High-Tea by ‘Sakhi’ women’s group

Sakhi’ is a social wing of Bharatiya Mandir for the women and by the women. As many of you may be aware that Bharatiya Mandir, the oldest and first purpose-built temple in New Zealand runs many activities for different age groups including children, youngsters, elderly people, and women.

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“In our Indian culture few things are very highly respected all over the world and music is one of them” says Basant Madhur, founder of Sargam School of Indian Music

“We need the support guys, so do come support us and enjoy the music of the world. You will see how Indian music will be in every collaboration and how it mixes with other music thereby beautifying it. In our Indian culture few things are very highly respected all over the world and music is one of them, just like Yoga, meditation, etc. You will experience the magic happening live right in front of your eyes.” concludes Basant Madhur

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Immigration Issues

I want to congratulate you on becoming the Immigration Minister, one of the most deserving MP to do so as you represent one of the most diverse electorates of New Zealand, putting you in a position of truly understanding the issues and hardships faced by migrants.

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Diaspora community rallies together for outgoing High Commissioner

H.E. Muktesh Pardeshi addressed the gathering before the meet and greet and said he is happy to be leaving his office on a high note. There have been many accomplishments of his tenure for which the diaspora community can feel proud of, mainly being the successful completion of the new Chancery building that stands tall in the parliamentary precinct in Wellington.

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Muskaan Care Trust receives accolades for outstanding work

During COVID pandemic, New Zealand was put under rigorous alert systems; Team Muskaan proactively mobilised resources within the communities and partner organisations to share information about COVID-19 in diverse languages. This was executed through partnership with community-led vaccination clinics across Auckland and other ethnic media channels. Activated volunteers provided peer and telehealth support to address the concerns of people who were vaccine hesitant.

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Our Government’s plan puts people first

It’s been a busy year, and I’m proud of the progress our Government has continued to make on the long-standing issues facing New Zealand – from housing, to climate change, inequality, and more. We’ve also stepped up to meet new challenges head-on, and, as a result, the fundamentals of our economy are strong.

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How COVID-19 is different from other past crises

All the above fears resulted in panic and shortages of essential commodities at supermarkets and panic buying related to several items (such as toilet papers, groceries, and tinned food products). There was a fear of a disruption to supplies and shortages of the essential commodities; people started buying in bulk to save themselves from experiencing shortages of.

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Bollysphere Auckland launch at Vouge lounge - a packed house affair

The Vogue Lounge at Quay Street at Auckland CBD was lit on Saturday, June 18th night as it was the launch party of Bollysphere. With more than 400 people in attendance, the vibe was very energetic and everyone at the party was in a mood to groove to the tunes after long covid lockdowns.

With DJ Rakshanda and DJ Kaz playing the best Bollywood music in town, the Queen Wharf was dominant with desi music in the downtown.

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International Yoga Day celebrations in New Zealand

World Yoga Day entered 7th year of its being this year since it first started in 2015, following its inception at the United Nations General Assembly in 2014. Yoga as we all know, is a physical, mental, and spiritual practice that has its roots in ancient India. India’s current visionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed this during his speech at the United Nations on 27th September,2014 to celebrate and practice Yoga worldwide, for the benefit of mankind.

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Bollysphere Auckland launch

There is something for everyone and the party debuts on 18th of June at Vogue Lounge, Quay Street. There will be having Les Follies entertainment company joining them to entertain the guest for the night accompanied by two Djs namely DJ Kaz, who is already a very renowned DJ in Auckland and DJ Rakshanda, all the way from Hamilton, who is relatively new in the country but a huge name back in India.

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The longing to become one

If you look at this physical urge that you refer to as sexuality, you will see, the urge is to become one with something. It is not just about doing this or that. Somewhere, there is a longing in you that being yourself is not sufficient. You want to include another person as a part of yourself. So, sexuality is just a longing to become one with something more than that which you call as yourself – the basic longing is just to seek oneness.

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