What’s on

Australia presents a display of Indian scripture, heritage and culture with bhajans from Shantikunj Toli, at Grevillea Room, 2 Lane St, Wentworthville, 1.30pm – 2.30pm. Details Neeraj Ram: 0405 777 539.

Kabir Jayanti

Sun 3 June Kabir Jayanti will be celebrated from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm at the Max Webber Function Centre, 1st Floor, Max Webber Library,corner of Flushcombe Rd and Alpha St, Blacktown.

The program will include the recital of Kabir’s poetry, pravachan, satsang and live Chowki bhajans. Details Virendra Prasad 0425 309 977.

STAGE

Hindi poetry

Fri 18 May An evening with Ashok Chakradhar, leading Hindi poet and satire writer, Parramatta Town Hall (182 Church St, Parramatta), 5.30pm – 8.00pm. Details www. bhavanaustralia.org

Yakshagana

Sat 2 June Sydney Kannada Sangha Inc will host a Yakshagana performance as a part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, at Bowman Hall in Black Town, Sydney. The performers are the Chitpavana Yakshagana Mandali from Bengaluru. Details contact Sydney@kannada.org.au

MISC

Hindi studies for high school students

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. curriculumsupport.education. nsw.gov.au/secondary/ languages/sscl/ Details 02 9886 7505 Saturdaycl-h.School@det.nsw. edu.au

Hindi language symposium

Fri 18 May International Hindi

Grammar Teaching- Current State and Direction: A symposium by Bageshri Chakradhar 3:30pm –5:00 pm at Parramatta Town Hall. Details www.bhavanaustralia. org

OzSpell Challenge

OzSpell Challenge, a new Australia-wide spelling competition, is sponsored by Macquarie Dictionary and targets students aged 10-14. 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, Sushma 0411 967 374, Aruna 0410 338 900.

IABBV Hindi School for NDTV’s Greenathon

Sun 20 May For the second year in a row, Thornleigh’s IABBV Hindi School will participate in NDTV’s annual 12-hour Greenathon campaign. The campaign supports solar lighting in rural India. The event coincides with the Hindi School’s Sports Day / Grandparents’ Day, 10.00am – 3.00pm. Details Mala Mehta 0412 283 677.

Mother’s Day Multicultural Movie Screening

Sun 20 May Probasy charity organisation will be screening an iconic Bangla film Deya Neya (starring Tanuja and Uttam Kumar) at Seddon Park (opposite Glenfield Train Station). Join them for a great cultural experience to raise funds for neonatal care in Bangladesh, 5:30pm for 6.00pm start –9.00pm Details Shafeen Mustaq 0431 594 522.

Correction

In the article Forum reveals elderly as victims of domestic violence by Indira Ghosh that appeared in our April-2 2012 issue, a special mention was made to Maya da Dhaba “for sponsoring the event and delighting everyone with the delicious meal after the seminar”. The event was actually sponsored by Subway at Castle Towers. The error is regretted. Ed