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Tony Burke MP Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Australia Federal Member for Watson Email: [email protected] Website: www.tonyburke.com.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/burke.tony.mp Authorised by Tony Burke MP, Australian Labor Party, Shop 29/1 Broadway Punchbowl 2196 NSW October, 2018 www.DesiAustralia.com DOWNLOAD OUR APP 5 Advertisement ADVERTISEMENT Happy Deepavali From Luke Foley and your State MPs We wish you and your family a joyful Deepavali Luke Foley MP Leader of the Opposition, Member for Auburn Luke Foley MP Michael Daley MP Jodi McKay MP Sophie Cotsis MP Member for Auburn Member for Maroubra Member for Strathfield Member for Canterbury Guy Zangari MP Daniel Mookhey MLC Shaoquett Moselmane MLC Greg Warren MP Member for Fairfield Member of the Member of the Member for Campbelltown Legislative Council Legislative Council Courtney Houssos MLC Stephen Bali MP Edmond Atalla MP Member of the Member for Blacktown Member for Mount Druitt Legislative Council 6 DOWNLOAD OUR APP www.DesiAustralia.com October, 2018 Published by: Desi Media Group (Desi Australia Pty Ltd) Hello Everyone, We have entered the biggest Festive season of the Editor: Arti Banga South Asian communities and many celebrations are lined up in the coming weeks. Sales and Marketing: Dimple Deez Diwali is one of the biggest festival of the South Asian community and is celebrated across the Victoria Editor: Garima Dhawan world with National holiday in some countries. Queensland Editor: Priya Singh Whilst Diwali, in Australia does have the heat factor that makes it unique, it also has the factor of Arti Banga multiculturalism that makes it all the more special. Editor ACT Editor: Rajni Ghai Malhotra Every year, since 2014 the sails of the iconic Opera House lights up in celebration of the Diwali, it is the initiative of the NSW Govt. Western Australia Editor: Ankita Tandon Dig out your ethnic clothes and get ready to put on few kilos as no South Australia Editor: Daljeet Bakshi festivity is compete without mithai! October is also the Mental Health month and various workshops have Address: Desi Australia Pty Ltd been organised around Sydney to have open and transparent conversation PO Box 102, Casula, NSW 2170 with the community. 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CONTENTS 10 Cover Story DIWALI: One Festival ... 15 Comminuty News (Sydney) 10 Walk for Farmers ... 18 Travel Port and Starboard ... 20 Mag Corner 30 Understanding and managing ... 26 Technology The Bloody Long ... 28 Talent 41 Vidushi Bhagwanani ... 35 Community News (Adelaide) Presenting the Glorious ... 52 39 Ayurveda “Ayurveda at a ... 42 Communtiy News (Canberra) Albanese highlights huge ... 56 45 Arts and Culture Why Hindi Matters ... 50 Yoga YouGo with Rajni ... 59 54 Australia News Indian Roots bearing ... 60 Communtiy News (Sydney) First ever Ganesh ... Food Is Diwali ever complete without Mithai? occasion and are symbolic of a community connection Shirley Jacob in times of celebration. However, with the rise of a transient work force across iwali, the Hindu Festival the world are we beginning of Lights symbolizes the to lose touch with our “victory of light over darkness, traditional desserts? Can In the early 1990’s there were only two D Diwali ever becomplete without the good over evil, and knowledge over Indian Sweet shops in Sydney and people ignorance.” The mere thought of Diwali quintessential ‘Mithai’? travelled from far and wide to buy them. opens the floodgates to memories of Fast forward to 2018 and things have our visits to the various Mithai stores Whilst it is important to be rooted in changed dramatically, with the surge in back home, stacked, floor to ceiling, tradition, it would be our folly to overlook migrants from the Indian Sub-continent, alley to alley, with sweets of different global trends! As chocolates begin to eat there are numerous Indian shops selling shapes, colours and tastes like Jalebi, into what was once a Mithai domain. Mithai. The quality of raw ingredients, motichoor, malpua, peda, chamcham, India is the fastest growing consumer rigid quality control and strict food laddoos etc. These are loaded with ghee, of chocolates in the world and with the handling measures of the western world sugar, nuts and milk; suitable for any chocolate market share increasing, the have made the Mithai made locally very simple Mithai business is undergoing appealing to the Indian diaspora.The an exotic makeover. Designer Mithai future of Mithais looks more promising ‘Exotica’, sold by ChappanBhog of in the western countries where migrants Lucknow is a Mithai made of pine nuts try to cling to their traditions more that and 24 carat gold, packed in a treasure than their Indian counterparts. chest and costs nothing less than $600 a kg (Rs 30,000). Mithai wrapped in Mithais traditionally prepared and sold boxes that look like tablas, sitars and during festive times bring in lots of love other musical instruments are all taking and emotions when exchanged with the simple Mithai a notch higher to the your loved ones. They find their way into niche luxury consumers. “Amazeology,” almost every sphere of Indian society as an Australian based company has given it signifies good omen, happiness and the Mithai market another facelift with prosperity. For everything that is lost, 3D printing, photographs and graphic something is gained and I think in the designs on Mithai pieces. end it is up to us to look for that positive aspect in our old traditions in a new era. October, 2018 www.DesiAustralia.com DOWNLOAD OUR APP 9 Cover Story DIWALI: One Festival, Many Customs sparklers rather than the explosion of tired from cleaning, shop keepers and firecrackers. You’ll find perhaps a few staff will be run off their feet from Akshay Raj veggies on the BBQ and your fellow last minute purchases and children will neighbours perhaps more excited than be filled from laughter, the connection you are for their annual treat of Desi- with a tradition and culture that has he date is the 7th of the 11th, Khana (traditional food) as well as a been passed down for hundreds of 2018-A date that will have smorgasbord board of sweets and mittai years will always remain constant. Tvarious meanings for a number from across cultures that our ancestors of people who follow the Vedic could only have dreamt of. The date of Diwali or Deepawali traditions. Despite the common theme general falls on the darkest night in the of small business and entrepreneurship It is small anecdotes like this that make Hindu Lunar Calendar. The general amongst South Asians, this date is not the Diwali experience in Australia so theme of a spiritual “victory of light a joke about owning or working at unique. Whilst parents by this point are over darkness, good over evil and Convenience stores or Gas stations. It’s actually much more than that. It is recognised as an official public holiday in close to a dozen countries around .The importance of this date lifts the veil of darkness, ignorance and evil for close to a Billion people all over the world. Welcome to the brightest night in the year for our community. Welcome to Deepavali, the Festival of Lights. Whilst the majority of South Asian’s across the world celebrate this festival in the Northern Hemisphere, here in Australia our celebrations are a tad bit different. As the heat of the warmer months set in, you’ll often find our kids with chilled Kulfi’s rather than piping hot Jalebi’s and the soft glow of Bandi Chor Divas 10 DOWNLOAD OUR APP www.DesiAustralia.com October, 2018 Cover Story knowledge over ignorance” this is not deities Kali Ma and Lakshmi in the aboard the festival is more than a an occasion that is limited to devotees hope of receiving an abundance of celebration of Lord Rama coming of Lord Rama.