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News from the UK & International Tamil Community

Making the rounds on social media is a video of Chinese women speaking in Tamil for China’s state run Tamil station. For the Tamil community who are unified by the language and rich ancient culture, an immense nation such as China embracing the language is a source of pride. With humble beginnings in the civil […]

Tamil cinema’s Kamal Haasan was conferred today in France with the ‘Henri Langlois award’ for his contribution to Indian cinema. Henri Langlois is remembered as an influential figure in cinema. He was a film archivist and considered to be the pioneer of film preservation. “Received the Henri Langloise award in Paris. Wish Ananthu sir my […]

It looks like A R Rahman will do his first full ‪#‎Tamil‬ concert outside of India after a very long time! Following the success of the ‘Nenje Ezhu’ concerts in Tamil Nadu in early 2016, A R Rahman has agreed to a Tamil concert in Malaysia, home to over 2 million Tamil speakers of Indian […]

Disney have made progressive moves into Indian cinema with locally produced big budget films over the past few years. Isn’t it about time their portfolio included characters which represented the true India, in particular the south? Introducing Prince Ajay & Princess Renuka, the creations of Thusyanthe Srisachiananthadasan, a Germany based sketch artist who at the […]

Popular South Indian singer P Susheela, with hits in Telugu & Tamils sets a Guinness World Record for the most studio recordings – singles and albums combined! She has recorded a staggering 17,695 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in over 6 Indian languages since the 1960s! Indian news agency’s are claiming the actual number […]

Poonam & Priyanka Shah are two dancers from North America who took the Internet by storm with their dance videos. Their choreography sets them apart and its wonderful to see their talents being recognised in India. Check out this recent television advert shot in South India for Tanjara Filter Coffee.

This poem by london based writer and poet Indrani Balaratnam sums up the emotions felt by many in the Tamil diaspora upon being able to view their villages & homes for the very first time after three decades of conflict. Thanks to the introduction of Google Street View in Sri Lanka, accessing streets in the […]

Toronto based Tamil talent Shan Vincent De Paul premieres ‘Die Iconic’ video, getting hip hop lovers ready for the release of his debut album Saviors. The entire video seems to have been shot in one take without the artiste blinking once! “The song was written and filmed the day after my daughter was born. In […]

Today we feature a popular Malaysian Indian who continues to evolve and over the years has accumulated hit records in English & Malay. If you have time check out our favorites, All this, Hey Waley & Walk this way which have a distinctive old skool rnb flava. The artist has also experimented with Tamil, releasing a […]

Popularly known as Appam in Sri Lanka , South India and amongst the Tamil diaspora, the lighter way to eat curry will be on the lips of Londoners! Ex Ducksoup chef Emily Dobbs launched Weligama earlier this year. Since then, the pop-up has been gifting London with a whole new street food experience. Inspired by […]