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News from the UK & International Tamil Community

January is Tamil Heritage Month in London, as recognised and announced by the London Assembly – acknowledging the tremendous contributions that Tamils make to British society, particularly the vital role the Tamil community has played in helping the UK tackle covid-19. It is also an opportunity for Londoners to celebrate the richness of Tamil culture, […]

Kings of Gaana is an inter-university Tamil dance competition, and this year’s edition is all set to happen on December 11, 2022 at the iconic Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London The popular charity show hosted by the Tamil society at Kings College london, is donating the proceeds from the show to the Tamil Diaspora Alliance. […]

British Tamil Subaskaran Allirajah, the founder of London based Lyca mobile and Chennai based Lyca Productions has a lot to celebrate. His latest film “Ponniyin Selvan” is breaking box office records. Within a few months of its release, the film has become the second highest grossing Tamil film in history. At Last week’s PS-1 success […]

Copper Ceylon, an opulent restaurant and cocktail bar in Bromley, founded by British Tamil couple Haran & Dion Thuriarajah, hosted a fundraiser for three charities working against the odds in Sri Lanka. Haran who travels to Sri Lanka frequently for various charity projects, contacted friends to support. “I am currently in Srilanka and have spoken […]

Sunthar V stands proud at the entrance of “Up the Creek” in London, the location for The Tamil Comedy Club’s first anniversary show. The Canadian Tamil comedian and presenter conceived the idea of the pioneering monthly open-mic style comedy club during the pandemic, the first of its kind showcasing new Tamil talents in the London […]

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 […]

From 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, […]

It has finally been announced! Anirudh will perform his second date in Europe this December. He will be in London on Friday 2nd December 2022 for his sellout show at OVO Arena Wembley. He will then perform in Paris on Sunday 4th December at the 20,000 capacity Accor Arena. Tickets for the “Once Upon A […]

It’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, […]

Passionate about Bharatanatyam, London based Chiinthu Sarvananthan has taken on the mammoth task of breaking the stigma around dancing as an adult. We caught up with Chiinthu – a Bharatanayam dancer, choreographer, and by day, a data protection lawyer – for a quick chat about her upcoming show Annam, that takes place this Saturday (5th […]