Brisbane Indian Times - November 2019 by Australian Indian Times

From the Publisher AH! NOVEMBER, don’t you just love this weather, well I do, it not too cold and not too hot for me, we are such creatures of comfort aren’t we? My morning walks have become very pleasant, I don’t have to put on warm clothes – downside this that, with the sun raising much earlier than the winter months , my shots are ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ĚĂǇƟ ŵĞ ŵŽĚĞ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ those glamorous lighted mornings , some of you must be wondering what is he talking about well, for those who might not know I go for my morning walks

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around 5 or 5:30 am , I do about 5KLMs ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƵƟ ĨƵů ƌŝǀĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ Į ŶŝƐŚ Žī with 30 minutes gym workout. While walking I take a few shots and share them on Facebook, I have received favourable comments on the photos, some friends have commented that they love waking up to those shots, that encourĂŐĞƐ ŵĞ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ŐŽŝŶŐ͘ EŽǁ͕ Į ŶĚŝŶŐ Ă Ěŝī ĞƌĞŶƚ ĂŶŐůĞ Žƌ ƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟ ǀĞ ĂůŽŶŐ ƚŚĞ same route can be challenging, but as they say every day to itself which means ƚŚĂƚ ŵǇ ƐŚŽƚƐ ĞǀĞƌǇĚĂǇ ĂƌĞ Ěŝī ĞƌĞŶƚ͘ Well I really appreciate the encouragement, it is the best part of the day for me. Moving forward to Diwali – “Kitna Acha hay Diwali” PM’s famous words which went viral, Diwali is now a global celebraƟ ŽŶ ĐƵƫ ŶŐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ĐƵůƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ^ŝŶŐĂƉŽƌĞ ŚĂƐ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ŽďƐĞƌǀĞĚ ŝƚ ĂƐ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ĨĞƐƟ ǀĂů͕ in India, Fiji and many other countries it ŝƐ Ă ŶĂƟ ŽŶĂů ŚŽůŝĚĂǇ͘ DĂŶǇ ƉĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ houses around the globe observed Diwali on some way or form. It is wonderful ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ͕ /Ŷ /ŶĚŝĂ ƚŚĞ Į ƌĞ ĐƌĂĐŬĞƌƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĐŽŵĞ Ă ĐŽŶĐĞƌŶ ͕ Į ƌĞ ĐƌĂĐŬĞƌƐ ŝŶ /ŶĚŝĂ have been an integral part of Diwali

ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟ ŽŶ ͕ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǇĞĂƌƐ ƐŽŵĞ ĐƌƵĚĞ and dangerous version have been taken Žī ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚ ͕ dŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ ŝŶ ĞůŚŝ ƚŚĞƌĞ was a three hour window for the crackers ͕ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ Ăŝƌ ƉŽůůƵƟ ŽŶ ůĞǀĞů ǁĞŶƚ past dangerous levels . It is a balancing ĂĐƚ͕ ƋƵĞƐƟ ŽŶ ŝƐ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ŬĞĞƉ ƚŚĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟ ŽŶ and not pollute the air, will let AAP and BJP work that one out. >ŽĐĂůůǇ ŚĂƚƐ Žī ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞƌƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů ŝǁĂůŝ ĨƵŶĐƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƐŽŵĞ ĂƌĞ ďĞƩ Ğƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͕ / ŵƵƐƚ ŵĞŶƟ ŽŶ dĂŵŝů ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟ ŽŶ ŽĨ YƵĞĞŶƐůĂŶĚ ĨŽƌ Ă ŵĂŐŶŝĮ ĐĞŶƚ ĞǀĞŶƚ͘ Of course, FICQ Diwali remains the main ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟ ŽŶ͕ YůĚ ƉƌĞŵŝĞƌ͛Ɛ ƌĞĐĞƉƟ ŽŶ ĂůǁĂǇƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŝǁĂůŝ ĂƩ ƌĂĐƚĞĚ ŽǀĞƌ ϱϬϬ ŐƵĞƐƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƉĞĂŬĞƌƐ 'ƌĞĞŶ͘ W^ ^ǁĂŵŝŶĂƌĂǇĂŶ ŝǁĂůŝ ĂŶĚ ŶŶĂŬƵƚ ŝŶƐŝĚĞ the parliament house is once again a wonderful event and very well organised and professionally presented. For the Į ƌƐƚ Ɵ ŵĞ ƌŝƐďĂŶĞ >ŽƌĚ DĂǇŽƌ ĚƌŝĂŶ ^ĐŚƌŝŶŶĞƌ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ Ă ĐŝǀŝĐ ƌĞĐĞƉƟ ŽŶ ĨŽƌ Diwali organisers in Brisbane City Hall. / ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ďƵƐǇ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂŶǇ ĐŝƟ ǌĞŶƐŚŝƉ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ͕ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟ ŽŶĂů ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛

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welcome ceremonies and many high-levĞů ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂƟ ŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ʃ ŽƌŶĞǇ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů͕ DŝŶŝƐƚƌǇ ŽĨ ,ŽŵĞ Ăī ĂŝƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƵƐƚƌĂĐ͘ dŚĞ ŵĞĞƟ ŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ʃ ŽƌŶĞǇ ŐĞŶĞƌĂů ;ĨĞĚĞƌĂůͿ dealt with Religious reform bill. Austrac ƌĂŶ ƐĞŵŝŶĂƌ ŽŶ ĂŶƟ ͲŵŽŶĞǇ ůĂƵŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ and unlicensed money transfer operĂƚŽƌƐ͘ tŝƚŚ ŵŝŶŝƐƚƌǇ ŽĨ ŚŽŵĞ Ăī ĂŝƌƐ͕ ǁĞ ŚĂĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ŵĞĞƟ ŶŐ͕ Į ƌƐƚ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ harmony, then the second one around ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟ ǀĂů ŐƌĂŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚŝƌĚ ŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ Minister himself on broader issues.