WHA.T'SON

Indian community to help their son Kamal l earn to walk He has cerebral palsy The twins were born at 23 weeks making them possibly the youngest premature twins to survive in Australia. They were only 524 grams and 554 grams respectively at birth They spent 131 days in hospital and had numerous operations But Kamal was not reaching the milestones that Nayan was doing with ease He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy Kamal still can't crawl or sit up He i s undergoing numerous therapies but stem cell treatment in the US could possibly help The Reddys are looking to raise $40,000 for this

Details: yukthareddy@gma i l.com or Ashok pothi@gmail com or call Samyuktha on +61 0469 109 308 or facebook com/Helpkamalwalk

LECTURE

Annual Gandhi Oration

Remembrance Ceremony

Thur 30 Jan 5.30pm start Mr Thomas Keneally AO, the internationally acclaimed Australian author will present the Gandhi Orati on will be preceded by a Remembrance Ceremony at the Gandhi bust on the UNSW

Library Lawn. Registration for bot h events before Jan 20 is essential. Remembrance Ceremony: University of New South Wa les Library Lawn, UNSW Kensing t on campus.

Gandhi Oration: Leighton Hall, The John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW Kensington campus

Detail s: www al umni.unsw.edu.au/ gandhi

CONFERENCE

3 rd Australian National Hindu Confer ence Sat & Sun 26-27 April

8.30am-5 30pm

Workshops, networking and discussions Organ i sed by Vishva H indu Par ishad of Austra lia Inc. Both days r egistration fee: $50 Details: www vhp.org au or email conference@vhp.org au

Cover photos

Priyanka Da s and Teja s Shah on their wedding day {Southern Light Photogra phy)

Murugan Temple, Mays Hill

Manjit Singh of Manjit's Balmain

Adde ndum

The photos that appeared with the feat ure on t he Special Olympics in our December (2), were taken by Katy Fitzgerald