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The latest track by Priya Ragu, the Swizz Tamil artist, will have you up on your feat dancing! Adalam Va, translated from Tamil to English mean come lets dance! The song was released ahead of her upcoming Europe tour. Priya is performing on Thursday 13th October at Brixton Electric London along with a special guest, […]

London based music producer Charles Bosco, has become an overnight sensation with a string of back to back refixes, released as Instagram reels. We are excited to learn that Charles has recently signed a deal with Sony Music to collaborate on their new releases. Even if not directly, we are sure everyone who browses Instagram […]

The video ‘Manase’, by vocalist and actor Dhruv Vikram has just hit YouTube, and it has already completed more than 200k views… and why not? Non-cinematic Tamil music’s success has to be attributed to how the rustic emotions conveyed in the song, can be enjoyed by everyone. The lyrics of the songs are penned to […]

21 year old Akshaya Kalaiyalahan is a British Chess player, who in 2013 (at 12-years-old)and 2015 won the women’s British Chess Championship. The final year law student at Oxford University is heading to Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to represent England (as a member of the women’s team) in the 44th Chess Olympiad against some of best […]

Tamil Londoner Nila Varman, a 21 year old MSc student at King’s College London, has picked up the prestigious Diana Award for online activism and award-winning radio show, The Nila Extract, where she showcases stories of underrepresented communities, including the Tamil community. Despite being a full-time student with a part-time job, Nila pours hours every […]

2022 is proving to be an exciting year for British-Tamil chef, author and food entrepreneur Cynthia Shanmugalingam, who is the founder of Rambutan. Cynthia grew up in Coventry in the UK, visiting Sri Lanka every childhood holiday and eating dishes adapted by her mother and grandmother at home. She has run pop-ups and street food […]

Performed in English, Tamil and Sinhalese, ‘Counting and Cracking’, an award winning play by renowned Australian Tamil theatre director and filmmaker S. Shakthidharan, comes to the UK this summer. “Powerful epic of love and war, exile and reconciliation” The Australian “Truly groundbreaking and magnificent theatre” Stage Whispers “Contender for the best play of the year. […]

British Tamil singer and musician Ashnaa Sasikaran, well known on social media for her viral musical renditions, has embarked on her next creative journey. Ashnaa joins the cast of ‘Tale Of Orpheus & Eurydice’, inspired by the timeless tale of the two star-crossed lovers. The show is a joyful 45-minute exploration of love, music, and […]

London based Sairuban, known popularly across the Tamil hip hop world as MC SAI has announced further news of his new album. It’s been six years since his last album, and there’s huge anticipation building for the upcoming project. Titled Maaru (Tamil word for change), the album features current music trends with an all new […]

A 14-year-old Tamil girl has won the 94th Scripps National Spelling Bee held in Maryland, America, on Thursday night. Harini Logan from San Antonio, Texas, receives the trophy and a check for $50,000. Harini went head-to-head with Vikram Raju, 12, in the first ever spell-off, a format that tested the contestants on how many words […]