The First Paan and Ice Gola Joint in Brisbane

Shreeji Ice Gola also has a range of snacks and street food including vada paav, pav bhaji, sev usual, dabeli, chole puri, paani puri, paneer fried rice, chilli paneer, Szechuan fried rice, hakka noodles, bhelpuri and fixed thali among other delicacies. So, it is a complete restaurant than a paan shop and one can have a full dine in experience ending with a apaan/ice gola treat.

two sons — Umang Vaghela who is pursuing a Biomedical degree and Karan Vaghela is in year 12 in a high school.

Dr. Ashutosh Misra, Australia India News, Editor-in-Chief

Brisbane, 14 June (IANS Bureau):

I have been a BanarasiChora Ganga Kinarewalafor 25 years and have been desperately looking for a paan shop in Brisbane ever since we moved 15 years ago.

Every time I visited Sydney and Melbourne, I would first visit a paan shop than any place else. So, one can imagine my excitement a couple of weeks ago, when a good friend Abhishek Sharma - another paan lover - told me about this new shop which now makes fresh paan for customers. I could not wait to visit the place.

Shreeji Ice Gola located at Shop 2/117 Orange Grove Rd, Coopers

Plains QLD 4108 is a two years old business about which many in the community do not know. When I visited the place, I found it a perfect joint for young children who can relish the mouthwatering ice golas in many flavours, while the adults can munch and enjoy fresh paan.

During my visit I tried the “Kalkattapaan leaves” which I was told, come fresh from India along with other leaves from time to time. How good is that?

The owners of Shree ji Gola— Nitesh and Jaishree Vahgela serve one and all with loads of warmth and a disarming smile.

The Vaghela’s moved to Australia three years ago after living in New Zealand for ten years, with their

While Nitesh works tirelessly to serve the long queue of Paan lovers every evening, Jaishree runs busy in the kitchen taking orders for snacks and meals for the customers. They work very hard between 12.00 - 9.00 pm to run this exclusive joint on their own and would love to have greater support from the community. Sohere’s a shout out to all the Paan Lovers! Please pay a visit at the earliest and have a Banarasi/Kalkattiyapaan experience right here in Brisbane. And kids? Ice gola is simply sensational!

Punjab to provide free legal assistance to students facing deportation from Canada

immigration laws in Canada. Besides, Dhaliwal has written a letter to all MPs of Punjab origin in Canada to solve the issues of these students so that the future of the children can be secured.

immigration agencies illegally.

Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Punjab

NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Thursday said the state government will provide free legal assistance to 700 students facing deportation from Canada.

Most of these students belong to Punjab and they will be assisted by lawyers who are experts in

Presiding over a meeting with civil and police officers associated with the NRI Department here, Dhaliwal issued instructions to all Deputy Commissioners and the SSPs to scrutinise the documents of travel agents and immigration agencies and send a report by July 10.

He expressed concern that many travel agents are running

Dhaliwal said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has already given clear instructions to improve the system. He said if the system would be transparent and clean, then there will be less scope for human trafficking by illegal travel and immigration agencies. He said a special campaign against fake travel agents and immigration agencies would soon be launched in Punjab.

The minister said in the past 10 years, if any immigrant Punjabi has been deliberately implicated in a wrong case, it should be brought to their attention. Such cases will be investigated and justice will be given to the victim. Taking an exclusive initiative, this time NRI meetings will be held for the first time in those villages whose immigrants have done good work in their villages or earned the name at the national or international level. Dhaliwal said the NRI meetings to be held at the district level from July 15 to August 30. He invited all nonresident Punjabis to bring their problems during NRI meetings and efforts will be made to solve every problem on the spot.

India denounces attacks on all religions, calls for inclusive dialogue to fight bigotry

deep concern on the growing increase in attacks on religious places, including churches, gurudwaras, monasteries, mosques, temples, synagogues, and other religious sites.

attacks on minority Christian communities".

United Nations, June 15 (IANS)

India has denounced attacks on all religions and called for interreligious dialogue encompassing all faiths to counter the rising climate of bigotry.

India's Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj said on Wednesday that India was deeply concerned over "the growing increase in attacks on religious places, including churches, gurdwaras, monasteries, mosques, temples, synagogues and other religious sites".

"This is the time for us to work together to strengthen human fraternity and to intensify our efforts in building a culture of peace," she said speaking on a resolution on the 'Culture of Peace'. Kamboj suggested that to counter the rise of religious phobias, "inter-religious dialogue should be inclusive, broader and encompass all religions and all faiths".

The Permanent Representative spelt out a non-exclusionary approach to religions quoting Swami Vivekananda's maxim, "we believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true".

"We are deeply concerned with growing manifestations of intolerance, discrimination or violence against followers of both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic religionsa," she said.

"We strongly condemn acts of discrimination or violence motivated by anti-semitism, Christianophobia, and Islamophobia. We also expressed

"This principle of equal respect and treatment for all faiths has been a part of India's ethos for thousands of years (and) this principle is also integral to the Constitution of India.

"'Sarva dharma sama bhava' is a unique concept of Indian secularism, which maintains that all religions are inherently good and worthy of respect," she added. India's approach of embracing religions and denouncing attacks was in contrast to the focus at the UN in statements and resolutions on the three religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam that trace their roots to the Jewish Prophet Abraham.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, for example, told the Security Council earlier on Wednesday that "around the world, we are witnessing a groundswell of xenophobia, racism and intolerance, violent misogyny, anti-Muslim hatred, virulent anti-Semitism, and

And denouncing the poison of hate spreading radicalisation through social media, he said: "The perpetrators of the heinous attacks on a mosque in Christchurch, a synagogue in Pittsburgh, and a church in Charleston all were radicalised online."

His spokesperson Stephane Dujarric was asked about Guterres mentioning only three religions when there has been a spate of attacks on Hindu temples in the US, Canada and Australia. Dujarric said Guterres "is concerned about the attacks that we've seen around the world on various religions and especially on places of worship".

"When religious groups have are living in a community where they're a minority, and where they're vulnerable. It is incumbent on people to lower (the rhetoric), to increase the dialogue, increase tolerance, and on host communities to ensure that minorities are protected."

While speaking on the resolution on the Culture of Peace Declaration, Kamboj said: "We firmly believe that the exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and full respect for the freedom to seek, receive and impart information play an important role in promoting pluralism and combating religious intolerance."

She also called attention to the dangers of terrorism "which is a manifestation of intolerance and violence" and "is the anti-thesis of all religions and cultures".

"The world should be concerned by terrorists who use religion to justify these acts and those who support them in this quest and we must adopt zero tolerance against terrorism and violent extremism."

Wednesday's resolution introduced by Bangladesh and cosponsored by India was the annual follow-up to the Declaration on the Culture of Peace adopted in 1999.

The resolution that was adopted unanimously urged setting up programmes to wean youth away from terrorism, violence and xenophobia.

(Arul Louis can be contacted at arul.l@ians.in and followed at @ arulouis)

Why Indigenous Voice in the Constitution? A forum for all community leaders was organised by the African Communities Council for the African at Marooka today. Community leaders from the Chinese community, Indian community, African Community, and the Muslim community were present at the event. The Keynote speaker Noel Pearson; respected Indigenous lawyer, leader and architect of the voice to parliament gave an insightful speech to the audience present. A few messages he disseminated resonated with the leaders in the room, who applauded and said “yeah, yeah” as he spoke. He highlighted the fact that every community big or small in numbers must be included in the constitution and have a voice in the parliament. The Aboriginal voice is much needed for the policy development and implementation to safeguard and secure the community from abuse, violations, and violent behaviours. The Voice to parliament will be a way to express the true emotional sentiments around government policies and decisions, shaping the community in a positive Dome. The voice will bring forth many issues such as the youth, the African youth who need a good education system to keep them away from the judiciary trials. He said that “90% of the time, a youth ends up in jail because the youth did not receive good education support from his or her educational Institution, he, she enrolled in.” Indigenous and African youth are looking forward to this change to come about. Good education, Good educational system that does not deprive and discourage them from being educated. He also highlighted that the racial policy actually did not come about because of aboriginal people, it was implemented to stop migration from China. The voice hence is an important first step to make the youth, and adults voice heard. In October the referendum will be presented to the public to vote on where the community will play a vital role.

The moderator of the forum was Benny Aterdit Bol, President of the Queensland African Communities Council and senior manager for youth engagement and community partnership of QPASTT.

Other speakers were Janet Jane, Brad Chilcott, and Habib Jamal who highlighted why the voice ? Why it must be included, raising awareness for the voice to parliament campaign.

Written by Amrita Deshoande (Community News Editor).