Category Posts: Culture
Tamil couple host wedding in the metaverse
There are certain moments in history that make you stand spellbound! In the context of Harry Potter, they render you instantly “Stupefy’d”! One such event that happened in the state of Tamilnadu in India is… Well… A wedding! You may ask what is so great about a wedding, with one happening almost every day and […]
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Pongal In Westminster 2022
On Monday evening the Tamil community came together to celebrate Thai Pongal and mark the recently announced Tamil Heritage Month in London. “Pongal in Westminiser” was hosted by various Tamil community organisations in the UK. The event featured live cultural performances – including parai, carnatic and bharatanatyam, with speeches by prominent members of parliament and […]
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Ten Tamil artists featured in show celebrating Tamil Heritage Month in London
Tamil Artists of The Noble Sage Online Exhibition runs: 11 – 18 th January 2022 January 2022 has been appointed by the Mayor and the London Assembly as Tamil Heritage Month. As such, The Noble Sage, London’s gallery specialising in Tamil modern and contemporary art, will be holding an exhibition online from the 11 – […]
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Tamil Heritage Month events in London, UK
It’s official, The London Assembly has marked January as Tamil Heritage Month to celebrate the contributions of our Tamil community, originating from Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and elsewhere. In early December the London Assembly unanimously called on the Mayor of London and the London boroughs to ensure Tamil Heritage Month and celebrations […]
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A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam is long listed for the Booker Prize
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam is long listed for the Booker Prize. The Booker Prize for Fiction is open to works by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. Anuk Arudpragasam is a Sri Lankan Tamil novelist who writes in English and Tamil. He was born in […]
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