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American president Obama has called him ‘a trailblazer who personifies the best of America’. If he is nominated and sworn in as the Supreme Court Justice, Srinivasan, known as ‘Sri’, will break new ground as the country’s first Indian American justice. Within hours of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death on Saturday, Sri Srinivasan’s name […]

For an upcoming feature on Nat Geo, American photographer Ami Vitale visited Sri Lanka. Here are a few behind the scenes images from her recent assignment which focuses heavily on the Tamil north and east of the island. The centre image was captured at the Tamil Hindu festival of Masi Magan in Point Pedro, Jaffna […]

A photo series featuring two ‪‎American‬ ‎Tamil‬ sisters has inspired a new social campaign celebrating dark skin ‪#‎unfairandlovely‬ In recent weeks, three students from the University of Texas, Austin, have launched a new campaign which has become a talking point on social media around the world. It was inspired by a project that Pax Jones, […]

Ellen makes some wholesome ‪‎South Indian‬ ‎Tamil‬ food ‘Thayir Sadam’ with Padma Lakshmi. Chennai born Tamilian Padma Lakshmi is a former American model, “Top Chef” host and cook book author. On the Ellen DeGenres Show, Padma spoke about her new memoir entitled “Love, Loss And What We Ate,” and managed to get the popular television […]

The stunning Palme d’Or winning film DHEEPAN will be releasing in UK cinemas on 8th April 2016. From Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain; the director and screenwriter team behind outstanding BAFTA winners Un Prophet and Rust & Bone, DHEEPAN is a topical, brutal and powerful portrayal of three ‪#‎Tamil‬ immigrants who illegally enter France in […]

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 […]