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Four Tamil women in the British limelight this week!
Joining the likes of George Alagiah, Tim Kash, Romesh Ranganthan & Maya Arulpragasam are four Tamil women who are in the British limelight this week. Do you know who they are? If you haven’t heard their names already, you will know after this article and most certainly by the end of the month. They star in three separate, blockbuster […]
READ MOREJeya Raveendran’s Tamil Dance Workshop at the JAFFNA FOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL 2016
We are delighted to have the Jeya Raveendran Dance Academy host their energetic & fun Dance Workshop at the Jaffna Food & Music Festival 2016 on Saturday 6th August presented by Ruby’s Catering & Thamarai. Jeya Raveendran is a versatile dancer & choreographer known predominantly for his South Indian Gaana style. He gained international recognition leading […]
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Meet Tamil Skateboarder Kamali Moorthy
In late June American Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk posted a picture of a young skater from India to his 6 million plus fans on social media! The internet went crazy to track her down and the credit goes to Buzzfeed! She is six-year-old Kamali Moorthy from the coastal town of Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. The photographer, Jamie Thomas, is also a […]
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A New Shade of Blue: Mas Subramanian’s Accidental Discovery
The color you see below is no ordinary hue. It’s one of the world’s newest — and perhaps most vivid — shades of blue. It also happens to be the result of a brilliant mistake. A team of chemists discovered YInMn blue during a chemistry experiment at Oregon State University in 2009. “It was serendipity, […]
READ MOREThe Digital Diaspora: Singapore’s Tamil Digital Heritage Collection – A Conversation With Arun Mahizhnan
In commemoration of Singapore’s 50 years of independence, the Tamil Digital Heritage Collection was launched on August 22, 2015. The unprecedented ground-up initiative successfully digitized 350 Tamil literary works of Singapore, including novels to poems and short stories that were published from 1965 to 2015. The Collection can be accessed at http://www.singaporetamil.sg/ Tamil Writers’ Association […]
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