Rabindranath Tagore – Bust Garlanding Ceremony

Vice-Chancellor Professor Steven Schwartz and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor John Simons, invite you to a special garlanding ceremony for the newly installed bust of Rabindranath Tagore. Monday 12 December 2011 11am – 12.30pm Building W6A, Outdoor Courtyard, Macquarie University, NSW 2109 Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941) was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region’s...

Discounted Tickets to Parramasala 2011

      BANSW is able to offer to its members discounted tickets for 3 of the events in Parramasala. To avail the 15% discount call Riverside Theatres box Office on 8839 3399 and mention the code word ‘DIWALI’. The three shows are: Devi in Absolution (Mavin Khoo and O S Arun) – $38 (normally $45) 8pm, Tuesday 1 November, Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. One show only. Sharira (The...

BANSW Saraswati Puja 2012

Dates: 28 January 2012  Venue: Concord High School, 3 Stanley Street, Concord Every year between the months of January/February, Basant Panchami heralds the beginning of spring. As the sun makes it’s northerly ascent and nature awakens to a spectacular dance of regeneration, the pure and new dawn expresses the beauty, grace and magnitude of the great Prakriti as Goddess Saraswati. This Shakti, this...

BANSW Bijoya Celebrations

This year we have decided to re-introduce the Bijoya Dashami celebrations that were such a grand success  a few years ago. For the purpose of this event thats exclusive to the members of BANSW we have hired a community hall and a wonderful evening of entertainment and traditional bijoya festivities are being organised. Be sure to mark this date in your diary and be there with your family to support the...