HYDERABAD: The Indian diaspora in Australia unveiled a bust of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao at Strathfield in Sydney on Saturday, as part of Rao’s birth centenary celebrations.
Narasimha Rao’s daughter Vani Devi and Mahesh Bigala, a member of the PVNR centenary celebrations committee, Strathfield mayor Mathew Blackmore and councillor Sandhya Reddy attended the programme.
The three-foot high bust, sculpted by Prasad, was installed on a four-foot high pedestal at Homebush Centre Park in Strathfield.
“My father and the policies introduced by him during his governance played a crucial role in the development of the country,” Vani Devi said at the function organised at the Strathfield town hall.
“The statue of PV is only the second statue of an Indian in Australia, after Mahatma Gandhi,” Mahesh Bigala said.
The PVNR centenary celebrations committee had decided to organise events in different countries. Programmes were already held at some places with small gatherings. As Indians comprise 16% of Strathfield’s population of which the majority are Telugus, the event has seen a large gathering in Strathfield.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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