The Diaspora

The Diaspora

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The Diaspora episodes

  • Insights: Australia & India opportunities for now & future with Dr Jagvinder Virk - Chairman- India Australia Strategic Alliance (IASA)
    The Diaspora Podcast, the podcast that is the voice of Engaging leadership, enabling impact with dialogues for now & future. Continuing with the most important relationship in International Affairs today is that of India & Australia and it is through this podcast we are continuing to voice the issues that matter. A deep dive into strategic relations from public to policy of the two commonwealths.
    Delighted to have with us today a special guest, connecting you to Insights on Australia & India for now future with Dr Jagvinder Singh Virk, Chairman of India Australia Strategic Alliance and the linking connector to the historic amplifying India Australia Dosti.
    Joining me with his furry friend from his plush abode in Sydney, the humble down to earth Australian Indian talks on many matter beyond Politics, International Affairs with pearls of wisdom.
    Following Hon Tony Abbott's Visit last week to India, Dr Jagvinder Singh Virk the man behind the important connections & a friend of Special Envoy of Trade to India joins me today sharing all that it took to get it all so far, his insights on Australias COVID Coordination, what more needs to be done to bridge the gaps in myriad sectors, his own journey from a doc to a politico and businessman. Dr Virks commitment and sentiment for India & Australia is laudable, so lets take a listen now.
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    36 min
  • Connecting the dots with Sonia Sadiq Gandhi, Founder & Director - Gandhi Creations, IABCA & FOMA
    Sonia Sadiq Gandhi, Founder & Director of Gandhi Creations, who has forged an unparallelled entrepreneurship in the Events & Marketing sector and she has done this over years with poise, grace and often in high heels.
    With over 600 events under her belt, and the linkages to be proud of. SO, what does life & business in lockdown looks like for Sonia, the gospel she banks on for staying resilient and serving the NSW multicultural community as the Australia Day Ambassador and on the board of Multicultural NSW & other institutions.
    How Sonia and Gandhi Creations have had to innovate new ways of working, driving the self-reliance motto and all the excitement ahead with India Australia Business Community Awards, Fashions of Multicultural Australia and more. In this disruptive world as we are all finding way to rediscover, it has been delightful to have this yarn with Sonia who left India over 2 decades back, and has created a niche life for her with her young family. She joins me today, after helping her 90 year old neighbor clean the windows in the neighborhood. Sonia is here with me, so please lets welcome Sonia Sadiq Gandhi to the podcast.
    This episode is recorded in lockdown era in Australia. There is saying that goes success does not happen overnight, its when everyday you get better than before, it all adds up, but with my next guest this surely is at its best today, and I could not think of a more appropriate, more inspirational, more kick ass woman to be by my side as we talk about linkages, celebration of cultural connections, the soft silk routes to the hearts of diplomacy and an electrifying migrant journey that is now the force of diversity & inclusion.
    New episodes of In the Spirit of Spinning Yarns will be in your feed every fortnightly on a Wednesday.
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    24 min
  • Connecting the dots with Sonia Sadiq Gandhi, Founder & Director - Gandhi Creations, IABCA & FOMA
    Sonia Sadiq Gandhi, Founder & Director of Gandhi Creations, who has forged an unparallelled entrepreneurship in the Events & Marketing sector and she has done this over years with poise, grace and often in high heels.
    With over 600 events under her belt, and the linkages to be proud of. SO, what does life & business in lockdown looks like for Sonia, the gospel she banks on for staying resilient and serving the NSW multicultural community as the Australia Day Ambassador and on the board of Multicultural NSW & other institutions.
    How Sonia and Gandhi Creations have had to innovate new ways of working, driving the self-reliance motto and all the excitement ahead with India Australia Business Community Awards, Fashions of Multicultural Australia and more. In this disruptive world as we are all finding way to rediscover, it has been delightful to have this yarn with Sonia who left India over 2 decades back, and has created a niche life for her with her young family. She joins me today, after helping her 90 year old neighbor clean the windows in the neighborhood. Sonia is here with me, so please lets welcome Sonia Sadiq Gandhi to the podcast.
    This episode is recorded in lockdown era in Australia. There is saying that goes success does not happen overnight, its when everyday you get better than before, it all adds up, but with my next guest this surely is at its best today, and I could not think of a more appropriate, more inspirational, more kick ass woman to be by my side as we talk about linkages, celebration of cultural connections, the soft silk routes to the hearts of diplomacy and an electrifying migrant journey that is now the force of diversity & inclusion.
    New episodes of In the Spirit of Spinning Yarns will be in your feed every fortnightly on a Wednesday.
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    24 min
  • Australia's 2021 Queensland Great - Professor Ajay Rane OAM
    The legendary The Queensland Great - Professor Ajay Rane OAM, joins Akashika Mohla for a tete a tete like never before on his success story as the male Urogynecologist, who has served the women fraternity across the globe, with passion & responsibility. The Queensland Great shares the joyous, challenging, and inspirational details of his life beyond work, and also his commitment to women. He shares the exclusive life experiences including the death threats & adversity he has to face thru his profession. Menstruation, Santisation, Child Birth, rape, sexual assualt, Fitsula and the duty to women. We talk about the Charity work his father a nobel surgeon did, the lasting legacy he has in his genes through his Indian father & Portuguese mum and how he respects and thanks his Irish wife every minute for being by his side. And - he is a Yogi! Have a listen.
    38 min
  • The Queensland Great - Professor Ajay Rane OAM
    The legendary The Queensland Great - Professor Ajay Rane OAM, joins Akashika Mohla for a tete a tete like never before on his success story as the male Urogynecologist, who has served the women fraternity across the globe, with passion & responsibility. The Queensland Great shares the joyous, challenging, and inspirational details of his life beyond work, and also his commitment to women. He shares the exclusive life experiences including the death threats & adversity he has to face thru his profession. Menstruation, Santisation, Child Birth, rape, sexual assualt, Fitsula and the duty to women. We talk about the Charity work his father a nobel surgeon did, the lasting legacy he has in his genes through his Indian father & Portuguese mum and how he respects and thanks his Irish wife every minute for being by his side. And - he is a Yogi! Have a listen.
    35 min
  • A day in the diary of Barry from Australia in India
    nternational politics is a serious business. But, HE Barry O'Farrell AO , Australian envoy to India - High Commissioner of Australia in India, shares all things diplomacy, life, well being, priorities, the liaisons and diaspora in the COVID times, In this episode we are Spinning Yarns with HE Barry O'Farrell AO, have a listen into a Day in the life of Barry from 🇭🇲 in India. Unplugged & unfiltered, an organic full of positivism and all things India.
    39 min
  • Spilling the beans with Shika J.Lowe from United Kingdom
    Announcing - Spilling the beans with Shikha J. Lowe!
    The world is getting dangerously crowded by smart cards, smart phones, smart TVs and of course COVID19 - a time to bring on some real, fun, chirpy, chic conversations on life, womanhood, the UK Diaspora lifestyle and the unplugged conversations of two friends from UK to Australia, in COVID times, with both of them made in India.
    Elated to announce our NEW Co-Host, Shikha J. Lowe!
    Bringing diaspora journey and stories from UK to Australia, Shikha will be joining Akashika for a fun new Segment- Spilling the Beans!
    Catch Shikha & Akashika monthly with us on the Diaspora Podcast.
    30 min
  • The Australian resident in the grip of pandemic in India: Ravneet Pawha
    NEW episode:
    INDIA is not the only country in the world in this tsunami of pandemic and will not be the last. Right now more than anywhere in the world India acutely feels the storm of COVID19, in the grip of pandemic.
    Ravneet Pawha Dy. Vice President of Deakin University (tag both on FB and Insta) talks to Akashika on the coping & caring mechanisms as a two nations ambassador an Australian Resident and Australian Diaspora in India, the unique confrontation, the challenges, the dilemma - Ms Pawha shares her insights on impact, response, partisan bickering, accountability, progress and overcoming of this unprecedented pandemic.
    The controversial Australian Government jail mandate on Australians returning home from India, the cultural reckoning as a woman leadership and the Australian budget on Education sector are also discussed.
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    Narendra Modi Scott Morrison (ScoMo) Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India Deakin University, Australia Australia-India Council Australia India Business Council Ltd. India In Australia (High Commission Of India, Canberra) India in Australia (Consulate General of India, Sydney) India in Australia (Consulate General of India, Melbourne) India in Australia (Consulate General of India, Perth) Australia in India Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Alan Tudge MP Australian Consulate-General, Mumbai Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) FICCI FLO
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    50 min
  • The Diaspora: New Age on religion & spirituality
    Amid the extended pandemic and mayhem of Corona Virus, the world is in dire need of hope and optimism!
    Bhavik Kapadia of Gen Z, a lawyers at Supreme Court, HR Practitioner brings in a unique perspective.
    The New Age Diaspora is forging for peace. Tie to spiritualise politics, socialise business and end corruption?
    What is your perspective?
    Links below to listen on full episode.
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    We are also on Amazon Music & Deezer
    27 min
  • Le Rendezvous (an appointment) with H.E Karthik Subramanyan - Acting High Commissioner of India in Australia
    His Excellency Karthik Subramanyan is a career diplomat of India, currently, the acting High Commissioner and designate Dy, High Commissioner of India in Australia, and has recently been appointed High Commissioner of India in Fiji & six other Pacific Islands until he moves to the Western Pacific region.
    His Excellency Karthik Subramanyan joined the Indian foreign service in 2004 and is passionate about incredible India, he candourly talks of the opportunities he has as the real ambassador of the world's biggest democracy - The incredible India.
    And on this episode of The Diaspora makes two vital announcements.
    Akashika talks to HE Karthik Subramanyan on implications of isolationism and the growing political and international influence and ask about the vital matters of terrorism cyber security national security in our air water land across the Indian Ocean, the key factors sustaining India Australia deepening relations and the future.
    His Excellency Karthik Subramanyan also shares the key highlights of his time in Australia revering the rich experience in enhancing further the already natural friendship between the two Commonwealth nations, his thoughts on Australian politics and if in the upcoming federal election there is a swing what would be the changes in Australian foreign policy in the war against pandemic, that will remain important to India.
    He also shares the hard yards that went behind the historic Modi -Morrison comprehensive partnership and we talk about the Australian Investment potential in Education opportunities in India, the topic he would recommend to an Australian researcher in one of the universities who has a foreign policy issue assignment to submit to his vice chancellor, the diaspora, immigration, trade, and investments - the ingredients of the two-nation growth.
    He shares, what his views are the upcoming negotiations between India and Australia and the major announcements.
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    42 min

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