On Australia and Indians

Anant’s blog: Of Melbourne and of jingoism | Indian advertising media marketing digital opinion analysis debate – Campaign India online
My daughter is one of many Indian students who have or are studying in Australia.
How difficult would it have been for Indian media to talk to her? She would have been easy to find, studying as [...]

Paper marriage

Yes the paper marriage does happen. And it is possible to go down this path.
I began by assuming that the ’spouse visa’ was being abused by all. So I began with a cynical view that the whole migration to Australia from deep Punjab was a racket and quite corrupt. Then I began talking to the [...]

Holy Cash Cows

Finally someone come up with the story. I have heard of this for years – as casual cab conversations – about the ‘bogus’ colleges being run by Indians.
Where work experience certificates can be set up. But outright purchase was new to me. This I guess is the ‘dilli wallah’ in Australia.

Four Corners – 27/07/2009: Holy [...]

Australians who live on slumdog millionaires’ row – and love it

This is amazing.
Australians who live on slumdog millionaires’ row – and love it | smh.com.au
MARK and Cathy Delaney don’t need to see the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire. The Brisbane couple experience slum life in India every day.
For 13 years they have lived in the shanty towns of the Indian capital, New Delhi, raising their children [...]

Rs1,620 crore pilot project to curb diabetes, heart diseases launched

Rs1,620 crore pilot project to curb diabetes, heart diseases launched – Economy and Politics – livemint.com
New Delhi: In the first initiative of its kind, the Indian government
has started a programme to prevent as well as map the extent of
diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke—chronic ailments that
could cause life expectancy in the country to fall and have [...]