughout the day last year, this function would have to be singled out as an Indian event with such huge attendance. We anticipate having a variety of stalls on display including but not limited to a variety of Indian food outlets, culturally significant items and many others. Our member organisations contribute with performances such as singing, dancing, musical instruments and others to entertain the audience throughout the day. Historically, we have also had groups and artists from interstate and overseas who grace the function.

There are fantastic opportunities for businesses that wish to advertise, to take a stall, whether you are an individual who has high level of talents and would like to participate or whether you are simply a dedicated community helper who wants to get involved and help with the organisation Send your enquiries to: Dr Naidu Bodapati – President, FICQ president.ficq@gmail.com - 0421 877 717 or Varad Raval – Public Relations Officer, FICQ pro.ficq@gmail.com - 0402 433 385 So mark 25th October in your diarise as an event not to be missed! Look forward to seeing you all!!

“PURIFY THE MIND, PURIFY THE BODY” says Hindu Youth Australia

By Sushyanth Subramanian - HYA Team Photo’s By Akanksha Kanna - HYA Team THE 4th Annual HYA Conference was held on July 28, 2013 at the Parravilla Function Lounge in Parramatta. Co-ordinated by HYA members from Sydney, the conference was themed ‘Purify the Mind and Purify the Body’.

The event also included guests such as the Honourable Geoff Lee, State Liberal member for Parramatta, Honourable Julie Owens, Federal ALP member of Parramatta, CLR Lisa Lake, Councillor for Holroyd and Mr Martin Zaiter, Federal Liberal candidate for Parramatta. Over 70 people attended the conference, with great reviews coming for the conference.

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Krishna Ramarathinam, the veteran member of the HYA team took the job of being the MC for the conference alongside Madhura Iyer.

Pavan set the tone for the conference where he discussed about the body, mind and the soul and included it in the form of the concentric circle, where he highlighted the importance of purification of the body on the outside, the mind and the soul on the inside.

Pavan was also able to keep the viewers interested by relating the conference and the theme to their everyday activities and how this could help them in life in general whilst giving a prelude to presentations that were to come in the conference. After an enlightening keynote, The Honourable Julie

Owens illustrated the importance for Hindu Youths to keep in touch with their heritage and civilization.

This message was further emphasised by the Federal Liberal candidate for Parramatta Mr Martin Zaiter.

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Arjun Nidigallu was second in this afternoon session where he addressed on the direction that HYA and the Hindu community in general had to be looking to go towards. The presentation and lightning talk were then followed by a team building activity conducted by Mannickam Iyer on the importance of Chanakya’s economics for the modern day.

The final presentation in the conference was presented by Sewa Australia on doing service for the society.

This conference is indicative of the progress made by the Team.

From humble beginnings in 2009, where a youth forum was held in a lecture theatre in UWS, the team has grown over the years with volunteers with high levels of dedication to the organisation and for the betterment for the Hindu Youth community. With such a success the expectations for the next conference would be high but the level of high reviews for this conference, coupled with the personal satisfactions for each member, there are high levels of confidence for the team to pull off a conference comparable with that of this year.

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Fiji Senior Citizens Association of QLD celebrates tenth Anniversary

FSCAQ celebrated its tenth anniversary with their third annual Multicultural dinner function on Saturday 31st August at Macgregor State School.

Over 450 people attended the Seniors night. The night featured various multicultural performances including, Bollywood dance, Africans cultural dance, Taiwanese dance, Sufi Music, Bhangra etc.

There was presentation of awards, trophies to the winning teams presented by Hon Ian Walker, Minister for Science, Information • Winning verteran team.

Technology, Innovation and Art. good wife Lorraine, Mr Ian Stewart The night began with a prayer by Pt Sanat Commissioner of Police and his good wife Pandey and welcome to country by Uncle Coral, Archana Singh Honorary Consul of Albert Holt. President Surendra Prasad India, Agnes Whiten Chair, ECCQ and her delivered the welcome address and high- husband Mr Whiten, Lion Ross Gibbins lighted the importance of the seniors func- Lions district governor Q1 and lioness Oly, tion, he spoke on multiculturalism and the Faith leaders, community leaders, other importance of a cohesive and supportive guests, presidents of various clubs and assodiverse community that modern day ciations, executives and members of Fiji Australia is.

Seniors.

Some of the distinguished guests included; A major project that FSCAQ runs is their Uncle Albert Holt, Cr Krista Adams repre- Annual Multicultural Soccer Tournament senting Lord Mayor, Hon. Robert since 2005 with the help from Sanatan Cavallucci Assistant Minister for Sport and Social Club. Sports provides an Multicultural Affairs, Hon Ian Walker outlet for people to socialise, and develop a Minister for Science, Information healthy attitude towards one another. It also Technology, Innovation and Art, Hon Gary provides an avenue to promote peace, tolerHardgrave former Federal Minister for ance and unity, and make enormous contriMulticultural Affairs and Citizenship and butions in building multiculturalism. also he served as Minister for Vocational Education and Minister assisting Prime A truly wonderful night with lots of food Minister now radio personality and his and entertainment.

• Minister Kate Lundy presenting “gratitude” certificates to nominees. Recent arrivals to Townsville had an opportunity to nominate someone from the established community who had helped them settle.

Unity in Diversity conference looks at Australian multiculturalism: “the shape of freedom” AUSTRALIAN multiculturalism in its fortieth year has developed a unique shape and flavour: reaffirmed by state and national governments as a core Australian value, it offers newcomers the opportunity to develop refreshed identities in an open society, while it promises long time residents that the pathway forward together will be creative, rewarding, if at times a bit disturbing.

The Conference went beyond rhetoric and explored how the everyday multiculturalism of Australia works, and how we address, resolve and grow through issues of cultural and social change. In an election year, when emotions become heightened and ideas can become sharp and abrasive, when relations between cultural communities within our national community will once more come under the spotlight, we ask, how is Australian multiculturalism faring, and what challenges and opportunities now lie ahead?

The Conference, now in its 6th year is associated with “Project Gratitude Australia”, where Australians both old and new are honoured for their contribution to making everyday multiculturalism work –

as a way of life that respects differences, cherishes individuality, and facilitates cooperation.

In 2013 the conference was guided by an experienced panel of experts in the field of diversity issues. Coming from academic, business and community backgrounds, the committee offered a breadth of perspectives and insights into conference themes and planning.

The Townsville Intercultural Centre welcomed the conference members listed below; - Ms Galila Abdelsalam - Islamic Women’s Association of Queensland - Dr Sue Bandaranaike - James Cook University | TIC - Mr Umesh Chandra - People of Australia Ambassador - Ms Helen Coyne - CEO at MultiLink Community Services Inc - Dr Farvardin Daliri OAM - Conference Convenor - Prof Andrew Jakubowicz - University of Technology Sydney - Mr Gail Ker - Access Chief Executive Officer - Dr Gracelyn Smallwood - James Cook University - Dr Wendy Li - Department of Psychology, James Cook University

GOPIO International shines at first Global R&D Summit in India NEW DELHI: Three GOPIO International Science & Technology Council luminaries were hosted and shined at the first Global R&D Summit held in New Delhi July 2526, 2013. The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly hosted the Summit 2013. The Summit was attended and addressed by GOPIO International’s Science & Technology Council Chairman, Dr. Ramesh Caussy (France); Council Co-Chairman Prof. Prasad Yarlagadda (Australia); and, Life Member Dr. Birendra Dutta. GOPIO International Coordinator-Africa and Executive Committee Member, Munish Gupta, also Chairman PIO TV, was a key organizer of the Summit with FICCI & DST. The inaugural session was addressed by Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor; Principal Scientific Advisor to Prime Minister of India, Dr. R Chidambaram; DST Secretary, Dr. T Ramasami; FICCI President Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai; and, GOPIO’s Dr. Birendra Raj Dutt, Chairman & MD, APIC Corporation USA. Dr Dutt was the featured industry speaker on his path-breaking research on photonics as the emerging technology of computer chip processors. Dr Dutt has already secured contracts with India’s prestigious Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO) of the Ministry of Defense, Government of India. Among major international speakers at the plenary and various sessions included Dr. Paul, Stein, Chief Scientific Officer, Rolls Royce; Prof.

Prasad Yarlagadda, Project Director: Airports of the future, Australia; Dr. Ramesh Caussy, President, Partnering 3.0,France; and, Prof. Peter Hodgeson, Director, Institute of Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Australia.

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deliberations included large number of industries from various parts of the world and also representatives of ICT MNCs. There were several demonstrations of new innovations and products developed at the exhibition.

Dr Yarlagadda said he had taken modern airports as a case study and demonstrated that how airports can be hubs of aviation industry and provide better security and excellent facilitation to air passengers to have a pleasant experience. Through his pre- • Dr. Prasad Yarlagadda, Dr. Ramesh Caussy, Mr. Rajendra Prabhu, Mr Munish Gupta (GOPIO delsentation Prasad took all egates) at the First Global R&D Summit, July 25-26, 2013, in New Delhi, India, hosted by FICCI audience to a quick tour and DST, Government of India. through modern airports.

Dr. Yarlagadda invited all government officials to attend ICT and Automation can improve productivity and performance of airports and help and provide better service and the GOPIO Biennial convention and also visit Brisbane and meet expectations of passengers of Z generation travellers. Melbourne, the other two major hubs of Indian community The overseas GOPIO delegation was welcomed by Mr. in Australia. Dr Yarlagadda proposed to host a workshop on Rajendra Prabhu, President, India Chapter, GOPIO 14th November in collaboration with Indian Honorary International, a special attendee at the Global R&D Summit Consulate in Queensland, GOPIO Queensland, Federation in his capacity as one of the most renowned science writer/ of Indian Communities of Queensland, and the Australia reporter in India for 40 years. During the visit, Munish India Business Council. The proposed theme of this workGupta, Dr. Caussy and Prof. Yarlagadda met with shop could be ‘Connecting PIO Indian Diaspora in Secretary-General FICCI, Dr. A Didar Singh, former Australia and New Zealand with Mainland India to enhance Secretary MOIA. The GOPIO officials had a good round of research Collaboration and partnership between Indian and discussions with the Secretary MOIA, Mr. Rajiv Mehrishi, Australian innovators, educators, research & development and Joint Secretary MOIA, Mr. T K A Manoj Kumar. experts. MOIA Secretary appreciated the idea and gave his MOIA is especially keen to draw from the experience and verbal support for this event.

Dr. Ramesh Caussy (France), Prof. Dr. Prasad Yarlagadda expertise of GOPIO International’s S&T Council and thanked Munish Gupta for connecting the Ministry with a (Australia), Rajendra Prabhu (India) & Munish Gupta (USA) contributed to this article. steady stream of GOPIO officials visiting from abroad. www.indiantimes.com.au

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Who, What, Where, When

• His Excellency, Biren Nanda and GOPIO International Executive Vice President Sunny Kulathakal with the crew of Air India at the gala dinner reception at Four seasons Hotel in Sydney. This was the maiden flight of the dreamliner introducing new direct flights to Delhi.

• Members of the Indian community at Queensland Police Multicultural morning tea organised by Metro South Division.

• The Kannada Sangha Queensland - During the AGM held end of • Happy 50th Birthday to my lovely wife, June 2013, a new committee was formed to take over the previous Sashi, 29 August. Wishing her good health committee. Kris Prasad as President and other office bearers as per and happiness. Your loving husband John. above photo head the current committee.

• Lekh Ram Sukh, Civil Marriage Celebrant (pictured right) Officiating the wedding of Chirag & Bhavini Patel on 9th August 2013 at 44 Parton Street, Stafford Heights, 4053 Qld, Australia.

• Above: Pundit Harihar Shastri, new resident priest of Shree Laxmi Narayan Mandir, during Krsna Janamastanmi, assisted by Pundit Sanat Pandey.

• Left: Members of Ipswich Ramayan Mandali during Krsna Janamastami celebration.

• Left: A capacity crowd at the Gayatri Mandir Boondall on the final night of Krsna Janam Astnami.

• Pundit Harsh Ram Tripathi, blessing devotees during Krsna Janamastanami at Shree Vishnu Maya Mandir, North Mclean.

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• Right: Pundit Raj Kumar Mishra (centre) addressing devotees at Gayatri Mandir in Boondall, Pundit Praveen Shandil (reft) was the officiating priest for the celebrations, Pundit Sanat Pandey (right) also graced the devotees with his presence. www.indiantimes.com.au

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• Alka Jagessar celebrates her 21st birthday with family and friends at Summit Event Centre, Paddington on 31 August.

• Qld Multicultural Minister Glen Elmes, with the recipients of 2013 Queensland Multicultural Awards in the South Sea Islander category.

• GOPIO Queensland members surprised Amy Jagessar • Swami Tyagananda from Boston USA, delivers his with a birthday cake for her birthday at their planning inspirational talk at University of Queensland meeting for India Day Fair. Robin Jagessar assists while “Positive living, a holistic approach”.

Amy cuts the cake.

• Year 3 Students from Nundah State School get a crash course on Indian Culture and tradition at Spice Valley of Brisbane. This initiative in its fourth year from Spice Valley is promoting cultural awareness amongst the wider community, which enhances social cohesive and better understanding of the diverse cultures.

• New citizens receive their Citizenship certificates at a ceremony held at Queensland Multicultural Centre, during Queensland Multicultural Week celebration.

• Sri Selva Vinayakar Temple, current construction stage. Photo’s courtesy Kamalanathan. K.

• Students of Eswaralaya Kalaikoodam Proudly presented the “Dasa Manoharam” (Concert of Classical Dances) As part of their 10th Year Celebrations in Brisbane at the Redlands Performing Art Centre On 31/08/2013. Dances choreographed by Smt. Manga Surendran (Founder Member) of Eswaralaya Kalaikoodam. Photo’s courtesy T. Surendran.

• GOPIO International executive Vice President Mr Sunny Kulathakal presented the photo Album of Kochi Convention to GOPIO Biennial convention convenor and the planning committee during a meeting held on 4 September at Travelodge Blacktown.

From left: Rohitas Batta, Balbir Singh, Harmohan (Harry) Walia, Aman Singh, Lucky Singh, Umesh Chandra, Sunny Kulathakal, Balvinder Ruby, Rajat Midha and Mahavir Arya.

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Viewpoint....Brisbane Indian Times turns 10!

Print media plays an important and powerful role in sharing news & other information with its readers. Brisbane Indian Times has fulfilled this role extremely well, and has also provided an invaluable service by supporting numerous not-for-profit community organisations for the past ten years.

On behalf of International Congress for Fiji, Hindustani Language & Culture School, and Boondall Lions Club, I would like to congratulate Brisbane Indian Times for this milestone achievement. Special thanks to editor, Trudi Tarres, for accommodating articles on activities of community organisations in Queensland, and to Umesh Chandra for his role as the CEO. Wishing Brisbane Indian Times many more years of successful operation.

Sarat Maharaj

The Muslim Charitable Foundation and Qld Muslim Welfare Association Inc, wish to congratulate the Indian Times on their 10th anniversary of producing the Indian Times.

This newspaper has been a great source of news and events happening in the Indian and general community. It has been a great help in informing the community of upcoming events and important events that have occurred in the many multi- cultural communities in Queensland. Most importantly, it has been a free newspaper which has been circulated widely.

The news articles are sourced from a wide variety of writers.

The paper has been printed monthly for the last ten years and is very professionally produced.

To the Staff of the Indian Times, we want to say congratulations, and well done!

Janeth Deen

Well this is a good news story.

Ten years ago, I helped launch the Brisbane Indian Times newspaper.

Since its launch, this newspaper has been providing a great service to our community.

By informing us about local cultural events and keeping us updated about international news stories, the Indian Times has helped our community to be more connected with our world.

In my view, that’s the epitome of an outstanding news service – the ability to connect an audience to a broader narrative – the ability to educate and inform.

I’m very pleased that the Indian Times has been providing this excellent service to our community for the last decade – a marvellous milestone.

Congratulations to Umesh and all the team at Brisbane Indian Times. I look forward to reading more from you.

Wayne Swan

I remember when Umesh rang me and we met at the park in Stones Corner, where we discussed the new venture. A lot has happened since then, but I have to say, you have stood by your commitment of total multiculturalism & religious freedom, and that has resulted in the success that you enjoy.

An achievement like this is testimony to the hard work of all, that are involved, and especially the sponsors.

At the outset in its infancy, we played our part & did what we could to help support the venture, as did all the original sponsors.

Your unique style of acknowledging and awarding those sponsors, the voluntary organisations, and associations, has contributed immensely to your success.

In the early days, it was difficult for you, financially, but you all put in that special effort, and transformed it into a very professional publication.

Hj. Sultan M. Deen

On behalf of Fiji Senior Citizens Association of Qld Inc, I am delighted to congratulate Indian Times on its 10th Anniversary.

Indian Times has reached a milestone in its history and surviving this long with success is indeed praiseworthy.

I recall when Mr Umesh Chandra started his newspaper with few pages 10 years ago and now it has increased to over 50 pages and has also increased the quality of news. Indian Times plays very important role in providing important news to the communities.

We thank Indian Times and their staff for providing news through their Newspaper for the last 10 years. We wish them all the success in many years to come.

Message from Surendra Prasad OAM President- Fiji Senior Citizens Association of Qld Inc Patron- FICQ

Queensland Police Service Police Recruit Entry Pathway (PREP) AS AN equal opportunity employer, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) strives to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the State’s community.

The position of a General Duties police officer has job-specific criteria that must be met and is built on the expectations of police by the community.

General Duties police are the Service’s ‘first response’ officers who, when on patrol and responding to calls for assistance, are most likely to have contact with members of the community.

The introduction of a new police recruiting process on 1 June 2012 has extended the opportunity for a police career to more people.

The Police Recruit Entry Pathway, or PREP, has made police careers possible for a range of people who were not previously eligible.

Applicants are now assessed on their potential and capability for police work.

Under the previous process, some tertiary education was required before a person could apply.

PREP is designed to determine if a person has the cognitive ability for recruit training and to become a General Duties police officer.

Pre-application Requirements To become a recruit applicant, a person must meet set pre-application requirements before sitting for the Police Entrance Exam, which are: * Be at least 18 years of age * Be either be an Australian citizen or hold permanent residency status, or be a New Zealand citizen holding a special category visa under the Commonwealth’s Migration Act 1958 * Have a very high standard of past behaviour and conduct, which includes the person’s traffic and criminal history * Have successfully completed Year 12 (or equivalent), or three years of full-time paid

When news reporting is a matter of faith…

RELIGION Journalists, academics, students, faith leaders & opinion makers will gather in Brisbane at the end of October in conjunction with Griffith University’s Multifaith Centre, the International Association of Religion Journalists and the ABC to explore how to improve the coverage of religion in a world of increased religious conflict.

The International Religion Journalism Symposium will feature specialists in press, radio and new digital media.

Keynote Addresses, Discussion Panels, and Workshops feature international speakers, including: Paul Marshal, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, Author of Blind Spot, When Journalists Don’t Get Religion Endy Bayuni, Chief Editor of the Jakarta Post and educator Navras Jaat Afreedi, Ass’t Professor, Gautam Buddha University, India Sara Pulliman-Bailey, National Correspondent, the Religion News Service Peggy Fletcher Stack, Sr religion writer,

The Salt Lake Tribune and from ABC Radio National’s Religion Unit Rachael Kohn, Andrew West, Scott Stephens and Florence Spurling Director of Griffith University’s MultiFaith Centre, Dr Brian Adams said “the symposium would bring into focus critical issues relating to cover of world events and conflicts.”

“The International Religion Journalism Symposium will examine issues such as the role of bias in religion journalism, the secularisation of religious conflicts and the personal and professional challenges to reporting on faith,” Dr. Adams said.

In addition to the Symposium, a free public forum will be staged on Thursday October 31st from 6:30-9:00 pm at ABC Studios South Bank. The topic will be Is religion a weapon of war or peace?

More information is available at our website: http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference /international-symposium-on-religionjournalism Ticket sales: religionjournalism.eventbrite.com.au

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employment (or the part-time equivalent) since leaving high school * Have a reasonable degree of aerobic fitness, and be physically and mentally fit to perform the duties of an operational police officer * Hold either an Open driver licence, or a Provisional driver licence for more than 12 months, for a car (manual or automatic).

Applicant Assessments The recruiting model is a stepped process, where a person is required to pass each step before moving to the next assessment.

It starts with completing an Expression of Interest form with Police Recruiting to determine if a person meets the pre-application requirements.

If this initial assessment shows a person may be suitable to be a police recruit, they will be invited to take the Police Entrance Exam, which assesses cognitive ability and literacy skills.

On passing the exam, the person will be asked to undertake a pre-employment medical assessment and submit an online Police Recruit Application.

The person’s application is then assessed against integrity and background checks, and the applicant undergoes a psychometric assessment, a panel interview with a police officer and community member, and physical skills testing.

If successful through all these stages, the applicant placed in the merit pool. Those who have met these requirements to the highest of standards are offered positions for recruit training at the police academy in either Brisbane or Townsville.

Achievements The new pathway provides several advantages for both recruit applicants and the police service, and means only those people with the potential to become police officers continue through the recruitment process.

PREP has also helped Police Recruiting achieve the State Government’s commitment to an 1,100 increase in police numbers by 30 June 2016.

To achieve this increase in the 13 months between the start of PREP and 30 June 2013, Police Recruiting: * took more than 50,000 phone calls to the 1 300 BE COP phone number from people expressing interest to sit for the Police Entrance Exam * received almost 21,000 emails, of which 12,800 were bookings for recruiting semi-

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nars, and * had more than 3.3 million visits to its website www.policerecruit.com.au In that same period, more than 10,300 Expressions of Interest were completed, from which almost 6,600 people sat for the Police Entrance Exam.

Of these people, 3850 passed the entrance exam - which is 60 per cent of the people who sat the exam – and were invited to submit a recruit application.

Of the applicants who were appointed to the academy, 846 recruits graduated during 2012-13 to become Police Constables.

The 2012-13 recruit graduations achieved an increase of 360 in police numbers, which was 60 officers over and above the State Government’s 300 growth target.

The target for this financial year (2013-14) is to increase police numbers by another 267 officers over and above natural attrition.

The QPS is well on the way to achieving this growth, with 504 recruits either in training or graduated from the academy (as of 12 August 2013).

PREP has opened up the possibility of a QPS career to many more people within the community who have the capacity and potential for police work, regardless of their cultural or ethnic background.

Contacts Further information on the Police Recruit Entry Pathway and becoming a Queensland police officer is available by phoning 1 300 BE A COP or visiting www.policerecruit.com.au

10 steps to the academy 1. Express your interest – call 1 300 BE A COP 2. Pass the Police Entrance Exam 3. Pass your pre-employment medical assessment 4. Submit your recruit application 5. Integrity, referee and background checks 6. Sit the psychometric tests 7. Interview by a community member and police officer 8. Attend Policing Skills Assessment day 9. Enter the merit pool 10. Appointment to an academy intake Call Trudi on 07 3356 0102

Viewpoint....Brisbane Indian Times turns 10!

When we look back a decade, our vision gets blurred as we scramble to source a newspaper which would tell Indian story in a country thousand miles far from the home land. Brisbane Indian Times (BIT) emerged like a comet and from its very first publication stole our heart and even after ten glorified years, continues to deliver quality articles, information from back home, Bollywood entertainment news and regular update of events in Brisbane.

We congratulate BIT for this milestone and wish our growing expectations will be duly fulfilled in the future.

Gairik Majumdar President Bengali Society of Queensland

Congratulations to Umesh, Usha and your great team for an outstanding contribution to the community at large.

Your newspaper has brought the country together and kept the community and to an extent, the wider community of this State.

We are very proud of the value you have added to all your readers and thereby have encouraged them to add value to this great country we now call our home.

I wish you, Usha and your team every success, not only for the next 10 years but for many decades.

Maha Sinnathamby

Meeting Point....

Congratulations for providing magnificent service to Indian community for last 10 years.

Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Qld is proud to be associated with you, and wishes Brisbane Indian Times, many more years of success.

Jitendra Deo- President “When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy”. Samuel Goldwyn

It is a great pleasure to hear that Brisbane Indian Times is celebrating their 10th Anniversary, “Congratulations for the ten successful years of Brisbane Indian Times, you are the real voice of multicultural Queensland and Australia” BIJU THOMAS Chief editor of GARSHOM NEWS (Malayalam News paper) Secretary of Brisbane Malayalee Association

Congratulations to all the team at Brisbane Indian Times on ten wonderful years. I always enjoy reading what is a very informative and inclusive publication and I look forward to many more excellent years. Keep up the great work!

David Forde President Lions Club of Kuraby

We welcome comments from our readers on the View Point and Meeting Point, you may wish to write to “Letters to the Editor”.

If you wish to take part in View Point please contact our office and we will contact you for future topics. From this month we have increased the View Point word count to 100 as opposed to 50 to allow ample response / opinion to be viewed.

For submissions or enquiries email admin@indiantimes.com.au or call 07 3352 0102.

• Janeth Deen. Photo Saba Chaudhry.

IN this month’s meeting point we have the pleasure of meeting, Ms Janeth Deen, the recipient of GOPIO 2013 lifetime achievement award, the award is a recognition of her tireless community service to multicultural Australia. It is remarkable the number of meetings and functions that Janeth attends at her age.

She is a welcome guest at many multicultural events, she supports a lot of charities and helps plan community functions, as a worker she is hands on and never worries about getting her hands dirty and will stay back after functions to make sure that everything is in its place. She has assisted many community organizations fill in the grant applications. She has nominated many community workers for awards an positions that they enjoy today.

Janeth Deen’s forefathers migrated from British India in 1898 before the Constitution of Australia was drawn up and the White Australia Policy was introduced.

After 1901 only young men of Asia extraction could enter Australia as labourers, women had to remain in their home country.

Janeth’s father, Wazir arrived in 1936 and worked as a hawker in the family business travelling in outback Queensland and the Northern Territory. Janeth was born in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory on 10th August 1942. She has always been proud of her Indian heritage and the contributions Call Trudi on 07 3356 0102

of Indians to the Australian nation.

Janeth is second eldest of eleven children to her parents. When her father died in 1957 Janeth had to drop out of school and find employment to help her mother support her younger siblings. She worked as a clerk typist for twenty-six years.

Janeth and her family always had open house for students who came to study under the Colombo Plan. Many enjoyed the Indian food that was so hard to obtain in the 1950s and 1960s.

Janeth is the mother of five children and twelve grandchildren. All her children have university degrees and her grandchildren are well on their way to obtaining theirs.

In the early 1970s Janeth lived in Rockhampton and became active in helping many Indian families settle into the town.

In those days it was difficult to obtain Indian spices and become familiar with the Australian way of life for new migrants.

When the Whitlam government introduced free university places, Janeth studied part time at Griffith University whilst holding a full time job and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Asian Studies. She then went on to complete a Graduate Diploma of Secondary Teaching.

She taught in Queensland schools for twenty years and voluntary tutored students and business migrants in her spare time.

After completing the Pilgrimage to Mecca in 2006 Janeth dedicated herself to do voluntary work. She collected goods and filled

containers to Somalia when the country was suffering the effects of war in 2007. In 2008 she opened a welfare shop in Woodridge to help the needy in that community. The welfare association she set up did not discriminate in any way. It helped many of the overseas students, migrants, refugees, indigenous people, homeless people, the aged, and whoever need assistance.

Janeth personally collected goods including furniture and household items and delivered them herself. The welfare shop was awarded the most outstanding organization in Logan in 2009. In that year Janeth received the Imam Patel award for outstanding contribution to the community as well as the Robbie Williams Memorial award for the Multicultural citizen from the Sunnybank electorate.

She helped deliver truckloads of good, driving the truck herself to the Ipswich area during the 2011 floods and also helped fill the GOPIO container and three other containers for Fiji with goods from her welfare shop.

Over the years she has opened her home to homestay students and loves to mix with people of all creeds and cultures.

She helped Madonna King select multicultural citizens for the Faces of Brisbane which was featured on 612ABC radio in 2010. She thought it was great fun gathering all the people and felt her heartstrings tug as she heard many of their stories and reasons for coming to Australia. She has

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even visited detention centres to deliver clothing for the newly arrived boat refugees and helped many of them settle into their new community Janeth is on many committees. She is the president of the Qld Muslim Welfare Association and the Qld Muslim Historical Society Inc. She is a trustee of the Muslim Charitable Foundation and the secretary of the Qld Multicultural Council.

Janeth is also a member of the Ethnic Community Council of Qld, The African Community Council of Qld, GOPIO and is also a member of many of the Historical Associations of Qld. She was the oldest volunteer at the Asia Pacific Cities Summit which was held in Brisbane in 2011. She is also on the forum for Christians, Jews and Muslims at the Griffith University Multi Faith Centre.

In 2011 she received a Seniors Award from the Premier of Queensland and also was awarded the outstanding volunteer award from the Queensland Multicultural Affairs Department. In 2012 she received the Indian Times Business and Community Award for outstanding volunteer.

Janeth Deen believes that the best way to achieve a fulfilling life is to care for others as if all human beings are part of one human family. While there is work to be done and one has the ability to complete it, it must be carried out for the betterment of all.

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Age is no barrier

By Yadavendra Das, Port Douglas, Far North Qld, Aust.

IT was a community Studio Gallery and Friday July 5th 2013, while “doing” the town, I did notice the Gallery and intended to visit. But somehow or other I forgot. Even though stationed about 20km from this small town for a physically relaxing and recuperating weekend, I happened to pass the same Studio Gallery again on Saturday morning, past the “Rama-da” Hotel J. This time I went in and there was Judith, a 78-year-old lady, caretaker for the day. We talked about philosophy. She volunteered that she had studied philosophy one full year in Sydney, some time ago etc, etc… and had some Buddhist affiliations. Then, after presenting BGAII, I made the decisive step: “Why don’t you please buy a copy of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is?” To my surprise, she simply said:” Yes, I think this it is what I ought to do. This is a good idea” After checking her mode of payment, I went to my Sankirtan van and fetched a copy of BGAII for Judith.

The whole exchange was just perfectly smooth. From both sides, it was a perfectly understood conversation. It was not one of those conversations were the interlocutors make their respective points without caring much for the feedback from the other side. It was a constructive and enjoyable conversation and culminated in the sale of BGAII. Srila Prabhupada’s slogan is: “Utility is the principle”.

When the book distributor therefore talks, he talks with the sole purpose in mind of selling book (s) to the recipient, even though that may entail talking about many different subject matters to many persons with different interests. He does not talk for the sake of talking, nor does he talk to

show off his meager knowledge, as the neophytes sometimes do. As soon as the book distributor realizes that the interlocutor will not buy the book, it is his duty to politely break the relationship and immediately resume his search for the next candidate. There is no room for sense gratification. There is no spare time to waste and there are an unlimited number of candidates. The conversation that culminates in the sale of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, certainly represents the perfection of conversation. Who will dispute the fact? Please put your argument.

With no intentional flattery, I said to her that she was a wise lady. She replied in a humble manner and with a smile: “You know, I have been around for a while now.”

Humility is a sign of knowledge. Socrates used to say: “I know that I do not know.” And BGAII 13.8-12 confirms:” Humility; pridelessness; nonviolence; tolerance; simplicity; approaching a bona fide spiritual master; cleanliness; steadiness; self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification; absence of false ego; the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; detachment; freedom from entanglement with children, wife, home and the rest; even-mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me; aspiring to live in a solitary place; detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth—all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance.”

In contrast to her body, and to my own body for that matter, there were absolutely no signs of old age in this godly lady’s mind. Because she honestly admitted that she wasn’t quite sure what happens after death, I clearly advised her to particularly read the second chapter of BGAII about the

Brisbane kids start businesses from their backpacks LORD Mayor Graham Quirk is congratulating local schools for giving kids the tools they need to start their own businesses thanks to a national program now rolling out across Brisbane.

Club Kidpreneur’s $50 Challenge, a real-life educational exercise in entrepreneurship, was officially launched in August at Brisbane Central State School by the Lord Mayor and program manager Graham Berman.

The program will reach around 400 kids at 40 schools in Brisbane and surrounds, to teach them fundamental business skills by inspiring them to start their own micro-businesses.

As part of the program, students will be given a Business in a Backpack which has all of the materials for them to set up a small business; making and selling jewellery, candles, photo

frames, cards or key rings.

The Lord Mayor said Club Kidpreneur was an important education program encouraging the city’s next generation of budding entrepreneurs and business minds.

“Club Kidpreneur is a great way to help us grow the next generation of Brisbane business people and support our long-term economic growth,” Cr Quirk said.

“Programs like this and CoderDojo are aimed at developing our future business leaders and are about creating a nurturing environment for them to reach their full potential.”

Students participating in the program will use their business backpack to develop a small business and sell their wares at either a school or local market. Any profit they make over $50 gets donated to their school, or a char-

ity or community group of the student’s choice.

The program was founded three years ago by Australian entrepreneur Creel Price.

Mr Price said many kids in Australia were already running their own businesses by organising garage sales, washing cars for pocket money or selling home-made products to family and friends.

“There are many kids in Australia who have the passion and determination to become successful entrepreneurs. So, imagine what these kids will be able to achieve given the right support, education, and encouragement,” Mr Price said.

Anyone interested in learning more about the program can go to:www.clubkidpreneur.com

Trek to Gaumukh & Tapovan

By Dhaval Vyas Ahmedabad, India Continued from last issue Day: 2 .Bhojwasa to Tapovan.

Gaumukh is roughly 4kms from Bhojwasa and the terrain gets rockier & difficult. The path is paved but it is very weathered in most of the places, making it hard on your feet. The sharp edged rocks at times are painful if stepped with a lot of forward force. We covered the distance in just two hours and then stopped at the small temple that’s been made to mark Gamukh and the origin of the Holy Ganga.

We decided to rest here for 15 minutes. Meanwhile I got busy clicking the view around me. Yes it was Gaumukh at 13120 ft above sea level. The glacier has receded quite a lot over the year and now has been pushed away considerably. We then started perhaps the most challenging part of the trek, onwards to Tapovan which is at a distance of 4kms from Gaumukh and is almost parallel to it.

The porter led us to a higher ground from the left side of the Gaumukh glacier. As we ascended, the route totally disappeared and what left was the stone path upwards which crumbled at slight-

est pressure. I was walking on and could see crevasses next to me that are more than often deadly.

Now I understood why everyone advised me on taking a porter to Tapovan. If you are new to this place you will get lost or even worse fall in to a crevasse.

The climb was taking a toll on my body and the thin air made the climb even more testing. The porter asked me not to stop until we reached the top of the glacier, later I was told that the rocks fall can be life threatening. I did manage to reach the top of the glacier and saw at a distance I was up against. A very steep hill was to be climbed up to reach Tapovan.

From a distance this hill looked virtually impossible. But this was not it. To reach this hill we had to pass through the remaining glacier. The path was rather treacherous as you can’t make out which part is ice and which part is stone.

The mud on top of the icy glacier makes it look like a firm land but as you step on it you slip down.

Any further struggle would cause you to slip further.

Exhausted we reached the foot of the hill. The porter told us that this was the last part of our trek and then we will reach Tapovan. We started our climb. The steepness of the hill was relentless, often

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increasing our frequency of rest breaks. After what can be termed as a very high level of endurance test we reached a waterfall. We crossed over to the other side only so see the end of the climb on sight.

We had reached Tapovan. At about 4500 meters above sea level world looks totally different. We started walking towards the Mauni Baba’s Ashram, who happens to be the only settler in Tapovan.The trek was over and the view around made the effort worth every bit of it. We were welcomed by Baba at his ashram where we stayed for the night. The Baba provides everyone with food that he makes on his own and warm blankets for the night. Locals believe the Baba lives here, since several years & knows all the mysteries of the Himalayas. Though he never shared with anyone. They also say, that he knows the language of the wild animals & can interact with them. Here I may add that Baba does not talk with anyone, since years.

Tapovan is perhaps the most peaceful place I have ever visited.

I have seen quite a few secluded places but this one has a soul to it.

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eternality of the soul.

“I am glad that you are reading Bhagavad-gita. Try to do this regularly. Chapter 2 is very important because it explains that we are not this body, that we are spirit soul, part and parcel of God. One has to have this preliminary understanding if he is to advance in spiritual life.”

751110let.Nyamiaka If I would have entered the building on Friday, I would have never met Judith and she would have not gotten a copy of BGAII, which just came into her life at the right time. But obviously the plan of the Lord was totally different and He again had clearly manipulated me from the heart. BGAII 15.15: “I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.

By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedänta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.”

In the material world, we are often manipulated and the result may not always be in our interest, but spiritual Krishna-manipulation is welcome and represents a very special kind of blessing from the Lord. Let us pray and act in such a way that Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, more and more chooses to use us for His divine plans and purposes.

“The real identity of the living entity is that he is eternally servant of God. We should not understand this word servant in the meaning of materialistic servant. TO BECOME SERVANT OF GOD IS A GREAT POSITION. That is not ordinary position. Just like people try to get some government servitorship. Government service. That is also servant, to become servant. Why? Or people try to get some service in some established firm, well-reputed business firm. Why? That service is comfortable, there is great profit in such kind of service. So if people are satisfied by getting a government service or service in some good establishment, then just think over if you become servant of God then what is your position? Because God is the government of all government. So to become servant of God... We are servant of God constitutionally. Just like Caitanya Mahäprabhu says, jévera svarüpa haya nitya-kåñëa-däsa [Cc. Madhya 20.108-109].”

680613Bg.Mon I informed her that I may write and publish about our encounter and she did not raise any objections. My last words to her were:” It was a pleasure meeting you, Judith.

Hare Krishna.”

Later on I understood that Krishna had another reason for bringing me here, as I noticed farther an unusually high number of motor vehicles parked on the side of the roads.

Unknown to me, there was a Saturday morning market in full swing and on church grounds, which proved to be a good field for book distribution. Whatever the denomination, church grounds means pious background after all.

Unfortunately some members of the management committee, excluding Madam President, who accepted a copy of Higher Taste, did not appreciate my presence and after a good deal of book distribution, I was asked to leave. At that point of time, I believe Krishna had already achieved His purposes. Another lady had commented previously: “Go to USA.” She did not say: “Go back to USA”, as if I were an uprooted American. She just said, “Go to USA”. Is it that my style is so un Australian?” Or is this an indication of my future Krishna-destiny?

All glories to Srila Pabhupada, Lord Krishna’s pure representative for the next ten thousand years!

calm and clarity within you. In Tapovan it is just you and your encompassing thoughts, making the Neelkanth Peak now look at your arm’s length. The sense of satisfaction you get after reaching here makes the tough climb worth every bit.

The nighst in Tapovan are extremely cold. There is no electricity so after sunset it gets pitch dark. That’s when the stars shine and you can actually catch their reflection in the river. My advice is to be brave and take a walk out in the open, keep a flash light handy; it’s a chill worth experiencing. At night I was wrapped under many layers of clothing and had a blanket provided by the Baba and could still feel the cold seeping in.

Day 3 : Tapovan to Gangotri Next morning it was time to head back to Gangotri. After paying my regards to Mauni Baba and thanking him for his kind hearted hospitality I started my journey back to Gangotri. It took us around four hours to get down from Tapovan to Gamukh and then after that I was all by myself to reach Gangotri. On my way down I shared my bottle of water with the porter and another pilgrim so I was left with few drops of it. I then decided to head down towards the river to find some water.

The Gaumukh area has a very muddy water flowing which can be had only after straining and

boiling it. I was in need of drinking water and the sun was making it even tougher for me. A quick wash at the river bed refreshed me and I had few biscuits I has picked up when I started from Gangotri.

At some distance I found some broken ice floating in the river. I fished some out and broke them to smaller pieces to fit them in my flask. This was my water source till would reach Bhojwasa 4kms away.

After a two hours trek I reached Bhojwasa and had a fair share of clean water from the “Lal Baba Ashram” and the khichdi they provide for free. Such gestures make you feel very humble. I thanked the devotees that run the ashram all through the year, even when the temperatures fall below zero.

I wanted to reach Gangotri the same day and halt there for the night. So I had around 6 & a half hours to cover 14kms to get to Gangotri. I managed to reach in less than 5 hours. Exhausted I sat in the nearest restaurant I could find for a hot tea and some snacks.

Shared some with another porter I befriended on my way down.

In all I spent 10 in Gangotri along with my trek and met many people who shared a lot of their personal experiences with me. I would advise the trekkers to try and make this trek at least once in this life time. There is much for these eyes to see and this soul to experience.

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Hajj, an important Worship for Human Spiritual development

By Muhammad Aslam THE journey for Hajj is a divine one and, in reality, a great migration; an expansive field for self-development, self-rectification and the Greatest Battle against EGOs wishes The Hajj rituals collectively are an act of worship profoundly associated with the struggle of HazratIbrahim (A.S) his son Hazrat Isma`il (A.S) and his wife Hazrat Hajra R.A .

When we come to the sacrificial grounds in Mina, the innumerable sacrifices performed there leave us amazed and perplexed; basically, is it possible for animalsacrifice to be a part of the rituals associated with an act of worship?

But when we bring to mind the incident of Ibrahim (a.s) when he sincerely endeavoured to sacrifice his nearest and dearest one in the path of Allah subsequent to which the sacrifice at Mina came into existence in the form of a custom, we comprehend the philosophy lying behind it.

Offering sacrifice, in reality, implies one’s total disregard for everything else when striving in the way of Allah and is a demonstration of cleansing one’s heart from everything other than Allah. The reformative and educative effects of these rites can be derived in sufficient measure only when the entire scenario of the sacrifice of Isma`il (a.s) and the spiritual state of the father and the son leading up to the sacrifice is incarnated before man’s eyes and this spiritual state casts its influence upon him.

When we proceed towards Jamarat (three stone pillars, which the pilgrims strike with pebbles - each one to be struck with seven pebbles - in a special ritual of Hajj), the rituals there appear enigmatic and inexplicable to us and we are given to wonder as to what could be the idea behind stoning a lifeless stone pillar and what problem could such an act possibly solve?

However, when we bring to mind the struggle of Ibrahim (a.s) - the champion of monotheism - against the whisperings of the Satan, who appeared before him on three occasions - each time seeking to weaken his resolve and distract him from the great deed Qurbani(sacrifice) and on each occasion Ibrahim (a.s) repelled him by means of stones, these rites appear more meaningful and comprehensible to us.

These rituals convey the meaning that: Throughout your lives, all of you too, are in confrontation with the whisperings of the Satans during your life, and until you do not stone them and drive them away, you shall never be victorious. If you desire that Allah, just as He had sent His salutations upon Ibrahim (a.s) and made his name and doctrine eternal, should also cast His look of grace and favour upon you, then you must follow his (a.s) path too.

When we arrive at safa and Marwah where we observe the people repeatedly moving to and fro between one small mountain and another even smaller one without getting anything - at times walking and at times running - we are surely overtaken by astonishment as to what kind of ritual this is and what could it possibly mean and signify.

But then, when we bring to mind the efforts of Hajar for saving the life of her suckling child in that hot and scorching desert, and how Allah, after her sincere efforts, granted her wish by making the water of Zamzam to flow from beneath the foot of her new-born child, the clock suddenly turns back for us, the curtains tend to get lifted and we find ourselves near Hajar, accompanying her in her quest and efforts.

In the path of Allah, one cannot hope to attain any rank and status without exertion and effort!

From what we have presented above, it can be easily concluded that Hajj should be taught in this manner; the memories of Ibrahim (a.s) his son and his wife should be personified step by step so that not only is the philosophy of Hajj perceived and comprehended, but also its profound ethical effects illuminate and influence the souls of the pilgrims - for without these effects the entire Hajj is pointless.

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The most important way of worship performed in this month is “hajj”, one of the five pillars of Islam. The Muslims from every part of the world assemble in Arabia to perform this unique way of worship. Hajj is a worship, which requires at least five days to be performed in its proper way.

There are detailed rules for different acts of hajj for which separate books are available, and the present article does not aim at explaining all these details. However, some basic information about its obligation is being given here: Hajj is obligatory on every adult Muslim who can afford to go to Makkah during the hajj season, whether on foot or by any other carriage.

A Muslim woman cannot travel for hajj unless she is accompanied by a mahram (i.e. husband or relative of a prohibited degree like son, father, brother etc.) If she does not find any mahram to accompany her, hajj is not obligatory on her until she finds one. However, she must make a will that in case she dies before performing hajj, his heirs should arrange for her hajj-e-badal out of her left over property.

Hajj is obligated only once in one’s life.

After performing the obligatory hajj; one is not required to perform it again. However, he can perform the nafl (optional hajj as many times as he or she wishes.)

Preparation for the Hajj Each pilgrim first enters into ihram. This is a spiritual state of purity during which the person must not quarrel, commit any act of violence or engage in sexual activity. Men signify the state of ihram by bathing, and wearing two pieces of unsewn white cloth: “one covers the body from waist to ankle and the other is thrown over the shoulder.”

4 Women usually wear a simple white dress and “a head covering, but not a veil.” 4 “The white garments are symbolic of human equality and unity before God, since all the pilgrims are dressed similarly.” 2 The pilgrim will then repeat the Talbiyah (Talbeeyah) prayer. One English translation is: “Here I am, O God, at Thy Command!

Here I am at Thy Command! Thou art without associate; Here I am at Thy Command!

Thine are praise and grace and dominion!

Thou art without associate.”

The pilgrim enters the Holy Mosque at Mecca, right foot first, and recites the prayer: “In the name of Allah, may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. Oh Allah, forgive me my sins and open to me the doors of Your mercy. I seek refuge in Allah the Almighty and in His Eminent Face and in His Eternal Dominion from the accursed Satan.” The pilgrim performs the tawaf. This is a counter-clockwise procession which circles, “the Ka’aba, the [cube-shaped] stone building Muslims believe was originally built by Abraham and his son Ishmael... It is a symbol of unity for Muslims because all prayers, wherever they are performed, are oriented in the direction of the Ka’aba.” 4,6 The pilgrim then performs the sa’i. He hurries seven times between two small hills near the Ka’aba, called Safa and Marwah.

This commemorates the desperate search for water and food by Hagar, one of Abraham’s wives.

Reflections of Hajj Hajj in known to be one of the most exhilarating experiences in a person’s life, which leaves a trail of reflections to be pondered upon. Although the reflections of Hajj are more of a personal feeling one feels within himself. Please note that Allah (SWT) opens the heart of those who seek true guidance and repentance on this blessed journey. So we should all seek to come out of Hajj with a tremendous benefit and deep reflections in order to make a positive change in our lives, insha’Allah.

Facts About the Hajj Journey 1. Hajj is an act of Worship - not tourism or promenade - which requires a physical and spiritual preparation.

2. It is a station of renewing faith with hopes of our sins being wiped out by forgiveness and the love and trust of Allah (SWT) increases. The pilgrim gets purified and comes out of his sins like a newborn

baby.

3. It is a school of training for Taqwah consciousness of one’s duties towards Allah -, good character and discipline like in the pillars of Islam.

4. It is a manifestation of brotherhood, equality and Unity. The Muslims are like different branches but from one tree. In Hajj, we learn how to develop the Spirit of Unity.

5. It is an annual Muslim convention attended by Muslims from different horizons, colours, races, and tongues. They exchange ideas and news and celebrate their unity in faith and diversity in culture.

They meet in their center-point Makkah (Qiblah). Muslims always have to have a center-point and should be constantly focused on their noble goals.

The following Ahadith from Sahih AlBukhari, shed some light on a few of the aspects associated with the month of Thul Hijjah and Hajj: The Prophet (S), said: “Whoever performs Hajj, only for the sake of Allah (SWT) and does not have sexual relations with his wife (during Hajj), and does not do evil or commit sins, then he will return (after Hajj free from all sins) as if he were born anew.” (The reward for Hajj is a new start with a clean slate.)

The Visit to Medinah tu-Rasool(Prophets city) One of the most memorable moments in the journey of Hajj is, undoubtedly, the visit to the city of our Noble Prophet (S).

Medinah, which lies 447 kilometers north of the Holy City of Makkah, is the city of the Prophet (S). This is the place in which the Holy Quran was compiled and the Prophet’s (S) companions administered the affairs of the Muslim Ummah. The following is a list of things to consider and implement before and after your arrival to Medinah.

1. When you start traveling to Medinah, Make your intention of performing 40 salats in Masjid Nabawi and to visit Roza tur-Rasool. Rasoolullah(SAW) has stated that whoever prays 40 salats in Masjid nabawi, i will intercede for him.Also during this journey, recite Darud shareef (salawaat upon the prophet sallallahu alahi wasallam)frequently, which is asking Allah to give peace and blessings on the Prophet (S).

2. When the city of Medinah is in sight, show your extreme fondness and excitement and humbly enter the city while reciting Darud Sharif.

3. After putting your luggage at your hotel or place of residence, take a bath or perform ablution (wudu), put on new and nice looking clothes, apply atar, and proceed towards the Prophet’s Mosque while repeating Darud Sharif.

4. Try to enter the mosque through gate AlJibril or gate As-Salaam as these are the gates which lead to the grave of the Prophet (S). However, if this is not possible, enter through any other door.

5. Place your right foot first in the entrance, praise Allah (such as say Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, Alhamdu Lillah, etc.), recite Darud Sharif and say: “ Allah humma aftah li abwabe rahamte ka” “Oh Allah open for me the doors of your mercy.”

6. Upon entrance into the Masjid, offer two raka’s of nafl tahiyyat Al-Masjid (greeting of the Masjid) anywhere in the mosque. If one is able to do this in the Riyadh AlJannah area, (the area in the Masjid which is known to rise into Jannah, this is also where the Prophet (S) used to lead the Salah) then this is preferred. However, this place is normally packed of people at all times, especially in the Hajj season. Don’t let that stop you from praying two raka’s there at least once on your visit, but also don’t exhaust yourself trying to always pray there, for this could involve harming other to do so.

7. Visit the grave of the Prophet (S) and that of Abu Bakr and Omar. In front of the sacred tomb of The Holy Prophet (S), there are three sections of brass screens and all three have holes in them. If you stand in front of the middle section between the pillars, you’ll see a big round hole on your left. This is in front of the face of the Holy

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Prophet (S). Adjacent to it is a door that stays closed. Right after it on the right side is a round hole which is in front of the face of Abu Bakr As-Siddique. On the right of it, there is another round hole which is in front of the face of Umar Bin Khattab. Standing in front of it and facing it, say in a respectful and low voice:” Assalamu alaika, ayyuhan-nabiyya wa rahmatul-lahi wa barakatuhu” (Peace be on you, O Prophet, and the mercy and blessings of Allah.) After this say: “Assalatu was-salamu alaika ya Rasul-Allah”, “Assalatu was-salamu alaika ya Nabi-yallah”, “Assalatu was-salamu alaika ya Habib-Allah”. Then supplicate to Allah for good things in this life and the life after death. Then move a little to the right and stand before the grave of Abu Bakr.

Greet him and supplicate to Allah to bestow His mercy and forgiveness on him. Then move a little to the right and stand before the grave of Umar. Greet him and supplicate to Allah to bestow His mercy and forgiveness on him.

8. When you have to leave Medinah, offer your Salam again to the Prophet (S), cry at this separation, supplicate to Allah and leave with the earnest desire to come back.

Historical Places of Medinah The following are some of many historical places in Medinah which a pilgrim would like to visit. Out of these, a visit to Masjid Quba is highly recommended as holds very high status, next to the Holy Prophet’s Mosque.

1. Al-Baqee The graveyard of Medinah, where a large number of Sahabah (companions) including Usman, Abbas, Imam Hassan, and wives and daughters of the Holy Prophet are buried. This graveyard is close to the tomb of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), right after the courtyard of Masjid AlNabawi.

2. Masjid Quba This is the first mosque in the history of Islam whose foundation stone was laid down by Prophet Muhammad (S) himself on his migration to Medinah. To offer 2 raka’s of nafl in it is equal to one Umrah.

After visiting the Prophet’s Mosque and his tomb every pilgrim should try his/her best to visit it and pray in this mosque as well. A visit to Masjid Quba is highly recommended since the Prophet (SWS) used to visit it quite frequently to pray 2 raka’s.

3. Masjid Qiblatain In this mosque, Allah directed Prophet Muhammad (S), who was in the middle of a Salah along with his companions, to turn his face from Islam’s first Qibla (Bait-ulMuqqadis) to Ka’aba in Masjid Al-Haram.

That is why this mosque is known as a mosque with two Qiblas.

4. Masjid Jumuah This mosque was built at a place where the Prophet (S) offered his first Jumuah prayer in Medinah.

5. Masjid Ghamama This mosque is not far from Masjid AlNabawi. The Prophet (S) used to offer his Eid prayers here. Once the Prophet led Istasqa prayer (prayer for rain) in it and suddenly the clouds appeared and it started raining, hence the name Ghamama (clouds).

6. Masjid Abu Bakr, Masjid Umar Farooq and Masjid Ali These three mosques that are near Masjid Ghamama.

7. Jabal Al-Uhad About four miles on the north of Medinah, famous battle of Uhad was fought at 3 A.H. Hazrat Hamza, the Holy Prophet’s uncle, and other companions are buried here.

Rasoolullah(SAW) said that this mountain loves us and we love it.

There are also many other historical sites in the blessed city of Medinah. Each pilgrim is recommended to visit as many sites as possible in Medinah.

Those who are going to perform Hajj, it is better for them to ask forgiveness from those who have been offended or hurt.

They must also do Tawba and repent to Allah(SWT). One must go with clean heart to perform Hajj.

Islamic Society of Algester wishes Hajj Mubarak to all Hujajj.

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Hindu temples for spiritual and health advancement

By Thilliar Varnakulasingham INDIA is home to 3.5 million temples, consisting of big, small, ancient and recent ones. They have helped generations of Hindus to absorb and adapt to the shocks and turbulence of daily life.

Science and technology have progressed by leaps and bounds. They have made our life easier, and comfortable, but man is unhappy and not contented.

Swami Vivekanand said, “The greatest source of strength for any society is its faith in God. The day it renounces such faith will be the day that society begins to die”. Faith in God is man’s greatest strength.

Thousands of years ago, the enlightened sages of India taught the necessity of devotion, prayer and meditation. They inspired the construction of temples.

Swami Maharaj says, “Temples preserve the cleanliness of the soul and keep it from becoming diseased. Some diseases cannot be seen, only experienced. Our scriptures have shown the medicine to be temples”.

Pramukh Swami Maharaj reveals, “A temple stabilizes the mind; it inspires noble living; it teaches mutual respect; it preserves and protects culture and tradition; it strengthens the belief in our true identity; it gives ultimate peace; and a temple takes us to God”.

Temples are open to all regardless of background or status. They are centers of performing arts. They provide opportunities for development of skills in dance, drama, vocal and instrumental music.

Don’t Worry…

Dear Brisbane Indian Times readers, WELCOME to a new article of our exiting journey through the Inspired Indians column.

What is the purpose of this article?

The main purpose of this article is to inspire our BIT readers and families to excel in their life, work and be proud citizens of Australia and influence our community with hope and love.

Additionally, it is to explore the greater potential for which you have been created.

To find insights, wisdom and understandings that will help you make better choices daily.

In our past articles we have discussed about human potential, true joy, communications and inspirations.

We all have heard and said theses two words “Don’t worry” countless times in our life. Yet, many are gripped by all kinds of worries in their life. It is like an automatic drive in the mind that can drive you crazy.

Worrying about everyday life has been

The highest attainment of human life is to experience the divine bliss of God. The various forms of worship, devotion, prayer and meditation in temples take man nearer to God. The mind of man fluctuates between a multitude of turbulent thoughts which often derail his life and cause misery. The divine vibrations and energy radiating in its vicinity have quelled many such turbulent minds.

The problems of crime, suicide, drugs, alcoholism, gambling and other disturbing features of society are similar for all developed and developing countries.

Figures published in the United Nations Human Development Report 2004 reveals the percentage of the population victimized by crime in Europe, Australia and Japan are: Australia 30.1 %; Belgium 21.4%; Canada 23.8%; Denmark 23.0%; England and Wales 26.4%; Finland 19.1 %; France 21.4%; Netherlands 15.0%; Poland 22.7 %; Scotland 23.2%; Sweden 24.7%; Switzerland 18.2%; Japan 15.2 %.

US Department of Justice statistics for 2001 shows the extent of crime throughout America- a violent crime every 20 seconds; a murder every 33 minutes; a rape every 6 minutes; a robbery every 75 seconds; an aggravated assault every 35 minutes; and a burglary or theft every 3 seconds; and a suicide every 17 minutes.

Other countries are not exempt from the menace of crime. India is a holy land. It has given birth to many religions. But unfortunately crime is on the increase in India- a with mankind for centuries. This mental activity can be exhausting and de-motivating. Worry can drain your energy and enthusiasm to enjoy everyday life.

Do you want to defeat this habit of relentless worry?

The Good-news is that you can break the pattern of worry into worship.

Yes, you can do that when you know and understand the words of Jesus. Now read these words three times a day for next 21 days loudly, slowly and sincerely. Let them sink deeply into your soul and spirit and bring the joy back into your life.

“Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?

(Matthew 6:25 AMP) If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body.

Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, careless in the care of God. And you count far more to him than birds. (Matthew 6:25, 26 MSG)

Don’t give up yet Pastor Joseph Dass MANY times when faced with a difficult situation people want to run away from it.

They run away from people, run away from responsibility, run away from anything that makes them uncomfortable. Instead of facing the situation and dealing with it, they come up with excuses looking for the easy road out and walk away. This is not a life of victory.

2 Chronicles 20v17 says”...stand and see the salvation of the Lord...”. The salvation of the Lord is a life of victory, a life of abundance, a life of breakthrough and suc-

cess. It does not say that when we avoid people and responsibility, then we will have success; but only when we are able to stand up and face the situation. Instead of saying ‘I have had enough, I cannot make it, I am out of it, it is all over for me, I am moving on away from it, it is too hard’, our attitude should be ‘I am going to stand and persevere, be responsible, deal with it and there must be a good outcome.’ What we have to realise is that just like questions have answers, every trap, every difficulty has a solution to it as well. Just because you haven’t found it does not mean there isn’t one. The only difference is that you haven’t discovered it yet and when you look hard and dig deep you will always find it.

There is a story of this young women who came from a male dominated society. Her desire was to become a doctor and serve her people. She faced many challenges, came

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violent crime every 2 minutes; a murder every 14 minutes; and a rape every 33 minutes.

Prayer is the science by which we can attune the human mind to the consciousness and the will of the Almighty. Prayer should be performed regularly to reap good benefits.

Prayer is closely associated with peace, serenity, calmness, tranquility and contentment. Prayer brings harmony, amity, excellence, goodness, health, righteousness, repose and equanimity.

If we dissipate this sacred ornament of prayer, which is perennial and perpetual, we become a victim to excitement, confusion, incitement, unrest and worry.

If prayer is cherished, encouraged and promoted in the family, it is bound to spread to the wider community and the nation.

If we use our energy and power in the right

direction with prayer that is strong and deep and with the love and blessing of the Almighty, we will be able to create whatever circumstances we desire and dissolve difficulties and unsolved problems.

Many doctors feel that since some patients need healing for the body as well as the mind, they encourage patients to get spiritual healing in the form of prayer which is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend.

One main reason why so many prayers for healing are not answered is that the individual is not living in harmony with the laws of God. Some captions such as “Healing prayers at NASA” and “Astronauts draw prayers from Earth-bound” “Exploring astronauts buoyed by prayers below” indicate that prayer is very powerful.

Reference: Indianz Outloook Special Supplement 6th February 2012 written by Sadhu Amrutvijaydas

ARYA PRATINIDHI SABHA OF QLD INC

Who am I? I AM a soul I am not occupied, they are born the body, my soul is in brutes bodies to the conscious force repay the consewhich directs the quences of their evil Jitendra Deo mind what to think actions, brute’s whole President to speak and what life is programmed action to do, the soul they act with instinct is immortal never born and will never die, and not with reason, since they were creatmy body dies but, not me, the soul, I am ed at the time of creation they behave the born again and again in different bodies same way until dissolution of the Cosmos, according to the karma or action I do in when they will finish serving the consedifferent species bodies I take. quences of their action in the animal body Is the soul different from God? Yes, there then they will be born again in human are countless numbers of souls, but there is forms. only one God, imagine there are countless There is one Universal Soul, without a numbers of souls perched on a tree eating beginning or ending, that Soul is called and enjoying the fruits of this tree, God Aum it is pronounced Om also called looks upon the birds what they do how Paramaatmaa, there are countless numbers they eat the fruits of this tree, the tree is of individual Souls which are called Jeeva this Cosmos the individual souls are us, Aatmaa, the Jeevaatmaa has limited power who occupy the humans animals birds in comparison with Paramaatmaa, the indiinsects bodies etc. God being Omnipotent, vidual Soul is given a body to do karma in Omniscient, Omnipresent looks and supply order to get Mukti or liberation from being all the needs for souls to exist in their born in this Cosmos, the souls which occurespective bodies, He God dispenses jus- py body or bodies is immortal the bodies tice flawlessly accurate to all the souls die and not the Souls. which occupy bodies.

The materials with which the Cosmos is The Souls of humans, animals and birds made of, is called Prakriti or Matter, God etc. are different from each other? No. Soul and Matter coexist together, they are There are three Elements that coexist with the cause of this massive Creation, they each other, God, Soul and Matter from never born or will cease to exist from etereternity to eternity they were never born nity to eternity, Om or God took matter will never change, they are the cause of and create and fashion this Cosmos for the this Cosmos, God is maker and designer of benefit of the individual Souls. this Cosmos. Matter is the material with Adapted from an article by Pt Hardeo which God took and made this Cosmos Gopie. and the Individual Souls are purpose for Please contact Jitendra Deo 3263 1914 this Cosmos. or Hari Chand 33454716 for informaWhy souls are born in the bodies of tion on activities of Arya Pratinidhi brutes? Because the souls which did wrong Sabha of Queensland or log on: Karma in the previous human bodies they www.aryasamajqueensland.com up with many excuses not to pursue with her career, yet she knew that all these were preparing her to achieve her dreams. Again there was a couple who thought their marriage could not survive. They made many mistakes, it was a hopeless situation but instead of walking out, they decided to get help from good counselling, chose to forgive each other and believed their marriage could survive, today they are a happy couple once again. We are to understand that when we take responsibility and stay in the game we are moving towards victory. But when we make excuses, avoid responsibility and do not persevere, we limit ourselves from growth, from moving towards victory.

In John 10v10, Jesus said “... I have come that you may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance..”. Many of us want to be happy and enjoy life yet are not willing to be responsible. Jesus once spoke to a women who had changed 5 husbands and was living with husband number 6. She may have changed husbands yet remained

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unchanged herself. All she was doing was running from one person to another. Then there was the employee who had changed several employers in search of the perfect employer. Let me encourage you today, don’t quit at the worst time but move on towards the best times.

This is for 2 reasons, firstly you will learn and grow by taking responsibility, and secondly, you will make a difference while you were there. That’s when you set yourself for something bigger and better. Take responsibility and have a positive attitude when the storm comes. You may not be able to control the storm, but you can control how you face it.

Once again let me encourage you today, if we are going to live the abundant life God wants us to have, then we have to be prepared to face challenges head on. The good news is, you don’t have to face it alone, God is with you and He has equipped you to be victorious.

God bless you, Ps Joseph Dass Call Trudi on 07 3356 0102

Health Beauty Wellbeing Naturally beautiful...

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THERE are some things given to us by nature, which are proven to be just too good for the skin when used as they are. The trick lies in following the correct procedure for using them thereby looking fairer than ever! Follow these simple steps, with some of the most easily available items at your home and you will know that looking beautiful after all is not as difficult as you thought!

Ubtan is one natural and age old beautification tip passed down from generations together and still stands rock solid. There is no beating the all enchanting Ubtan. Ubtan dates back to the remotest antiquity and is the legacy of our rich Indian heritage. But Ubtan works best only when applied daily, for a certain period of time, because it is only after continuous application for over a period of say three to six months that it shows its fair colours!!

Although Ubtan is readily available in India and easily available in grocery stores, but you can make your own.

(1) Nuts and grain: 1 tablespoon almond paste, 1 tablespoon cashew paste, 1 1/2 teaspoons pistachio paste, 1 tablespoon malai /thickened cream, 1 tablespoon oil, 1 tablespoon rose water, 1/4 cup red lentil powder, chickpea powder.

Method: Grind all the mentioned nuts in a blender until powdered, then add the remaining ingredients. Once you get a fine paste, massage it in upward motion onto your skin and leave it to dry for a few minutes. Rinse with cold water.

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(2) Papaya: Papaya gives that famous glow, get that one-colour fairness on your face simply by applying papaya. It’s beneficial for skin care and repair. Papaya helps you in treating and eliminating old dead skin cells, dandruff and other skin disorders and even reduces the signs of premature aging.

Method: Cut a few cubes of papaya and grind them into a pulp. Now apply this pure, healthy pulp onto your face and gently massage. Leave it on for ten minutes, and rinse with cold water. It is the best natural face mask, the best face pack ever.

(3) Haldi, besan, cream: This is known as grandma’s recipe for a beautiful, glowing and a youthful skin. No wonder, brides-tobe are given a complete body massage of this magic mixture, and this tradition is coming down since ages. Note: you can use lime juice as an alternate to rose water and honey together. Besan helps in removing facial hair and the haldi helps in lightening the skin tone, and the cream gives it moisture and makes it soft and supple. All the more, this takes care of your blackheads too, and leaves your skin glowing!!

Method: Take two spoonfuls of besan in a plate and add a pinch of haldi and a tea spoon of milk cream to it. Put a drop of honey and a drop of rosewater and mix with your fingertips. Apply on the face and massage in an upward motion, and after massaging thoroughly leave it to dry completely. Rinse with cold water.

(4) Tomatoes: Tomatoes act as natural bleach. If you make it, make a point to apply the tomato puree or even the tomato peel onto your face every day. It’s a tried and tested formula that works wonders on any skin type. It has no side effects.

Method: Cut a tomato into two halves and grate them. Gently rub and massage the peel onto your face immediately after you

grate, if the peels are kept for a long time unused, they would lose their bleaching properties.

(5) Potatoes: Applying a raw potato is the best natural cure for tanned skin. It acts as a natural bleach.

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Method: Cut a potato into two slices and apply the exposed part onto your skin gently. If you repeat it over a period of time, you will see the difference.

Please be careful before applying anything on your face if you have a very sensitive skin, skin allergies, rashes and acne. In these cases do not apply without consulting your medical practitioner.

These are simple, homemade, easy to follow and easily accessible tips which if followed with a regular and dedicated routine, are sure to show effective and ‘fair’ results!

So switch to these from those fairness creams!

Enjoy your day and I will see you next month.

Nimisha.

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Honey…

By Heena Mohanlal THERE is no doubt that honey is one of the most magnificent gifts found in nature.

Evidence reveals that human beings have been collecting this highly preservable concoction for 10,000 years! And since then various cultures have been utilising honey for homeopathic treatment, bad wound infections, surgical dressing, treatment of skin diseases and even small pox. In fact some believe that it may even be the oldest medicine known to man.

So what is honey? Well we could primitively describe it as a sweet and viscous fluid made by honey bees using nectar obtained from flowers. Some have even given numerous other names; not as flowery; such as bumble barf, wasp whoop, bee vomit, apis spew, hornet hoop, hymenoptera hurl and so on.

The chemical composition of honey: * Complex sugars * Complex carbohydrates * Vitamins and Minerals * Amino Acids * Antioxidants It is available in various colours ranging from almost white to darker colours such as deep brown.

The actual making of honey Apis Mellifera or a common honey bee amazingly turns random droplets of plant nectar into honey. The nectar is sucked by an organ in the posterior of the insect’s mouth.

The nectar is then transported to the oesophagus into the honey sac. Separating the honey stomach and the ventriculus (real stomach) is a small sphincter like opening known as the stomach mouth. This prevents the nectar from passing from the honey stomach into the actual digestive system. The nectar is safely stored in the honey stomach during the long journey from the flowers back to the hive.

These forager bees on returning to the hive firstly perform a dance informing the other foragers of the location and the size of the nectar source. The fluid is then transferred to the house bee who then takes in control the rest of the process. The fluid is vomited out and chewed over and over again a numerous time; a long and tedious process.

The nectar is dehydrated into a stable product with an acceptable consistency. The bee then injects enzyme invertase that converts sucrose into smaller, simpler and sweeter sugars. The process is completed in the wax holding tanks of the honey comb over the course of a few weeks.

Benefits Deeper coloured honey like buckwheat honey is believed to have higher levels of antioxidants compared to the lighter varieties.

Likewise raw or unprocessed honey has more nutritional value compared to the processed product.

The healing components of the compounds work at the deepest cellular level proving to have multiple benefits. Some of them have been listed below.

1. Contains numerous minerals: * Phosphate * Iron * Sulphur * Chlorine * Sodium * Calcium * Potassium * Magnesium 2. Contains numerous Vitamins: * B6 * B5 * B3 * B2 * B1 *C 3. Trace elements such as: * Zinc * Iodine * Copper * Some Amino Acids 1. Also helps to disinfect and speed up the healing process from within burns, scrapes and wounds.

2. An amazing anti-fungal and antibacterial substance.

3. Aids in digestion.

4. Studies conducted by University of California in 2004 found that eating 4-10 tbsp of buckwheat honey per day for one month did not cause weight gain.

5. Research also reveals that there is a reduce chance of a causation for a blood sugar spike for diabetic person who takes honey in moderate quantity as supposed to table sugar.

6. Studies have revealed that honey has a mild protective effect and it contains as many antioxidants as spinach, apples, oranges or strawberries 7. Helps cure kid’s night cough.

8. Helps to improve sport performance.

9. Helps beautify the skin and even cure acne conditions 10. Can be used as a topical application to treat diabetic ulcers.

11. Help cure insomnia.

12. According to Dr David Baer of the USDA Agriculture Research service, our body tolerates honey better compared to table sugar.

13. It has been scientifically proven that various antibiotic resistant bacteria can easily and effectively be killed by low concentrations of honey (10% and less).

14. And now the grand finale! Every moment the body absorbs oxygen turning it to energy through the process of oxidation simultaneously releasing free radicals. These free radicals apart from having various other toxic effects also speed up the ageing process. The antioxidants which could neutralize the effects of these free radical and hence reversing the ageing process is found in abundance in natures own honey.

However ……

Honey contains simple sugars such as glucose and fructose; undoubtly making it calorie rich. In fact it contains more calories than table sugar.

It has recently come to light that honey may contain C.Botulism spores. Now this is not quite an issue with adults as their intestine contains enough acids to counteract the production of the toxins by the botulism bacteria.

However, the immune system of infants under 12months of age is not developed enough to fight off the toxins.

The Botulism spores are rebellious enough not to be destroyed during and under household cooking methods and temperatures. Hence honey is strictly advised, by the health experts, not to be fed to infants under 12 months old as it is potentially harmful to them.

Finally ……

As hard it is to believe or shall I say, too good to be true that something so sweet and delicious is actually beneficial to ones health. The vastness of the properties of this product is simply incredible. It is sweeter than sugar, wholesome and super nutritious.

Honey is most certainly a versatile commodity and a highly preservable one too. People of Chinese, Indian, Arabic and African origin still firmly consider honey as a valuable remedy for both internal and external treatment. It has in the last decade or so gained substantial recognition as scientific research backed up its effectiveness.

Bearing in mind the latest research, honey especially Manuka honey has gained fairly good acceptance in both alternative and more mainstream health centres.

These days majority tend to spend hundreds of dollars on supplements. Latest research proves that these supplements are not as beneficial as claimed by the pharmaceutical companies. We all now how much is spent on marketing pharmaceutical products these days. Honey on the other hand is busting with vital nutrients for a fraction of the cost, does not have any nasty side effects and it taste amazing as well.

Don’t we all know how honey in tea with lemon works wonders for sore throat….Well the wonders don’t just stop there. There is so much more to this miraculously divine concoction.

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This is a community service program and is FREE for participants.

Mental Health Education Sessions We have nine topics which we can deliver to your community: 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Mental Health ʹ focusing on how to stay mentally healthy Stress - practical strategies to manage stress Natural ways of self-care ʹ embracing wellbeing.

Depression - understanding depression Grief and loss ʹ making sense of the grieving process Self-esteem ʹEmpowering yourself Mental Illness ʹ focusing on stigma reduction Happiness ʹhow to choose happiness in your life Positive thinking ʹ the importance of being positive

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1 hour Mental Health Session 1 hour Tai Chi 1 hour Stress Session 1 hour Yoga 1 hour Natural ways of Self-care 1 hour Relaxation 1 hour Depression Session 1 hour fitness 1 hour Self-esteem 1 hour Movements 1 Mental Illness Session 1 hour Line dancing 1 hour Happiness Session 1 hour Latin Dancing 1 hour Positive Thinking Session 1 hour Art 1 hour Loss and Grief 1hour Zumba

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We can deliver the program at a place that is convenient for your clients or organisation.

We can also organise interpreters if needed.

We can run the whole program or you can choose the ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŵĞĞƚ LJŽƵƌ ŐƌŽƵƉ͛Ɛ ŶĞĞĚƐ͘ dŚĞn mix and match the education sessions with the activities.

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Health Beauty Wellbeing Youth homeless centre celebrates one year A Brisbane service supporting young people to get off the street and into housing and jobs has marked its first anniversary with a cooking demonstration from a former street kid turned celebrity chef, Outback Matty.

MORE than 340 young people who are either homeless or at risk of homelessness have been helped through the Red Cross Young Centre in the 12 months since its official launch. Of those, 30 percent have moved off the streets and into secure housing.

Outback Matty is a Red Cross supporter whose young life has been transformed from one of drug addiction, crime, mental illness and homelessness to becoming a professional chef, restaurateur and mentor.

He teamed up with Lord Mayor Graham Quirk in a cooking demonstration today to demonstrate to young people how to create delicious, healthy meals on a budget. Cr Quirk said The Lord Mayor’s Community Trust donated $750,000 towards the Young Centre, in Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley.

“I’m committed to an inclusive and caring Brisbane, and part of this is providing support to services like the Young Centre that open up opportunities for youth to re-engage in meaningful ways with our community,” Cr Quirk said.

Red Cross Group Manager Community Services Matthew Cox said while youth homelessness is a largely hidden problem in Brisbane, it’s good to see how progress can be achieved when groups work together to support the Young Centre, where young people build life skills and are provided with pathways to housing, healthcare,

training and employment.

The Young Centre opened in new premises a year ago, in a unique partnership between Council and business, thanks to a donation of $1 million from Brisbane philanthropists Kevin and Kathy Young.

Mr Cox said homelessness disrupts people’s lives in severe ways.

“People who are homeless tend to have poorer health, a significantly elevated rate of substance abuse and higher rates of mental illness than the general population. They are also more likely to experience violence and be imprisoned. Red Cross works for an inclusive society and homelessness is an extreme form of social exclusion so we are working together to address its impacts.”

Before the cooking demonstration Outback Matty spent time with young homeless people and will tonight meet with generous donors and supporters of the Young Centre.

Red Cross relies on committed volunteers and donors. Red Cross is currently looking for funding to support housing for young people in Brisbane. You can also support Australian Red Cross by: * giving monthly, leaving a bequest in your will or making a one-off donation by visiting redcross.org.au or calling 1800 811 700 * giving blood, visit donateblood.com.au

Bun hairstyles and their spiritual benefits A BUN is popularly used by women to do up their hair. Through spiritual research, we found that a bun is also the most spiritually beneficial way of styling a woman’s hair.

However the method that is used to do up one’s hair in a bun is important.

From a spiritual perspective a bun is best placed at the back of the head. The reason for this is because it is directly behind the point of the confluence of the 3 main Kunḍalinī channels that is - the Central channel (Sushumnānāḍī), Sun Channel (Sūryanāḍi) and the Moon Channel (Chandranāḍī). The central point of the bun is able to absorb and retain the energy radiating from this confluence. The traditional bun is an ideal medium for the accumulation of spiritual energy.

By making a central parting before making a bun, a woman is better able to receive the Divine energy through her Sahasrār-chakra which is then transmitted throughout the body, giving positivity to all the other chakras.

Due to a bun a woman experiences increased sharpness of intellect and behaves more maturely. Along with this her mind becomes more stable and there are more sattvik thoughts.

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Are you using expired beauty products?

By Azalea Ali KNOWING when to dispose of your cosmetics and beauty products is so important to avoid skin conditions such as breakouts and skin irritations, and even skin infections. If you’re unsure of when to throw away your products, as a general rule, if the first ingredient is water it has the shortest shelf life, in contrast to products with low water ingredients.

Products with no preservatives or a high concentration of organic ingredients have also a very short shelf life.

Below is a general guide of when to dispose of your beauty products: Skincare: * Body lotions and soaps: Up to 3 years * Bath Oil: up to 1 year * Shampoo, Conditioner and shower gels: up to 3 years. * Sunscreen: The package will generally have an expiration date at the back. * Acne and anti-aging products: 3 months to 1 year.

Cosmetics: * Mascara and liquid eyeliners: up to 4 months. * Eye and lip pencils: 3 to 5 years. * Lipstick and lip gloss: 2 to 3 years *

environment is not as much as a traditional bun tied with a knot as shown in the picture above.

The traditional bun

Women put their hair up in a bun in a variety of ways. However the capacity to absorb Divine Consciousness from the

Bun hairstyle made from a folded braid This is another style of making a bun which emits even better spiritual vibrations than the traditional bun. In order to make this hair style, one needs to first make a plait using three strands after making a central parting in one’s hair. The braid is then

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Foundations: up to 2 years. * Nail polish: 1 year * Perfume: up to 2 years. * Hair products: 3 to 5 years. * Brushes: Clean at least 1 a month Tips on making your products last as long as possible: 1. Make sure to always secure the cap after use to avoid drying out the product, and don’t buy products with broken seals.

2. Store products in a drawer out of the direct sunlight, or in a fridge in warmer climate 3. Write the date of purchase on the product to remind you when you should dispose it 4. Always follow expiration dates on products 5. Avoid buying creams in jars because using your fingers to get into the jar will attribute to spreading unwanted bacteria. Try using a small spoon or spatula to get product out.

6. Don’t share cosmetics in particular eye and lip products as this can also spread bacteria.

7. Don’t pump your mascara too much as this can cause drying out.

folded upwards and tucked in towards the head.

While a bun hairstyle can help to increase the spiritual positivity of a woman there are a few things a woman may do that can reduce its spiritual benefits.

Some women cover their bun with a nylon net to keep it in place. This reduces the ability of the bun to absorb Divine consciousness from the environment. In trying to make a bun look fashionable, multi coloured hairpins or clips are used. These are not sattvik and do not emit good vibrations. The ends of the hair should not stick out of the bun. By tucking the ends of the hair into the bun maximum positive energy is retained in the bun.

Doing one’s hair up in a bun in the traditional way enhances spiritual positivity We therefore urge our readers who are women not to be swayed by prevailing fashion but to embrace the traditional bun hairstyle.

Doing spiritual practice makes one more sensitive to actually experiencing the spiritual purity of the bun hairstyle.

You can read more about this article on http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/ bun-hairstyles-and-their-spiritual-benefits.

You can e-mail us your comments and queries at shobhana.shet@spiritualresearch foundation.org

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Authentic delights of Chiangmai, Thailand

By Rama Gaind NOTHING can be more genuine than the Thai saying: “if you haven’t tasted khao soi or seen the view from Doi Suthep, you haven’t been to Chiangmai”.

In fact, on a clear day the grand Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep temple - crowned by an ornate, gold-plated 24-metre tall chedi (monument) – catches the sun, sparkles and blazes like a beacon over the city.

The Theravada Buddhist temple in Thailand’s Chiang Mai Province, popularly called Doi Suthep, is a major pilgrimage destination dating back to 1383. You can reach the 1000-metre summit via a funicular railway, but take the 309-step stairway decorated with naga (serpent) handrails for something novel.

The spicy noodle soup is a treat and the veneration experienced is awe-inspiring!

Doi Suthep (also the name of the mountain), together with Doi Pui (the highest peak at 1,685 metres) and Doi Buakha form Thailand’s 24th national park with a total area of upto 261 square kilometers.

The regal mountain overlooks the city from the northwest and provides sweeping views from the peak. Dense forest hangs from the mountain’s shoulders like a cloak, evergreen near the peaks of mountains, deciduous at lower elevations and scenic, cascading waterfalls: Mae Sa, Huay Kaew and Monthathan.

Comforts of The Chedi In the heart of central Chiangmai, The Chedi is a boutique hotel on the banks of the Mae Ping River, within walking distance from the famous night markets.

Lucky to be in-house is general manager Andy Kunz who has traded the sands of Arabia for this riverside perch, succeeding Stefan Noll who has gone to the cooler climes of Switzerland The compound of the former British Consulate is the site of the hotel where spacious rooms, with a private courtyard entrance, leave you awestruck, luxuriating in the indulgent surrounds.

The main building, dating back to the 1920s, has been retained and integrated within the design, cultivating defining aesthetic traditions with an appealing ambience.

Dining is a real pleasure in the restaurant with scenic river and mountain views, partaking of Thai, Indian and international cuisine.

Astrology Aries - March 21 - April 20 You are a happy-go-lucky individual, but your patience is not legendary. And, this week it may be put to a rather frustrating acid test, feels Ganesha. So, be careful, and try not to spread yourself too thin. Keep space for eventualities, and a few plan Bs shall also not hurt either. At work, things shall be cordial, at least on surface. However, it would be in your best interest to keep a healthy distance. As far as your role and responsibilities at work are concerned, you may be expected to push your limits, and may even have to handle jobs that don't fall exactly within the purview of your work. You shall also try to persuade others to accept your viewpoints on various matters. Your convincing power will matter a lot, especially while dealing with some stubborn people. Be tactful, else you may spoil your relationships.

Thankfully, this is a good period for your personal life.

If you are single, you may find someone to confide your feelings in. Ganesha also foresees a favourable month for the married couples.

Taurus - April 21 - May 22 Brace yourself for a hectic month ahead! And, how successful you shall be in handling the pressure is largely going to depend on your temperament. Therefore, don't lose your cool, especially when it all seems too challenging to deal with – looks are deceptive, you see. You need to believe in your strengths and remain determined to bring the change that you desire. At work, your responsibilities and workload may keep increasing, but since you are focussed on your ultimate goals you will not refuse to take the extra burden. On the flip side, you may become moody, irritated and aggressive. Try to remain flexible and be cool, or the fatigue may get to you. Your personal life shall improve this month, which has to be a great news. Seek solace in the company of near and dear ones, when you feel low. Their kind words will refuel your energies and motivate you to march on. You may also meditate to rejuvenate yourself! A last word of caution - handle financial matters carefully, says Ganesha.

Gemini - May 23 - Jun 21 Ganesha foresees a substantial increase in your workload this month, especially when compared to the lean phase that you saw last month. However, you will somehow manage it all pretty well and be in the good books of everyone at your work place. There is a strong likelihood that you will be asked to head some important projects, and you shall only be pleased to do that. On the business front, some structural changes are on the cards.

However, the changes will not slow down the overall progress of your ventures, assures Ganesha. Since career and professional commitments will be your top priority now, your family life is bound to get neglected. It is advisable that you strike a healthy balance between your career and family. Also, take regular breaks from your busy schedule to rejuvenate yourself.

The planetary positions also suggest that there may be some frictions in your married life, as you may be unwilling to allow your spouse the same freedom that you enjoy. Remain open and fair!

• Stunning view of The Chedi which is located along the banks of the Mae Ping River, in Chiangmai.

every corner.

Having the two best chefs from India, it’s a Start off at Somphet Market in the feather in Chedi’s cap that locals from near north-eastern corner and if you arrive and far come there for Indian food. I can early you may see saffron-clad monks unequivocally attest to the delectable curries from the nearby temples make their early and accompaniments being succulently delimorning alms round. Continue on west cious - with just the right amount of zing! and you’ll come to Chiangmai’s oldest Ganeshwar Sahoo and Madan Pal are temple, Wat Chiang Man. experts in every facet of Indian cuisine, View the Three Kings Monument, to although Madan specialises in tandoori cuithe south, commemorating King sine and Ganeshwar’s speciality is desserts.

Mengrai’s founding of the city in 1296 Both are captivated by Chiangmai (meaning with the help of two other regional kings “new city”) which was founded in the 13th - King Mengrai conferred with his century as the capital of the Lanna Kingdom. friends King Ramkhamhaeng of Take to the streets Sukhothai and King Ngam Muang of Chiang Mai province has a population of 1.6 million and the municipality itself holds an • Indian chefs Madan Pal, left, and Phayao. Make a point of visiting the Ganeshwar Sahoo at The Chedi in Chiangmai City Arts and Cultural Centre estimated 250,000. and other historic landmarks and temples The Mae Ping River is the soul of this city Chiangmai.

Photo: Rama Gaind such as Thapae Gate, Wat Phra Singh which is laid out around 14th century moats, ramparts, 300 wats (temples) and towering chedis (pago- and Wat Chedi Luang.

Chiangmai, located 700 kilometres north of Bangkok, das). Downtown, remnants of the city’s reconstructed red boasts warm hospitable people, a pulsating culture, intense brick are interspersed with gateways into the Old City.

The best way to explore Chiangmai is to let your feet do traditions, ancient Buddhist temples, laid-back atmosphere all the walking. One of the great joys of the old city is and proximity to verdant national parks and other popular walking through its maze of narrow medieval lanes – or northern attractions. sois – that abound with local colours, temples are every- Rama Gaind travelled as a guest of the Tourism Authority where and picturesque glimpses of real life lurk around of Thailand and Absolutely Fantastic Holidays

www.ganeshaspeaks.com Cancer - June 22 - July 22 As the month begins, you may find yourself stuck in a tight spot from, and you may find that it's somewhat difficult to extract yourself out from it. Don't worry, for someone will bail you out later, but till then, you will have to wait patiently.

Keep your calm, even in the face of grave provocation, as losing your temper now will mean that you are playing into the hands of your ill-wishers. On a positive note, Ganesha says that you will become more creative and innovative as the month progresses. In fact, there may be a paradigm shift in your perspective. At work, your rapport with authority figures will improve and you will enjoy enhanced support of your colleagues. You will be frank and honest about your opinion but, Ganesha says, since you will be humble as well, it will not create any problems for you. Also, put your personal issues on the back-burner for now, as there may be many other things to look forward to.

Libra - September 23 - October 22 Balancing work and personal life may be a tightrope walk for you this month, foresees Ganesha. Although, you will try your best to pay equal attention to both, there may still remain some imbalance, and you may not be able to pinpoint the reason for it. Domestic responsibilities will demand your time and energy, and as a result, you may fail to do full justice to your professional commitments. You may even end up risking your job!

Ganesha strongly advises you control the situation as soon as possible. Be objective and practical, delegate your work, express clearly, and things shall become a lot easier to deal with. Presence of some jealous people may make you feel uncomfortable and at times stressed too. It is advisable that you keep your eyes and ears open, and guard yourself against ill-intentions of these green-eyed (jealous) people around you.

Travelling for business purposes is on the cards.

Leo - July 23 - August 22 The month may not begin on a very positive note, as you may have trouble seeking help on some important issues. Analyse the problems carefully, and see if you actually need any help from an outsider. Maybe an outsider, objective perspective will help you. Ganesha advises you to communicate in clear terms, and if someone does not understand your point, just leave the matter there and move on. However, be diplomatic and politically correct when it comes to dealing with colleagues and bosses. Try and be in good terms with them. If you wish to change your job, consult your trustworthy friends before taking any decision. As far as your personal life is concerned, some interesting changes may happen during September 2013. However, ensure that on your part you nurture and strengthen your existing relationships. If single, you may develop a special bond with someone very dear, and this relationship may completely change your life. Health shall remain good.

Scorpio - October 23 - November 21 It will be a period of reflection for the people born under the Zodiac Sign Scorpio. You will analyse your past actions, review the results and figure out the mistakes you have made in the past. You will also try to rectify those mistakes, if you can, and shall thankfully resolve to not repeat them.

That's praiseworthy! Your family life and career front are unlikely to pose any major challenge this month.

At home, you will enjoy a great emotional bond with your family members. Love life too shall be smooth.

On the work front, you will judiciously use your power and enjoy your job. Well, there may be few high and lows on these fronts, but they shall be, more or less, manageable, foretells Ganesha. However, health and financial issues may bog you down. It is strongly recommended that you don't let your energy levels go down, else you will have trouble addressing even the routine tasks.

Virgo - August 23 - October 22 There may be a welcome change in your personality this month, especially during the initial period. This is your birth month, and such changes are always a harbinger of happy times.

Instead of criticising others, you will be taking things lightly, letting yourself loose and enjoying the flow of the things. As a result, there may be less friction in your relationships. People will be happy to follow your instructions and even do some of your work. But you need to be disciplined and review your priorities too, so that you can get rid of certain mental blocks you may have developed. At some point you may have a feeling that people are unable to understand your logic and that they unnecessarily consider you as a selfish person. Don't take others' comments to heart, for you know your intentions are pure and genuine.

However, you also need to be broad-minded and understand that not everyone can be as logical and analytical as you are (or, as you think yourself to be, winks Ganesha.)

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Sagittarius - November 22 - December 22 You love to share your knowledge with others and expand your horizons in the process. During the month ahead, you will get plenty of opportunities to engage yourself in intellectual discussions and research on the subjects of your interests. Things that seemed difficult to understand earlier may now become crystal clear – or at least understandable, to a great extent. According to Ganesha, this may prove to be an excellent period for those associated with any type of Research and Development work. In the professional sphere, you will have to streamline your schedule to meet the looming deadlines. The time is also right to hold a one-on-one meeting with your boss and discuss the need for more resources and manpower. But, make sure you don't get into arguments with your bosses. In fact, you should make it a point avoid conflicts with everyone, especially with friends.

Married life may be smooth. If you are single, brace yourself for a bumpy ride, though, says Ganesha.

Capricorn - December 23 - January 30 The rewards you receive for your labour now shall inspire you to dream even bigger. All motivated and driven, you may consider taking a huge task and challenging your limits. But, you need make sure that your energy levels and positive mindset match your determination to reach the finishing line. Keep in mind that only persistent efforts and patience shall help you realise your dreams, and the moment you lose your focus, the entire project may go for a toss. If you are planning some major career moves, consult experienced and knowledgeable people around you, and only then take decisions. If you want a salary hike, now is a good time to talk to your bosses about it, though, tips Ganesha. On the personal front, you will need to be more expressive and do your extra bit to nurture your relationships. Gift your loved ones something that shows how much you care for them. The bright smiles on their faces will make your day – or rather, month!

Aquarius - January 21 - February 19 You may need to focus on maintaining a balance between your domestic front and your career now. This may be a tough task, but if you remain level-headed and tactful, you will have little trouble handling it all. You will be a good team-player and share a nice rapport with your fellow team-members, and that shall keep you happy and relaxed.

Brainstorming sessions will prove fruitful as everyone will contribute and give some out-of-the-box suggestions. However, you should not let such sessions stretch beyond a point, else the purpose of of such activities may be entirely lost then. Your overall performance at work shall be praiseworthy. As far as your personal life is concerned, Ganesha says that you will have to pamper your beloved to keep them happy.

Although you will share a great bond with them, minor disagreements are foreseen. Personally speaking, it is high time that you paid attention to your health.

Change your food habits!

Pisces - February 20 - March 20 This month, you may develop a tendency to think negatively, as you probably don't get the life you have dreamt for yourself. But then, who has? Remember that the life is not perfect, not for anyone! Also, do not forget that luck plays an important role along with good Karma. Don't curse your destiny, but try and look at the brighter side - perhaps something better is in store for you. Besides, your negative mindset and emotional fluctuations may make you a bit reckless, so you better gain control over your emotions. Since you are likely to be somewhat vulnerable at this point in time, you may confide your feelings in people you should ideally not trust.

Remember, not everyone is your friend! The positive thing is that your love life may gain some momentum, as you are likely to have a crush on someone. If married, you shall experience marital bliss. When it comes to grudges, let bygones be bygones as there is no point digging up the past, says Ganesha.

Disclaimer: This is only a guide and is not directed towards any particular individual and the writer shall not be responsible for anything to do with the article content.

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A new way to search for Qld property

Real Estate News WITH growing signs of confidence in the State’s property market, the REIQ has unveiled a new-look property search portal that deals exclusively in Queensland properties.

Responding to the demand from agents and property hunters, the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) has unveiled a milliondollar facelift to its reiq.com online search portal for residential, commercial, business and rural properties for sale and lease.

The site already boasts nearly 100,000 listings from thousands of Queensland real estate agents who also must be accredited with the REIQ to list their properties on reiq.com.

REIQ CEO Anton Kardash said the site was developed after extensive research which recognised that many consumers and agents wanted better online property search options.

“It’s no secret that people today head

THE latest Adelaide Bank/REIA Housing Affordability Report shows that housing affordability has now been improving for the past two years, with the proportion of income required to meet repayments at 8.7% - its lowest in a decade.

Real Estate Institute of Australia President, Peter Bushby says, “With the exception of the Northern Territory, all states and territories recorded improvements over the quarter, the largest in Queensland where the proportion of income required in order to meet loan repayments dropped by 1.9 percentage points to 26%.”

“Due largely to a higher average income, the ACT is still the most affordable state or territory in which to buy a home and NSW remains the least affordable with the proportion of income required to meet loan repayments 5.6 percentage points higher than the nation’s average.”

“Despite relatively low average loan size and rents, South Australia is one of the least affordable states or territories in which to buy or rent.”

“Affordability is improved in all states and territories when compared to the same time

last year and no doubt, the seven interest rate cuts since November 2011 have played a role.”

“The variable interest rate declined 0.2 percentage points, from 6.1% to 5.9% in the June quarter, which is a decrease of 0.7 percentage points compared to the same time last year and the three year fixed rate fell by 0.3 percentage points over the quarter and 0.9 percentage points compared to the June quarter 2012, to 5.1%.”

“More is required to entice first home buyers back though, through stamp duty reforms, access to superannuation and first home buyers’ assistance. They made up just 14.6% of the owner - occupier market, a persistently low number compared to the long - run average proportion of 20%.”

“Victoria had the largest jump in the number of loans to first home buyers over the quarter and Western Australia the largest over the year.”

Rental affordability improved with the proportion of income required to meet rent payments decreasing slightly to 23.7% and the quarter showed it is now more affordable to buy than rent in Tasmania.

Affordability continues to improve with interest rate cuts

online first when searching for property,” he said.

“In fact, according to REIQ research, it is estimated the vast majority of properties are viewed, judged and decided upon online before a buyer or renter even steps foot on the premises.

“That’s why we’ve invested in making reiq.com a better experience for property hunters, with bigger pictures, more property details, easy navigation and access to the REIQ’s wealth of market knowledge.

“REIQ accredited agencies have also been calling for more options in the online listing

space and reiq.com gives them another way to promote their properties.

“With the unveiling of our new-look website also being supported by a state-wide television advertising campaign launched 12 August, we expect to see a growing number of Queensland property hunters head to the site.”

The REIQ is the peak professional association for the real estate industry, representing approximately 1,700 agencies and more than 15,000 property professionals across Queensland.

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Courtesy No Limits Migration - No Limits Finance GENERAL THE Government has decided that some types of investment in real estate are contrary to the national interest. This section outlines these prohibitions as well as the types of real estate that foreign investors may buy and whether they need Government approval to do so.

If you are intending to buy real estate in Australia, you should make your purchase contracts conditional on foreign investment approval, unless you already have approval or you are exempt from the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975. Significant penalties may apply to ineligible owners of real estate.

RULES FOR BUYING RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE It is the Government’s policy that foreign investment in residential real estate should increase Australia’s housing stock. All applications are considered in light of this overarching principle.

Temporary Residents Established (Second-Hand) Dwellings Temporary residents need to apply if they wish to buy an established dwelling. Only one established dwelling may be purchased by a temporary resident and it must be used as their residence in Australia. Such propos-

als are normally approved subject to conditions (such as, that the temporary resident sells the property when it ceases to be their residence).

Temporary residents cannot buy established dwellings as investment properties, but can buy established dwellings for redevelopment (see below).

New Dwellings Temporary residents need to apply to buy new dwellings in Australia. Such proposals are normally approved without conditions.

Vacant Land Temporary residents need to apply to buy vacant land for residential development. These are normally approved subject to conditions (such as, that construction begins within 24 months).

All Other Foreign Persons Established (Second-Hand) Dwellings Non-resident foreign persons cannot buy established dwellings as investment properties or as homes, except as below.

Foreign persons that operate a substantial Australian business need to apply to buy established dwellings to house their Australian based staff. Such proposals are normally approved subject to conditions (such as, that the foreign person sells the property if it is expected to remain vacant for six months or more).

Non-resident foreign persons need to apply to buy established dwellings for redevelopment (that

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is, to demolish the existing dwelling and build new dwellings). Proposals for redevelopment are normally approved as long as the redevelopment increases Australia’s housing stock (at least two dwellings built for the one demolished) or where it can be shown that the existing dwelling is derelict or uninhabitable. Approvals are usually subject to conditions.

New Dwellings Non-resident foreign persons need to apply to buy new dwellings in Australia. Such proposals are normally approved without conditions.

Vacant Land Non-resident foreign persons need to apply to buy vacant land for residential development.

These are normally approved subject to conditions (such as, that construction begins within 24 months).

Information reference FIRB.

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MOMENTUM is continuing to build in the Queensland market with sales activity and house prices strengthening.

The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) June quarter median house price report, released 23 August, found the numbers of sales have increased significantly compared to the previous quarter and compared to last year.

According to the report, the preliminary numbers of house sales across Queensland increased 22 per cent in the June quarter compared to the March quarter.

And the improvement in the market is even more pronounced when you contrast it to the same period last year with sales numbers up some 40 per cent compared to the June quarter in 2012.

REIQ CEO Anton Kardash said it was the fourth consecutive quarter of positive news.

“The September quarter last year was a particularly strong one for the Queensland market and that momentum has been sustained throughout the following three quarters of sales activity,” he said.

“The June quarter historically yields the lowest numbers of residential sales activity during the year but this data shows house sales are notably much higher compared to the same three months in 2012.

“The September quarter and the upcoming spring selling season is typically a great period for the Queensland real estate market. And with such good price and sales results for the June quarter, as well as historically low interest rates, it’s shaping up to be another strong period as our market continues to build momentum.”

Over the June quarter, REIQ data shows the median house price in Brisbane increased 1.6 per cent to

$527,250 and increased 3 per cent over the year ending June. The numbers of house sales in Brisbane also increased significantly compared to the previous quarter and last year – up 32 per cent and 44 per cent respectively.

The median house prices in Logan City, Moreton Bay and Redland City all also increased over the June quarter.

Quarterly median house prices can fluctuate depending on the types of properties that are selling over that three-month period and this latest REIQ data does show some median price variations.

Over the year ending June, however, the majority of regions posted positive median results which provide a better benchmark for price movements than quarterly data-sets.

Toowoomba posted yearly median house price growth of 4.5 per cent, the Gold Coast increased by 3.1 per cent, and the Sunshine Coast median price grew by 2.3 per cent.

“No doubt the influence of historically low interest rates and increased perceptions of housing affordability have seen more people move off the sidelines and back into the property market of late,” Mr Kardash said.

“REIQ estimates of Queensland investor activity also shows that the numbers of investment dwellings financed is tracking at about the historical average. No doubt, investors have recognised the strong rental market, including low vacancy rates, and are taking the plunge while first home buyers remain relatively absent.”

The numbers of first home buyers in Queensland remain well below historical averages at just 11 per cent of dwellings financed in June – a decrease of 35 per cent compared to June last year.

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——————————————— The Gold Coast Hindu Cultural Association - Gold Coast Bhajan monthly Bhajans held every third Friday of the month starting at 7.15am at the Helensvale Community Centre - 31 Discovery Rd, Helensvale. Activities include Bhajan recitals, short educational presentations and free vegetarian dinner. All are cordially invited to attend. For further information please contact Director/Religious Activities, Mr S Barataraj on 0417 588 839 or gchcan@gmail.com or visit www.goldcoasthindu.org ——————————————— Sri Selva Vinayakar Koyil (Ganesha Temple) Brisbane (South Maclean) – For full list of upcoming events please visit www.sriselvavinayakar.org ——————————————— Shree Vishnu Maya Mandir - Every Sunday - 4 to 6pm Bhajans, Kirtans, Prawachan by Pt Tripathi Ji followed

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Ashwamedh Gayatri Maha Yagna prayer for world peace and harmony (under the aegis of Shantikunj, Haridwar)

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What’s on....Associations / Places of Worship...

AUM - Arya Pratinidhai Sabha of Qld Inc. Vedic Yaj (Havan) Venue: Finnish Hall, 62 Newhnam Rd, Mt Gravatt, Date 22 September, 10am – 11:30 am. AGM after Satsangh. Tune to Radio Brisvaani on Sundays 77.30am for Vedic Sandesh Program.

Read about Vedas in this paper.

Contact: Jitendra Deo 3263 1914 or Hari Chand 3345 4716 or log on to www.aryasamajqueensland.com for further information.

BRISBANE BELIEVERS FELLOWSHIP - Zillmere Community Hall, 54 Handsford Rd, Zillmere. Worship time: Every Sunday at 9.30am.

Activities: Holy Communion (First Sunday of the Month), Sunday school, Fasting Prayer, Youth Meeting, Bible Study and Ladies Meeting. Contact: Pastor John Thomas & Mary Thomas, Sanju P. (Secretary) Phone: 0402 551 220 / 0402 907 776 or 0422 815 782 / Email: maryhoney59@hotmail.com Brisbane Christian Assembly, Herston, QLD. - Saturday from 6pm to 9pm. We are praying and God has been doing miracles in many people’s life.

Contact Pastor Prakash Jacob 07 3162 5207 or 0413 347 562. 5/15 Aberleigh Road, Herston QLD 4006 Email: prakashjacob@yahoo.com / Ph: 07-31625207, 0413 347 562 Brisbane Malayalee Association For information contact Secretary Rajni Nair on 0431 299 376 or President Gigie George on 0432 510 045 brisbane.malayaleeassociation@ gmail.com / www.brisbanemalayalee.org Brisbane Multinational Church 757 Gympie Road Lawnton. Church service time is from 9.30am to 11.30am. Special times of prayer for the sick. We will be praying for people with all kinds of sicknesses, needs, spiritual problems etc. This will be followed by free lunch, service time 9.30am -12 noon. For more information please contact Pastor Joseph Dass on 0424 180 240 or Assistant Pastor Shrish Chand on 0450 612 304.

Brisbane Sikh Temple (Gurdwara) 2679 Logan Rd, Eight Mile Plains. www.brisbanesikhtemple.org.au.

Sunday Service 9am to 1pm.

Weekdays evening service 6pm to 7pm including meditation. Mr Baljit Singh Secretary (for all bookings enquiries) Ph: 0412 057 554, Email: secretary@brisbanesikhtemple.org.au. Gianni Kuldeep Singh Priest of Brisbane Sikh Temple (for all religious functions) Ph: 0422 705 936. priest@brisbanesikhtemple.org.au Burnie Brae, a Senior Citizen’s Centre in Chermside, meet on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month. Please contact Sandra or Naomi on 07 36242141 Eben-Ezer Pentecostal Church, Brisbane – Sunday School, Prayer & Fasting, Youth meeting & worship (Malayalam) Contact: Pastor Mathew Tharian 07 3165 7617, 0431 413 482 or Eng. Victor George 07 3359 8946, 0413 069 477.

Ekta Women’s Group, meetings last Sunday of every month from 24pm. For further information contact President - Mrs Kushla Sahai 3344 4715, Vice President - Mrs Kusum Prasad 3209 5174.

Fiji Senior Citizens’ Satsang Association of Qld Inc -1 Kensington Place, Wishart 4122.

Monthly meetings held on th last Sunday of the month at 2pm.

Contact President Surendra Prasad OAM 3849 5435, Secretary Raymond Saran 3290 0653.

Forest Lake AOG Church - Hindi Service - Second Sunday of every month - commencing @ 4.30pm.

Cnr of Alpine Place & Forest Lake Boulevard Road. Contact Sudesh on 0401 519 541.

Hindi Speaking Christian Fellowship - Meets at 2.30 p.m. last Sunday of each month at Merthyr Uniting Church, 52 Merthyr Rd, New Farm. All welcome. Contact Irene 3715 8659.

Hindu Mandir Association of Queensland - Shree Laxmi Narayan Mandir - 46 Daymar Street, Burbank Qld. Every Sunday 4pm to 6pm - Bhajan/Kirtan, Arati and Dinner is provided. Every 1st Sunday of month from 2-4pm Program by Brisbane Bhajan Group.

All welcome. www.laxminarayan.com.au For further information contact: Resident Priest 07 3216 8848, Rakesh Sharma 0411 289 202 Hindu Society of Queensland Inc. Gayatri Mandir (178 Lyndhurst Rd, Boondall). Gayatri Mandir opens every Sunday from 8am to 11am.

Mandir opens with Punditji. Weekly Programs & Mandir Openings: • Every Tuesday from 7pm Ramayan & Bhajan recitals • Every 2nd & 4th Friday from 7.00pm – Ramayan & Bhajan Recitals. • Open Every Sunday from 9.00am – 12.00pm For further information contact President Prakash Shandil 0408 876 414 Indian Church Service News - Every Sunday 9.30am 11.00am.

Southern Springs Community Church 59 Marshall Road, Rocklea.

Contact Ps. Sivanus Naidu (Senior Pastor) 3274 2542 or 0417 197 747 Indian Senior Citizen Association The Committee meetings are held 2nd Sunday of every alternate month from 2pm to 4pm or more often as the situations arise. For further information contact, President: Mr Bir Sahai 3344 4715 / 0411739045, Vice Presidents: Mr Ram Sumer 3349 7238, Mr NK Sharma 3711 4201.

International Congress of Fiji - for more information contact Sarat Maharaj 3263 2093 or 0407 111 709 or visit www.icfi.org.au International Multicultural Christian Fellowship - Worship & Word every Sunday at 9.30am to 11.30am followed by free sausage sizzle - everyone welcome. For full details of events contact Pastor Raj Singh 0407177117 or rajmavisforjesus @yahoo.com.au / www.elevatechurch.org.au Islamic Society of Gold Coast - Cnr Allied Drive & Olsen Avenue, Arundel. For more information visit www.goldcoastislam.com.au Islamic Society of Queensland hosts Zikre Mustapha programme Program starts from Maghrib to Isha Prayers. 2nd Saturday of the month at Rochedale Mosque - 2664 Logan Road, Eight Mile Plains.

Dinner provided to all after Isha Namaz. For enquiries contact Imam Ali on 0407 156 527, Asif Ali Khan on 0411 516 007.

Kannada Sangha Qld Inc Promoting Kannada culture, Kannada activities and community based events and functions. For more information contact: President Dr Balaji Hiremagalur 0421 583 273 Secretary Navin Kumar 0413 164 401, kannada sanghaqld@gmail.com www.chandana-brisbane.org.

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Lourde Matha Malayalee Community Every month Malayalam Mass (Qrbana) in Brisbane. For more information about upcoming events. Contact Fr. Thomas Areekuzhy 4697 3177 youth coordinator. Siju Mathew 0432 192 558.

Malayalee Association of Qld – For a detailed list of upcoming events, contact the President C K Oonnikrishnan Nair on 0416 927 100 or ckuknair_maq@hotmail.com E: maq@brisbanemalayalee.org or visit www.brisbanemalayalee.org.

Melmaruvathur Aadhiparasakthi Brisbane Mandram - For more information contact Sakthi Para 0438 778 483, Sakthi Jayanthan 0402 907 064 or Sakthi Kalyanasundaram 0411 165 067 Nexus Church - 151 Flockton Street, Everton Park Qld. For more information please call 07 3353 1377 or visit www.nexuschurch.com.au

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Public Zikre Mustapha programme - Program starts from Maghrib to Isha Prayers. Last Saturday of the month at Logan Mosque - 260 3rd Avenue, Kingston. Dinner provided free to all after Isha Namaz. For enquiries contact the chairman Mr Nawab Khan on 3209 4627 Queensland Fiji Football Association - QFFA - For more information visit facebook: QueenslandFijiFa or visit www.qffa.com.au Queensland Telugu Association For a list of upcoming events and membership information, please contact: Secretary, Mr Sai Gollapudi on 0409 907 934 or email saigollapudi@yahoo.com Sant Mat (Sant Baljit Singh) - Sant Mat is a practical path based on meditation on the inner Light and Sound, ethical values, service to others and love for all creation. For further information contact 1800 462 193 or visit www.santmat.net.au Shree Vishnu Maya Mandir - 86 Scotts Lane, North Maclean, Qld 4280. Our Dharam Guru Param Pujya Pundit Tripathi Ji resides at Shree Vishnu Maya Mandir. Daily opening Hours: 7-11am / 5-8pm.

Every Sunday: 4 to 6pm. Bhajans / Kirtan, prawachan, Prasadam and Maha Prasadam. For more information contact 0481 238 360 Sri Selva Vinayakar Koyil (Ganesha Temple) and Hindu Education Centre - 4915 – 4923 Mt Lindsay H’way South Maclean. Temple Opening Hours: 7:30am – 11:00am and 5:00pm – 8:30pm. Pooja times – Weekdays 9:00am and 7:30pm.

Weekends 9:00am and 6:00pm.

Contact President Vimal “Vic” Ratnam 0411 594 394, Temple Priest 07 5547 7302. For full list of upcoming events please visit www.sriselvavinayakar.org St. Thomas Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church Brisbane Malayalam Holy Qurbono, Sunday School and other spiritual activities.

Holy Qurbono celebrated by Rev. Fr. Jigi Varghese at 2pm on the third Saturday of every month at St Mary’s & Joseph’s Coptic Orthodox Church, 2 Hamish Street Calamvale Qld 4116. For more information about upcoming events and activities please contact: Dr. Joy Pynadath 0431 631 397, Joy Mathew 0403 114 470.

The Gold Coast Hindu Cultural Association - Gold Coast Bhajan monthly Bhajans held every third Friday of the month starting at 7.15am at the Helensvale Community Centre - 31 Discovery Rd, Helensvale. For further information please contact Director/Religious Activities, Mr S Barataraj on 0417 588 839 or gchcan@gmail.com or visit www.goldcoasthindu.org.

TOUCH Group of families Program includes Bollywood dance, Sri Lankan dance, Saomoa cultural dance, fashion show, musical program. Anyone who would like to join can contact touch.families@gmail.com or call Sripathy & family 0432 768 607, Vijekumar & family 3823 4628.

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Bollywood & Entertainment NFDC Film Bazaar '13 Calls for Entries for Work-in-Progress Lab and Viewing Room FILM Bazaar 2013, the promotional arm of NFDC (National Film Development Corporation), announced on 7 September, the call for entries for its the Work-inProgress (WIP) Lab and Viewing Room programs. The submission deadline for entries is September 30th 2013. South Asia’s Global Film Market, will see its seventh edition this year, held from November 20-24, 2013 at the Goa Marriott Resort alongside the International Film Festival of India 2013.

In the WIP Lab five projects in their rough cut stage are selected to be presented to a panel of international film experts for their feedback. Feature length films and documentaries at the rough cut stage are invited to apply.

The Viewing Room aims at presenting films seeking finishing funds, world sales, distribution partners & film festivals to investors, world sales agents and film festival programmers. Films of all genres and lengths in rough or final cut are invited to

apply. Here films are viewed on individual computer terminals in private booths. These terminals provide details of the film as well as contact the director or producer.

The films that were a part of the previous Work-in-Progress Labs have had their world premier at leading international films festivals and some even successful theatrical releases.

Ashim Ahluwalia’s Miss Lovely (World Premiere, Cannes Film Festival in official competition section-Un Certain Regard), Manjeet Singh’s Mumbai Cha Raja and Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus (World Premiere, Toronto Film Festival 2012), and Ajay Bahl’s BA Pass (World Premiere, 12th Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival), Gyan Correa’s The Good Road (National award for Best Gujarati Film).

Visit www.filmbazaarindia.com for more details and application forms, and for further queries write to: films@filmbazaarindia.com

Shahid refutes allegations on fall out with Priyanka PRIYANKA Chopra attended Shahid Kapoor's birthday party and put an end to all the speculations about their long lost friendship after their alleged break-up.

The actor again came in the news as a daily reported that both Priyanka and Shahid were present on the sets of a dance reality show. They apparently tried their best to avoid each other.

However, in an exclusive conversation with Times Now, the actor clears the air and claims that all is well between the two.

Auspicious Oct 11 release for Shuja Ali’s Baat Bann Gayi YEAR 2013 has been Bollywood’s most successful year thus far, which have had many films shifting release dates to hit the silver screen on a suitable week. Almost every week there have been 4 to 5 new releases and in some weeks the numbers have gone to as high as ten. Picking a good release date has been a big task for corporate houses and movie makers. Anil Sharma’s Singh Sahab The Great has joined this league when they have shifted their release date from October 11 to November end. Incidentally, Balaji Films has postponed the release of Ragini MMS 2 from this given date thus giving comic caper Baat Bann Gayi an auspicious Oct 11 release option.

“Considering the mammoth success of Chennai Express was released on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and is still running to packed houses, we have decided to release our film, Baat Bann Gayi on Oct 11, as there are two auspicious events Dussehra and Bakri Eid,” avers producer Sayed Asif Jah. Baat Bann Gayi is a romantic comedy enriched with the classical plot of ‘duals’, which depicts the comedy of errors when look alike of characters encounter each other. Unexpected, hilarious situations arise because of mistaken identity. Kabir (Ali Fazal) is deeply in love with Rachna (Anisa). After a lot of hiccups he is successful in impressing Rachna’s brother Laxmi Nivas (Gulshan Grover) with his antics. The real twist in the tale comes when Kabir’s look alike Rasiya Bihari (Ali Fazal), who works for a land mafia Carlos Rehbar Pasha (Razzak Khan), also gives his heart away to Rachna. And Rachna and her family mistakes him for Kabir. Kabir, on the other hand is confused as people are mistaking him for Rasiya..

Another twist comes when Rasiya bumps into Debu (Gulshan Grover), a dance

teacher who is not straight and he exactly looks like Laxmi Nivas. Wild mishaps begin because of mistaken identity. The comedy of doubles becomes the comedy of double trouble. Whole lot of trouble and confusions turn the flow of the narrative into a hilarious, thrilling roller coaster ride full of madness, surprises, and stomach aching humorous situations.

Presented by Jaypeeco India Pvt Ltd and Vibhu Agarwal, Baat Bann Gayi, produced

by Sayed Asif Jah and Megha Agarwal, is directed by Shuja Ali. The film is a production of Jaypeeco Infotainment in association with ASR Media. Baat Bann Gayi, starring Ali Fazal, Gulsan Grover, Anisa, Amrita Raichand, Razzak Khan and Akshay Singh.

The music is by Harpreet Singh with songs.

The cinematography is by Deepak Pandey and editing by Manan Sagar.

Yaadein - celebrating 100 years of Indian Cinema ON Saturday 31st August, Sangeet Premi Club presented “Yaadein” a gala musical evening celebrating 100 Years of Indian Cinema. This grand audio-visual musical journey featured some of the best all time melodies performed by talented local singers and supported by some of Australia’s accomplished musicians like Dheeraj Shresta and Steven Shankar. The impressive line-up singers included Usha, Yousuf Alikhan, Neela and Hemant. The event held at the Indooroopilly State High School Auditorium was packed to capacity. The audience was spell-bound by the performances and feed-back during and after the show was very positive.

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The audio-visual musical journey charted the history of Indian cinema from the very first movie ever made in Bollywood to the most recent.

It covered the Iconic filmstars of the yesteryears to the most recent and featured melodies from singing legends like Lata Mangeshkar, Rafi, Kishore, Manadey, Hemant Kumar to the current favorites.

“Music is the food of love, play on” so said Shakespeare.

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music to one and all. The shows and events are conceived and organised by volunteers who are passionate about music.

Sangeet Premi Club is probably the only community organisation from the Indian sub-continent which is not based on nationality, religion, language or region. It president, Yousuf Alikhan said that “we welcome all and we are there with the sole purpose of bringing people together through the medium of music”.

If you would like to find out more about the club please visit their facebook page www.facebook.com/SangeetPremiClub.

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Bollywood & Entertainment Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Live in concert in Brisbane arbar Royal Basmati Rice is proudly D brings to Brisbane Ustad Rahat Fateh Alikhan. Rahat was chosen by his uncle Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for tutoring in the traditions of Qawwali, he was preciously singing with his uncle and his father from the tender age of three. In a subordinate role, with his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and working in collaboration with Eddie Vedder, of the American Rock Band, Pearl Jam, Rahat contributed to the soundtrack of the 1995 Hollywood film, Dead Man Walking.

In 2011, his vocals featured on the soundtrack of Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto. Rahat stepped into Bollywood fame with his mesmerizing voice and gave us numbers like Maan Ki Lagaan, Tujhe Dekh Dekh Sona and many more.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is married to the daughter of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. They have two daughters, Maheen Khan (eldest) and Filza Khan(youngest), and a son, Shazmaan Khan (born 2007).

In 2012, he won the “Award for Best Music Talent in a Film” at the 14th London Asian Film Festival for “Koi Dil Mein” from the feature film Tamanna. He also bagged the Filmfare award in 2011 and two consecutive

Screen awards in 2010 and 2011. He will be performing live in Brisbane on Sunday 29th September from 6pm onwards.

Mahendra’s Indian Cuisine located in Acacia Ridge are the official caters for the event who will be serving delicious food with Halal food options. Mr Malik of American College,one of Australia’s finest institutions of vocational education is a Gold Sponsor and will also accommodate Rahat’s press conference at his college. The stage will be decorated by Shivam’s wedding Decorators who have been providing their services to all major events, weddings, parties, functions and more.

Marriott Brisbane is the Official Hospitality Partner. Glamour Beauty Salon, Irwin & Associates Tax Agents, Migration Guru, Om Jewelers, OZ Safes, Indo Oz cars are proud sponsors.

This event is been brought to you by Sizzlin Events and marketed by Glamour Events Pty Ltd. Official media partners are Brisbane Indian Times, Indus Age, Radio Brisvaani 1701AM, Konnec TV, Event Cinema And Eros International.

Tickets are available online at Ticket Master or you can also call Suneel Raj on 047 88 77 222.

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Kareena open to do intimate scenes if script demands ACTRESS Kareena Kapoor Khan says that marriage has not changed her perception towards roles in films and she is open to do intimate scenes if the script demands.

"Marriage has nothing to do with the kind of roles or such things... I fail to understand why people associate love or marriage with your career," Kareena told in an interview.

Kareena had done some intimate scenes in Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Omkara' with Ajay Devgn and there was also a kissing scene with Aamir Khan in '3 Idiots'.

In Prakash Jha's recently-released film 'Satyagraha', there was a romantic sequence between Kareena and co-star Ajay Devgn.

However, Kareena reportedly refused do the scene.

"It was all media reported. Whatever the script requires, I do it. But in a film like 'Satyagraha' I feel it was not required. It was not a romantic film that we need to have it (kissing and intimate scene)...It was more about the fight of a common man against the system," Kareena said.

When asked if her husband actor Saif Ali Khan had seen 'Satyagraha', she said, "No. He does not watch films much."

Saif and Kareena tied the knot last October after a five-year courtship.

"I don't feel overburdened by responsibilities. My priority has always been my family. I have always balanced my personal and professional life and I will continue to do so," she added.

Kareena is happy with the response she is getting for her latest film 'Satyagraha'. "I am trying to add variety in my work and 'Satyagraha' is not a regular film. I am happy with the kind of response we are getting for the film. It shows that things are changing today and people are ready to accept film with good content," she said.

The film released on August 30 and raked in over Rs 50 crore at the box office so far.

'Satyagraha' reflects the uprising of the middle class against a corrupt and unjust system and how a turn of events leads to a movement to challenge the status quo. It is the story of a man who is a firm believer of Gandhian principles.

When asked if a film can bring about a change in the society, she said, "Cinema is not meant to do something, the government must do something. We are actors, we are not politicians. It is a bonus if there is an inspirational feeling or solution. Ultimately it is a film so it is meant to entertain peoCall Trudi on 07 3356 0102

ple."

The political drama film directed by Prakash Jha featured Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Manoj Bajpayee, Arjun Rampal, Amrita Rao and Kareena in the lead.

"Considering the kind of films he (Prakash Jha) makes, he is quite opposite of that in real life. He makes us at ease, comfortable and relax. Though this film seems to be of heavy subject, it was fun doing it," she said.

Kareena, who shared screen space with Big B for the third time, after 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham' and 'Dev', says, "He is a living legend and a great actor I have worked with him in the past as well. It is

always an honor to share screen with him. Our families have known each other since long time. Whenever we had free time in between the shoot, we all used to chat about various things. It was fun."

The actress will next be seen opposite Imran Khan in 'Gori Tere Pyaar Mein', for which she is shooting and then will pair opposite Hrithik Roshan in 'Shuddhi'. She will also be doing a special appearance in Saif Ali's upcoming film 'Happy Ending'.

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Sports News Sachin Tendulkar's appeal to Leander Paes-Radek Stepanek the media: Leave my son alone win US Open men’s doubles title MUMBAI: It took Sachin Tendulkar 27 long years to attend his second Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai (SJAM) awards for sportspersons, but when he finally did, he stole the show!

And he chose the occasion to play a quintessential master stroke. On Sunday 8 September, his son, Arjun, made his professional debut, in the Kanga League and was dismissed for just 1. The news spread like wildfire and soon TV channels began flashing it repeatedly. Realising immediately what a detrimental effect it would have on his 14-year-old son, Tendulkar made an emotional plea.

"My son has played his first official match today. He is passionate and madly in love with cricket. I would appreciate if everyone allows him to be himself and to have his own identity and just enjoy his cricket," Tendulkar said.

"Since the entire sports journalists' fraternity is sitting here, I'm going to be a protective father. When I started playing cricket, though my father was a professor and was into literature, at no stage I was under pressure to follow in my father's footsteps.

There were no comparisons. He (Arjun) has just started his career, so it is a humble request if he can live his life like a normal 14-year-old, without thinking about anything else except falling in love with this sport," Tendulkar said.

The maestro, who was felicitated on the occasion, for having scoring hundred centuries in international cricket, wasn't critical of the media though and thanked the press for heaping praise on him throughout his career.

"You (the media) have been really supportive. I have been criticised too, but that is part and parcel of the game. When I look at the overall package, I can't complain," Tendulkar said, while recalling the first time that he attended an SJAM function (1986).

"I can't forget the rickshaw ride to Catholic Gymkhana. We had big kit bags with us. It was a memorable evening, especially as

Sunil Gavaskar was present," he reminisced.

The show wasn't about Tendulkar alone, though. There were yesteryear sporting heroes in badminton champ Nandu Natekar, former chess GM Praveen Thipsay, former India cricket captain Ajit Wadekar, ex Indian hockey captain Viren Rasquinha and former snooker World Champion Yasin Merchant, besides current Mumbai stars Ajit Agarkar and Abhishek Nayar.

Other Winners: • Lifetime Achievement Award -- Marzban Patel (Hockey); • Best Sportsman -- Aditya Mehta (Snooker); Best Sportswoman -- Rahi Sarnobat (Shooting); • Best Junior Sportsman -- Mahesh Mangaonkar (Squash); Best Junior Sportswoman -- Tanvi Lad (Badminton); • Best Sportsperson (Indian Games) -Deepika Henry Joseph (Kabaddi); • Cricketer of the Season (male) -Abhishek Nayar; Cricketer of the Season (female) -- Punam Raut; • Junior Cricketer of the Year -- Arman Jaffer; • Best Team of the Season -- Mumbai Ranji Trophy Team.

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NEW YORK: Leander Paes won his eighth men's doubles Grand Slam title, and 14th overall, as he combined with Radek Stepanek to clinch US Open trophy with a dominating victory over Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in the title clash on Sunday 8 September.

The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair demolished the second seeded Austria-Brazilian pair 6-1 in 6-3 in one hour and 12 minutes at Arthur Ashe stadium.

It was a perfect climax for Paes and Stepanek, who came into the US Open with title in Winston Salem Open, as they won their second major title together, having won Australian Open last year.

It was third US Open title for 40-year-old Paes and the previous two had also come with Czech partners. In 2006, the Indian won with Martin Damm and in 2009 with Lukas Dlouhy.

Last year at the US Open, Paes had ended runner-up with Stepanek, losing to Bryan brothers.

Now Paes has 14 major titles in his cupboard, including six mixed doubles trophies. Stepanek has two Grand Slam titles, both with Paes.

It was one of the most lop-sided US Open title match as Peya and Soares failed to put up a fight. They had no clue whatsoever on how to counter the rampaging Indo-Czech combine.

Peya also required a medical timeout for a back problem in the second set while trailing 1-3. Peya was in pain but did not give up and even went on to hold his serve in that game.

Paes hit a forehand winner to earn the championship point and then hit a backhand volley to seal the trophy win.

Paes and Stepanek 23 winners to eight of their rivals. They won 66 points while Peya and Soares 40.

Paes acknowledged Stepanek's resilience as he came back well from a back surgery early this year.

"Find someone from Czech republic that's my advice to anyone who is looking for a

doubles partner. They are hard working guys. I have to thank him. He had lot of adversities this season, coming out of injury and surgery it's amazing to stand here. I have to thank him," Paes said.

"It is no shame to lose to these guys," said Peya.

Peya and Soares struggled to hold serve and too many unforced errors only made the job tough for them.

In contrast, whatever Paes and Stepanek did, yielded them desired result. Yet again Stepanek's serve and Paes' net play was superb.

Peya and Soares had two break chances -in the first and fifth games in the opening set -- but could convert none.

The back problem to Peya in the second set reduced the match to a formality as the second seeds could not have challenged their in-form rivals with an injury handicap.

At the start, Peya hit a crushing forehand winner to earn a breakpoint in the very first game but Stepanek served well to hold and what followed was complete annihilation of pair.

Paes and Stepanek raced to a 5-0 lead as they broke both Peya and Soares comfortably.

Soares held game number six to save themselves blushes as Paes served out the set in the next game.

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Wrestling grapples its way back into Olympics BUENOS AIRES: Seven months after losing its Olympic place, wrestling was reinstated for the 2020 Olympics on Sunday 8 September as the IOC overturned a decision that many members thought was a mistake.

Wrestling easily defeated bids from baseball-softball and squash for a spot on the program of the 2020 Games, which were awarded Saturday 7 September to Tokyo .

Wrestling, which was surprisingly dropped from the list of core sports in February, received 49 votes to win in the first round of secret balloting by the International Olympic Committee. Baseball-softball got 24 votes and squash 22.

The decision capped a frantic six-month campaign by wrestling body FILA to revamp the organization and reshape the sport to save its Olympic status.

"With this vote, you have shown that the steps we have taken to improve our sport have made a difference," FILA president Nenad Lalovic said. "I assure each of you that our modernization will not stop now.

We will continue to strive to be the best partner to the Olympic movement that we can be."

The vote followed final presentations by all three sports, with Lalovic promising the delegates that wrestling had learned its lesson.

"Today is the most important day in the 2,000-year history of our sport," Lalovic said. "We feel the weight of that history.

Remaining on the Olympic program is crucial to wrestling's survival."

Wrestling goes back to the ancient Olympics in Greece and has been on the program of every modern games except 1900. The sport was caught off guard when it was axed by the IOC executive board _ a decision that surprised even most IOC members.

"We have made mistakes," Lalovic told the IOC members. "We admitted but we decided to listen and learn. This is the only way to be a partner of the IOC. We are aware of our mistakes and they will not happen again. We have to update our sport, like any other sport, every day."

The result was welcomed by IOC members as rectifying a mistake.

"We cannot imagine the games without wrestling," said Sheik Ahmad Al-Fahad AlSabah, the influential Kuwaiti who heads the Association of National Olympic Committees. "Wrestling is a founder. Today was a great result."

Squash was trying to make the Olympics for the third time. Men's baseball and women's softball merged into a single federation to try to return after being dropped for the 2012 and 2016 Games.

Raphael Martinetti resigned as FILA president within days of the IOC vote and was replaced by Lalovic.

FILA revamped its structure, giving women and athletes a role in decision mak-

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ing. It added two weight classes for women.

It adopted rule changes to make the sport easier to understand and more fun to watch, and reward more aggressive wrestling.

Powerful countries and unlikely political allies like the US, Iran and Russia threw their weight behind the campaign.

"Wrestling is new in virtually every way," FILA official Jim Scherr told the delegates.

Each sport had 20 minutes to make its case to the IOC. Don Porter, the American co-president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation, choked up and had tears in his eyes as he talked about receiving letters from young girls who were distraught when softball was dropped.

"We want to give every little girl and boy in the world a chance to play our game," Porter said.

Antonio Castro, the son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, played up baseball's global appeal.

"Today we are the most popular sport in the world which is not part of the Olympic

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program," he said. "As everyone knows, baseball is not just a sport, it's a business."

Squash federation chief N Ramachandran said his sport would represent the future, not the past, an apparent dig at wrestling.

"We would be a partner you can trust," he said. "Squash has never been in the Olympic games. And we know what a great honour it would be for squash to join the sport program and add something new to Olympic experience."

The whole process has been controversial.

Wrestling's return means no new sport will make the 2020 program, defeating the original intention.

Earlier Sunday, the IOC rejected a proposal by Canadian member Dick Pound to postpone a decision for five months to allow a new sport to get in.

"It seems to me the result of the exercise to date has been to remove wrestling, which is one of the truly traditional Olympic sports in the program, but then to add it back on to a list of possible new sports," Pound said.

"That seems to me to be somewhat selfcontradictory.

"My sense is there's a very strong feeling that wrestling should be retained. If that is expressed by the session then we're back to where we started. There's been no new sport added to the program."

Pound suggested the IOC board should propose a new list at the next meeting in February on the eve of the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

IOC president Jacques Rogge defended the process, saying members had agreed unanimously -- "I repeat unanimously" -- to the system in 2007.

"We should act now," Rogge said. "I think we should respect our own decision."

The IOC members then approved the list of 25 core sports to allow the vote to go ahead.

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Sports News Neymar stars as Brazil cruise in 6-0 assault BRASILIA: Neymar scored one goal and set up two more as Brazil defeated Australia 6-0 in a football friendly at Estadiu National on Saturday 7 September.

Jo bagged a double, both within the first half hour, and Ramires, Pato and Luiz Gustavo also scored to equal Brazil's highest score against Australia from the 1997 Confederations Cup final.

Australia never looked like troubling Brazil, which dominated possession and capitalized on a sleepy defence.

Before the match, Brazil midfielder Oscar was ruled out due to an ankle injury in training, which is sure to concern his Chelsea club boss Jose Mourinho, and just before halftime, Brazil and Real Madrid left back Marcelo was stretchered off with a left hamstring injury.

The floodgates opened in the eighth minute when striker Jo scored after Neymar's cross to Bernard ricocheted off the woodwork, !

Uthappa slams century in India A's comprehensive win

VISAKHAPATNAM: India discard Robin Uthappa slammed a sparkling century as India 'A' recorded a comprehensive six-wicket victory over New Zealand 'A' in the first of the threeonly to rebound to Jo. Jo doubled his tally in the 31st, match unofficial ODI series beating Australia skipper Lucas on Sunday 8 September.

Uthappa (103) shared a Neil.

Neymar went close to scoring 178-run rollicking opening in the 22nd after dancing wicket stand with captain around three defenders within Unmukt Chand (94) from 30 overs to shut the penalty box, and didn't miss the game on New Zealand who were all out in the 35th in a one-on-one with for 257 in 49.4 overs after electing to bat. goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer to India 'A' chased down the target of 258 record Brazil's third. The goal with 5.5 overs to spare as Uthappa and was Neymar's 25th in 41 caps. Chand produced a scintillating exhibition In the second half, Ramires of strokeplay at Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy headed in a cross from Maxwell in the Cricket Stadium.

58th, and Brazil took its foot off the pedal Uthappa, who was dropped on 93, struck until the 71st, when Pato, set up by eight fours and five sixes from 114 balls, while Chand's 88-ball innings was studded Neymar, scored.

It was the first time Schwarzer has con- with nine fours and six sixes. Aditya Tare ceded more than four goals on international was the other notable contributor with a 42ball unbeaten 37. duty. It was his 109th appearance.

Chand and Uthappa scored at a decent The best, and last, goal came in the 81st from first-time scorer Luiz Gustavo, who pace, reaching 48 for no loss by the end of chested the ball down, ran wide to the left the 10th over before they stepped up the and fired into the top left corner from well gas and picked the India-born leg-spinner outside the box.

TOI Inderbir Singh Sodhi for special treatment.

The duo took 15 and 16 runs in the 21st and 23rd overs bowled by Sodhi as India were 141 for no loss at halfway mark.

Chand was out in the last ball of the 30th over before he sent left-arm spinner Anton Paul Devcich's first delivery to the fine-leg fence, the second one for a huge six over mid-wicket and another boundary from the fifth. But Chand perished the next ball, his pull-shot failed to beat Tom Latham at mid wicket.

Uthappa continued in the same punishing mood after Chand's dismissal, as he plundered 17 runs the next over bowled by Matt Henry with the help of two sixes and a four. He reached to his century in style with a six off Adam Milne in the 37th over.

Milne though had the last laugh as he dismissed Uthappa in the 39th over with the Karnataka batsman holed out to Colin Munro at deep fine leg. Mandeep Singh (1) and Ashok Menaria (0) fell in quick succession in the 41st over but wicketkeeper Tare ensured that there were no further damage for India as they reached 261 for four in 44.1 overs.

Nadi wins Queensland Fiji Football Association (QFFA) Battle of the Giants Tournament CELEBRATING 10-YEARS OF FIJI SOCCER IN BRISBANE CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF THE GIRMITYAS CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY

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QFFA organised Battle of the Giants on Sunday 1 September at Acacia Ridge. The four day Event: Girmit Soccer Tournament tournament which commenced on Thursday th February Date: 21st – 24 29 August comprised of seven local pre- 2013 Prize money mierMoney: teams and six masters $8000 teamspool who all – Winner $6000.00AUD Referees: fought for a top four finish toFootball make itBrisbane to the Referees – qualified Number of Teams: semi-finals on Sunday. Nadi11were no doubt Pools - A & B –with 4 Teams & POOL C with 3 Teams the favourites to win both3 POOLS competitions Preliminary games having wonRounds the QFACT few50-minute months back.

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• Nadro, masters winning team. better team in the semi-final against Labasa beating the boys in red and white comfort- To celebrate Fathers Day QFFA also organ- Nadroga master’s perseverance paid off and by the referees) and Man of the Match in ably by 3-1 setting up the finals showdown ised an afternoon tea. The afternoon tea was they scored two late goals to clinch the the grand final (nominated by three indea great initiative towards QFFA’s vision of master’s prize money. pendent spectators) was awarded to Shohil with Nadi.

In the premier’s grand final, Suva was on Khan of Nadi. The Team Spirit of The final kicked off after a three hour “connecting the community” and its sucjuniors soccer with the under 15s, under 7s, cess was measured by the fact that it was the back foot from the start due to an ankle Sportsmanship Award was awarded to 8s and 9s competition. The crowd at Acacia attended by about forty fathers and guests injury to their star guest defender Michael Nadroga. Kris Roy was named best and Ridge got into the mood with the talent dis- from both the Fiji Senior’s Association of James lee and 2 other key players whereas fairest player of the Tournament.

QFFA executives would like to thank all played by some of the juniors. In the under Queensland. The QFFA patron Mr Sadhu Nadi attacking prowess led by James Hoyt 9 match both Rohan Deo (son of Pravin Prasad and president Mr Aveen Singh and Shohil Khan rattled the Suva defence the teams, their management and the generDeo) and Rayhan Ali (Son of Ray Ali) acknowledged the seniors for their presence from the start. With their speed upfront al public for their support towards another scored hat tricks and entertained the crowd and thanked the fathers for their support Nadi were able to dominate play and great weekend of sporting activities. Also with their footwork, skills and post goal and encouragement welcoming the fellow- caused havoc for the Suva defence. The Special thanks goes to the members of the loss of several other key Suva players due Brisbane Lautoka team for the assistance in celebrations. All kids who participated in ship from all.

This was followed by the Masters final to injury as the game progressed added fur- cooking throughout the weekend. These the junior competition were awarded gift bags from Westpac Banking Corporation, between Nadroga and Labasa. Although ther pressure to the Suva defence and Nadi tournaments are QFFA’s way of “connecting the community”. courtesy of Vishwa Goundar of Westpac Labasa masters scored early and held on to convincingly won the final 7-0. their lead until midway of the second half, The Player of the Tournament (nominated QIDC 2013 will be held late October.

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