British Tamil artist Christopher Kulendran Thomas has a new exhibition in London (Institute of Contemporary Arts) and Berlin, which opened in October and runs till January 2023. Christopher Kulendran Thomas: Another World explores an alternative approach to technology through the prism of the defeated revolutionary struggle for an independent Tamil homeland. Developed together with longtime […]
READ MOREFrom a flat in surrey, a British Tamil couple have quietly grown a $10 Billion crude oil empire. The Times recently reported on Winston (who goes by the name Sanjeev Kumar) and Arani Soosaipillai, who have avoided the public spotlight despite being one of the wealthiest couples in the UK. The couple, now both 49, […]
READ MOREIt’s been an eventful year for Australian Tamil S.Shakthidharan, the director and author behind the award winning play “Counting and Cracking”, which played Edinburgh Fringe and Birmingham Rec in August. The play which centred around the early days of Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict, with dialogue in Tamil, Sinhalese and English, infused with live Carnatic music, […]
READ MORE21 year old Akshaya Kalaiyalahan is a British Chess player, who in 2013 (at 12-years-old)and 2015 won the women’s British Chess Championship. The final year law student at Oxford University is heading to Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to represent England (as a member of the women’s team) in the 44th Chess Olympiad against some of best […]
READ MORETamil Londoner Nila Varman, a 21 year old MSc student at King’s College London, has picked up the prestigious Diana Award for online activism and award-winning radio show, The Nila Extract, where she showcases stories of underrepresented communities, including the Tamil community. Despite being a full-time student with a part-time job, Nila pours hours every […]
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