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The iconic Kothu Roti was given the spotlight in the heart of Toronto on Sunday 28th July at KothuFest 2018. Now in its third year, Kothufest is an independent food festival organised by members of the Tamil & Sri Lankan communities in Canada. Making the shift from Scarborough to downtown Toronto’s Yonge–Dundas Square, the organisers […]

In our first episode of Being Brown, comedian Reuben Christian headed down to Pam Ban Cafe in Camden to sip a chai latte with the talented Vithya to discuss her journey from Leaving Germany at 14 to becoming one of the most sought after specialists within a £1.7 billion UK asian beauty industry. Check out […]

This year’s International Women’s Day will be given a Tamil twist at the London edition of #WhatsHerStory presented by British Tamil Entrepreneurs and supported by Thamarai.com. After the success of the first-ever #WhatsHerStory in Toronto in association with TamilCulture, the event’s founder Koby Yogeratnam hosts 7 Tamil Female Entrepreneurs from various industries during a panel […]

Guests were warmly greeted with a traditional Tamil welcome as they entered the 2018 Jaffna Festival hosted by Cinnamon Grand Colombo. Last year’s event attracted 4000 diners and received wonderful reviews. This year the festival ran for 10 days between the 15th & 25th February, showcasing the diversity of Jaffna’s indigenous cuisine, art & music. […]

British Tamil artist Arjun Coomaraswamy recently dropped the music video to ‘Vaadi’ and within a week it has crossed the 1 million view mark. Taken from Closer to home, the highly anticipated 10 track debut album by Arjun is being released through his music label ‘Island Records’ on the 2nd March 2018. Island is home […]

London based Veechu have a new Tamil Street-food stall (serving dishes from Sri Lanka & South India) in Brick Lane, famous for its abundance of Bangladeshi restaurants, fashion & lifesyle markets. You can find them on Sundays at Upmarket in the Old Truman Brewery. Sunday Upmarket first opened its doors in September 2004, housing more […]

London based art collector Jana Manuelpillai has had a varied and colourful career in the arts and several world-renowned institutions. Born in Wembley and hailing from Sri Lanka, Jana is an art historian by trade with a BA in art history and English literature and a MA in the study of museums and galleries. He […]

I put the phone down to a loved one and breathe a sigh of relief. She’s gorgeous and intelligent, but most importantly understanding. ‘I have to be up early baby. Let me luv ya and leave ya.’ Disclaimer: This is not a post on love and loneliness.  She has had similar life experiences and is […]

Tamil Nadu born Gayatri Nair impressed Will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson and Tom Jones in Round 4 of The Voice UK Blind Auditions! The sixteen year-old singer & classical pianist from Peckham, South East London, performed Powerful, winning over three out of the four judges, and picking American singer Jennifer Hudson as her coach. So who is […]

Today Forbes published their “30 under 30” lists, one for Europe & another for North America, featuring 1200 young stars under 30-years-old from 20 industries. From art & culture to science & entrepreneurship, the annual lists for Europe & North America are decided by experts and overwhelmingly successful individuals. Here are the influential Tamils from […]