What’s on

when prayers are held from 6pm to 7:15pm). The society’s next prayer-meditation sessions are scheduled for April 1, May 13 and June 3 from 9am to 10.00 am at the Woodcroft Community Centre on 65 Woodcroft Drive

Mahavir Jayanti celebrations

Sun 15 April Sydney Jain

Mandal announces Mahavir au

Jayanti celebrations at Auburn Hindu Temple (286 Cumberland Rd, Auburn), 9.00am-1.00pm. Details Abha Jain, 0432 248 791 or visit www.sydneyjainmandal.com.

EXHIBITION 31 March – 11 April India- born artist Nafisa Naomi presents Passion, an exhibition of paintings and sculpture, at Richard Martin Art (98 Holdsworth St, Woollahra. View paintings online at www.richardmartinart.com.au

Details Ph 02 9327 6525.

FUNDRAISERS

Mother’s Day dance for charity Sat 12 May SOUNDWAVES, a popular group of communityminded people, announce a dance event on Mother’s Day, to raise funds for children’s welfare programs in Somalia and Sudan. Harvey Lowe Pavillion, Castle Hill, 7.00pm.

Details Nicky Pillai 0418 276 120

MISC

Hindi studies for high school students curriculumsupport.education. nsw.gov.au/secondary/ languages/sscl/ Details 02 9886 7505; Saturdaycl-h.School@det.nsw. edu.au

Hindi Language is offered by the Saturday School of Community Languages - DET at Liverpool Girls High School, Hills Sports High School and Strathfield Girls High School. This provides opportunities for high school students to study Hindi language to Higher School Certificate levels as it is not available at their day school. Board of Studies syllabus is followed. The classes are free of charge and are run on Saturdays from 8.30 am to 10.30 am for Years 7 – 10, and 8.30 – 11.45 am for Years 11-12. Enrolment forms can be accessed from the School Principal of the mainstream school of your child or can be downloaded from www.

Star Gazing at Parramatta Park

Sat 28 April Come along and share the mystery of our place in the universe at Parramatta Park’s popular Star Gazing @ Parramatta Park. There will be up to 20 telescopes provided by members of the amateur astronomical societies who will be there to share their knowledge with you, or you can bring your own telescope and get pointers on its use from fellow enthusiasts.

5.30pm to 8.00pm. Dr Ragbir

Bhathal of UWS will be presenting a talk entitled ‘The scientific achievements of the Parramatta observatory’, at

6.00pm. Details Susan Clunie 02 8833-5020.

India Club Sunday Social

Sun 8 April Guest speaker Swami Sridharananda, President of Vedanta Centre (Ramakrishna Mission Sydney), will present a talk on Swami Vivekanand and Karmyog, 2.45 pm, at Epping Leisure and Learning Centre, 1 Chambers Court, Epping. (Regular Sunday activities continue from 2.00pm – 5.00pm). Details Shubha Kumar 02 9873-1207 / 0402 257 588.

OzSpell Challenge

OzSpell Challenge, a new Australia-wide spelling competition, is sponsored by Macquarie Dictionary and targets students aged 1014. The Grand Final will be held at the Seymour Centre, the University of Sydney in August 2012. The Champion of Champions (based on one district finalist from each of 150 Australian federal electorates) will take home $5,000 cash and $5,000 cash for their school’s library resources. Details visit www.ozspell.com.au or calling 1300 ozspell (1300 697 735).

Sydney Sakhi Sangam

Sun 24 June Sakhi Sangam will be held this year at the Croatian Club. Details Nandini 0423 684 340, Susham 0411 967 374, Aruna 0410 338 900.