Category: Lifestyle
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Frequent travellers get better deals on duty free
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If you travel regularly overseas you may have noticed that New Zealand offers some of the biggest duty free allowances in the world. The maximum allowance for spirits is 3 bottles up to 1125ml each and 6 bottles of wine to a maximum 4.5 litres. To get the best savings…
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Global Online Discount Coupons You Can Use Anywhere
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The Indian Diaspora has a global footprint. With a good background in education, Indians are doing well and one of the countries where they have made a mark for themselves is New Zealand. How do expat Indians in New Zealand stay in touch with the mother country and learn about what is…
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Legal: Why death penalty for rapists isn’t a good idea
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The Delhi gang rape has created a great upheaval and in a high list of reforms death penalty for rapists is being incessantly mooted. For that, a need for amendment in Indian Penal Code is being clamoured. Identical demand was also raised in case of terrorists recently. We are of…
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India,New Zealand to share agrotech knowlege
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Two major industry associations from India and New Zealand have signed an MoU to share knowledge and other resources. A delegation from  New Zealand National Fieldays Society is in India to sign the MoU with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays will be held 12-15 June 2013 at…
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Bal Thackeray – Secular farewell to ethnic leader
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“Don’t threaten me. Do as you wish. I am not afraid of anyone!†My editor was responding to a threat call as I entered the newspaper’s office. The threats by the Shiv Sena, a largely-local political party, to the editor of the local newspaper where I had just started freelancing,…
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NZ parliament celebrates Diwali
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Members of the Indian community from around New Zealand gathered at Parliament last night to celebrate the Diwali. The festival of lights will be celebrated around the world on 13 November this year. Ethnic Affairs Minister, Judith Collins, welcomed 250 guests, including the prime minister, John Key, community leaders and those…
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Why some people migrate, others don’t?
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Does your personality make you more likely to migrate? A new study is exploring how personality characteristics influence not only whether someone will migrate, but where they choose to go, says Aidan Tabor, PhD candidate from the School of Psychology at New Zealand’s Victoria University of Wellington. Aidan moved to New Zealand from…
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Walk in the park – walk of life
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I was up early – just by chance. I looked out of the window. The sun looked like a red dot on Indian woman’s forehead. Like bull’s eye. The silhouette outline of a local temple against the just-woken-up sun was a tempting site. I could see early life beginning to…
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Fiji gets ready to celebrate Diwali
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Fiji is offering a cultural experience as it is set to celebrate the annual Indian Diwali Festival of Lights from 19 October  to 12 November this year at RB Patel Jetpoint Martintar in Nadi. A highlight of the Festival will be the ornate light and candle decorations, Indian sweets and…
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Leprosy endemic returns in India
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Seven years after the disease was ‘eradicated’, leprosy has returned in India. The ‘poverty disease’ is redeveloping roots in India’s poor states – Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and most prominently, Bihar. India is home to more than half the world’s leprosy cases. While the number of cases this year, at 127,000, is…
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Volunteers sweat out for Auckland Diwali festival
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Nearly 120 volunteers applied to help Auckland celebrate Diwali this year; just 39 were selected. The oldest is 60 years old, the youngest only 16. Some of these volunteers will lend their experience gained from their volunteering work last year at the one of the world’s largest sporting events –…
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Book Review: March of The Aryans
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In his latest book – March of the Aryans – published by Penguin Books India, Bhagwan S. Gidwani takes us, again, back to the dawn of civilization (8000 BCE) to recreate the fascinating story of the Birth and Beginnings of Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma), with a thrilling account of how, in…
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How to stay healthy with busy lifestyle
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Too busy to work out? Too stressed to eat healthy? You can’t use those excuses any more to explain your poor health, bad eating habits and low energy levels. Let’s face it, if you are over-weight or even under-nourished, you will have less energy to deal with the hectic schedule…
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Tauranga plans first Hindu temple
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The plans to build first Hindu temple in New Zealand’s Tauranga have achieved it first milestone as the Hindu group behind the project has secured land. Sanatan Dharam Trust bought a 2150 square metre land in Tauranga for $400,000 to build what it calls Bay of Plenty’s first Hindu temple.…
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Virginity cream draws criticism in India
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A vaginal tightening cream is serving an unintended purpose in India – rekindling debate about sexuality in a society of contradiction. The oxymoron? The second-most populated country in the world puts social taboos on public discussion or display of sexual activities. So when a television commercial (watch video) openly talked…
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US airport hosts Indian deities
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Lord Ganesha and other deities are on display at an exhibition at San Francisco airport in the United States. The exhbition, which opened this month will be on display till February 2013 and features Hindu sculptures borrowed from the collections of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. These are profound expressions…
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Cathay starts Auckland-Hyderabad flights
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Hyderabadis living in New Zealand can now fly Cathay Pacific, from Auckland to Hyderabad. The airline  has announced it will start flying four times a week to the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh from 1 December. The flights will be via Hong Kong. There is a sizeable…
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Miracle Indian foods for weight loss
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Looking for Indian foods for weight loss? Here’s a list of 9 Indian foods for weight loss that will help you burn unwanted fat and get in shape for summer.  These tips are based on Ayurveda which contains  knowledge of Indian foods for weight loss based on ancient Indian practices.…
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How to discuss hate crime with children
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“I don’t want to go,” Simran said to her father (name changed). She had listened to her family talk about the tragic shooting at the gurudwara (Sikh temple) in Oak Creek in the United States and did not feel safe to visit the Sikh temple. She heard how an armed…
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Digital mat for Muslim prayers
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He wanted to make flying mats, but then decided to work was something that was more functional. UK-based designer Soner Ozenc did not have to look too far. A devout Muslim, he designed a prayer mat that lights up when placed facing Mecca. It’s a prayer mat with compass –…