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Today Canada’s Tamil community mourn the passing of a hero. In 1986 Shipping boat Captain Augustus Dalton saved 155 Tamil refugees stranded at sea. After 13 days on a cargo ship, the refugees were abandoned in two lifeboats in the Atlantic Ocean. Without food or water they remained on the lifeboats for a further three […]

Aziz Ansari accepts the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The popular American comedian, co-creator & star of “Master of None”, whose parents emigrated from Tamil Nadu in Southern India, became the first actor of Asian descent to win […]

It pays to take public transportation. Not only is it good for the environment, but it could improve your job prospects, as it did for Jeenu Mahadevan, who was discovered on a bus in Oslo by a designer and signed thereafter to a modeling agency. The 19-year-old scored some great assignments his first season out; […]

One of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world, Tamil is spoken by over 70 million native speakers within the Indian subcontinent and across the globe. Tamil is an official language in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Sri Lanka, and Singapore, and is also prevalent in Malaysia. Microsoft are excited to announce that Microsoft Translator now supports […]

Is Padman based on the achievements of Arunachalam Muruganantham from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu? A social entrepreneur who went to extraordinary lengths to invent low-cost sanitary napkins for women in rural India? It seems that the life of Arunachalam has been romanticised & immortalised in the upcoming Bollywood film “Padman” by Tamil Nadu born Bollywood […]

This huge gathering of sperm whales was captured off Sri Lanka’s northeast coast by Tony Wu (US). A specialist in photographing sperm whales, the image titled “The giant gathering” was the “Behaviour: Mammals” category winner at this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) competition. Very rarely have such scenes been witnessed by cameras. The […]

ARYA Canada Inc hosted two, packed, back to back Ar Rahman concerts at the Powerade Centre on Friday & Saturday evening. Timed to coincide with the Diwali / Deepavali celebrations, the high energy concerts featured state of the art audio visual production that set the stage for the talented lineup of AR Rahman’s top singers […]

Top names in the Tamil independent entertainment scene have teamed up for the long awaited music and dance video to BENDU. The project has been led by London based dancer, choreographer and popular youtuber, Jeya Raveendran, who has built a strong international following promoting South Indian street dance through his dance classes, workshops and youtube […]

Southern Hospitality, the popular Asian music event is back after a short break with an exciting new talent to showcase. Past events have featured popular British Asian artists including Abi Sampa & Joseph Apostlol from BBC’s Voice, Universal Music / Island record’s latest signing Arjun and South Indian dance crew “Gaana Rajas.” Performing on the […]

Official video for the original single “Diamonds” by Tamil music icons Vidya Vox & Arjun, from Vidya’s upcoming Kuthu Fire EP. Produced by Shankar Tucker, Diamonds is the second single from the upcoming EP. The multitalented Shankar has also directed the music video which was shot in California.