Prem Knows His Neighbours

Prem Dwivedi is a big supporter of the Know Your Neighbours campaign. He saw it in the recent Focus newsletter, delivered to his letterbox in Penfold Road Magill. “My wife Arti and I and our son Prakhar invited our neighbours over,” he says. “We decided to provide Indian as well as Australian food for the afternoon tea by keeping to the old philosophy that you can ‘reach to some one’s heart through their stomach’. My wife is an excellent cook also in addition to her profession.”

Prem is a scientist who has lived in Adelaide since 1995 with his wife and two children. He has lived in various councils but says his neighbours in the Burnside Council are the best. “I do not need to say that Burnside is full of multicultural residents,” Prem says. “I have said hello to several other residents in Magill and other parts of Burnside council but it was hard to fit everyone in our home and they can’t all be invited due to restrictions.”

He was very happy with the excellent outcome of this get together with neighbours. They started at 3 pm and followed social distancing due to pandemic issues.

“We may plan a Christmas get together in Penfold Park which is a two minute walk from our home,” he says. He hopes a Christmas get together can be done with extended neighbourhood residents.” He also wants to invite council officers who are involved in the Know Your Neighbours Campaign.

Pictured L - R: Prem with his wife Arti and neighbours Flo and Cameron and their children.