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Dandi March In Sydney

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, children re-enacted the Dandi March at UNSW in Sydney.

Rajni Luthra @rajnil2 tweeted: Wonderful reminder of a spirit that moved a nation.

Cuteness Overload

Our Facebook post about children performing at the Bhutanese community’s annual event in Melton, Victoria got a lot of likes. People couldn’t stop gushing over their cuteness.

Ayse Salih wrote: Super gorgeous! Well done!

Usha Vazirani wrote: Wow, all the kids look awesome

Jenny Collier-Cullinger wrote: Beautiful.

Deepti Alurkar wrote: Our 3-year-old champion!

Supriya Agnihotri wrote: Cutest kanha ever!

Ankit Dang wrote: So cute!

At least 1.5 to 2% of the GDP has been sacri ced and at least 1.5 million jobs have been lost India’s ex- nance minister P Chidambaram, talking about effects of note ban and GST during a lecture at AII

I’m absolutely appalled by what is happening, because the impact (of climate change) on the Great Barrier Reef is now documented India’s former environ minister Jairam Ramesh, on Adani’s Carmichael Coal Mine

COLOUR PENCILS ON BLACK PAPER!

We’re loving the work of young Indian contemporary artist Shashikant Dhotre Indian Australian@theaussieindian tweeted: What a talent! Have seen some of the pictures before and been gobsmacked. Truly blessed by God, @ shashidhotre! More power to your pen(cil)!!

Aneeta Menon wrote: These are incredible.

Thangamani Periasamy wrote: Excellent paintings

Mahesh Berwal commented: Great talent!

Shweta Kaushal said: Amazing!

Roopa Mrudul wrote: Beautiful!

Katherine Tomlinson@Storyauthority tweeted: Vibrant!

Lessons From The Lamb Ad

HARSHAD PANDHARIPANDE wrote on how the community handled the infamous lamb ad featuring Ganesha eating meat.

Haniour Sampangiramaiah Subbar wrote: In the Hindu community, we have both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. Both vegetarians and nonvegetarians worship not only Ganesha but all gods. In Hindu communities also, there was, or in some cases still is, the practice of offering of animals and birds to certain gods during festivities. Of course, the government banned such offerings. Any way, these kind of advertisements should be objected to under laws formed by the local governments to uphold the community feelings. Even in India, mutton stalls and liquor shops are named after some deities. Such naming should be banned by the local licensing authorities in India.

KV Naga Lakshmi wrote: I have different view: Hindus eat lamb. Lord is in a lamb advertisement, I don’t see the offence, or ‘religious sentiments being hurt’.

Krish Na had a different concern altogether: I’m actually more offended by the abuse of apostrophes in that Change.org petition. Cringeworthy!

NSW: A DIWALI SHOWDOWN

Get all lit up and show NSW MPs Jodie McKay and Julia Finn how you celebrate the Festival of Lights.

Aneeta Menon wrote: Love it.

Punita Udeshi Ganwani wrote: Wow! Love their spirit! That’s amazing how they’ve got involved in Diwali and how nicely they are dressed up.

INDIA V AUST: KULDEEP’S STUNNING HAT-TRICK

India’s Kuldeep Yadav created history when he became the third Indian bowler to pick up a hat-trick in one-day international cricket. India won the series against Australia.

Krish Na wrote: Pretty ordinary cricket by the Aussies after a good job with the ball. At this rate, they’ll be mentally decimated by the Ashes series. On the other hand, India is now looking like the invincible teams of Aussies in the nineties and the noughties.

Lakshmipathi Chockalingam wrote: Too early to put India in Windies and Aussies league of 80s and 90s respectively. They have to dominate in away series which both Windies and Aussies did comfortably.

Xdulkar-Sydney @xdulkar tweeted: Australia’s last 12 ODIs away from home - L L L L L L L NR NR L L L

WHERE IN INDIA?

Sachin Wakhare answered: Stunning! Not sure but guessing Andaman & Nicobar Islands?

Poonam Chauhan wrote: Beautiful!

Kunal Singh@Kunalsatrah tweeted: Assam? Maybe Arunachal Pradesh?

Surely some North-Eastern state (He was almost there!)

Answer: This is the Umngot River in Meghalaya, possibly India’s cleanest river.

Even 1,000 Gandhis cannot ‘clean India’ without support of 125 crore Indians Indian PM Modi, on Gandhi Oct 2 birth anniversary

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I’ve ‘upgraded’ from diyas to tealights ever since I moved to Oz! And while it may not be possible to have a favourite tealight, there can be such a thing as a special arrangement! Especially for me as a photographer. My favourite Diwali light arrangement snapshot is the main image of this page, from as recently as last year. My parents came visiting from Bhavnagar Gujarat, their first visit down under, making it a very special Diwali for all of us. That’s Mum’s hand arranging the tealights.