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Congratulations to all the newly elected mayors and deputy mayors, from the British Tamil Community. Councillor Nagus Narenthira is the newly elected Deputy Mayor of the London Borough of Barnet. “I am glad to serve as the Labour Deputy Mayor for Barnet with Worshipful Mayor Cllr. Alison Moore. We will do everything we can to […]

Not too long ago, we were glued to our televisions to watch British Tamil actresses Simone Ashley and Charithra Chandran, in the highly anticipated second series of Bridgerton. It’s now time for the boys! Congratulations to Kieran Logendra, an exceptionally gifted young performer from London, who stars in ‘Avoidance’, in the lead role as ‘Spencer’, […]

YAALL Fest, maajja’s online global festival, is scheduled to be premiered on YouTube and on popular music channel Vijay Music over April 14 and 15. maajja is the brainchild of a trio of Canadian Tamil entrepreneurs – Noel Kirthiraj, Sen Sachi and Prasana Balachandran – along with Rahman. The global platform for South Asian artists […]

Anjali Kantharuban is a first-generation American of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage. She has been awarded the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which fully funds graduate study in the UK at the University of Cambridge. Anjali, who studies Computer Science and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, grew up in the Bay Area and has never […]

Puriyaathaa, is an independent Tamil song about love and perseverance, from Canadian singer Nilani, and music producer-cum-singer Yanchan. Vocals: Nilani, Yanchan Music Production & Mixing: Yanchan Produced Lyrics: Tha Mystro Mastering: Gurjit Thind

It’s not difficult to see that football, the nation’s beloved game, lacks Asian representation on all levels. A fact acknowledged by the FA. In the 2019/20 season, only eight out of about 4,000 English professional footballers who played in the top four divisions were British Asian. 12-year-old Sathi Balaguru, British and of Sri Lankan Tamil […]

It looks like Independent Tamil artist Dhee (Enjoy Enjaami and Rowdy Baby fame) and Kollywood music producer Santhosh Narayanan are making the most of their time in London. Aswell as setting up a studio in London (Docklands) for their upcoming music productions, the pair have been spotted networking with UK based Tamil independent artists at […]

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 […]

Led by the spellbinding voice of British Tamil artist Abi Sampa, the ‘Orchestral Qawwali Project’ featuring Abi, composer Rushil Rajan and tabla maestro Amrit Singh, received a standing ovation on Friday 28th January 2022 at Celtic Connections in Glasgow – an annual music festival featuring artists from around the globe alongside the best Scottish talent. […]

It requires quite a lot of skill to take a cult classic from the 1990s and render it without losing the essence, while at the same time, giving the song a very modern twist! This is precisely what British Tamil singer and music producer Inno Genga has done with his latest release Anbae. Assisted by […]