South India
14-year-old inventor from Tamil Nadu in the running to win £1 million prize
A 14-year-old inventor from Tamil Nadu is in the running to win £1 million as a finalist in “The Earthshot Prize”, an global environmental initiative launched by Prince William. Vinisha Umashankar of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, proves you are never too young to help the environment through innovation. Aged just 14, her solar-powered ironing cart is […]
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Bridgerton’s Sharma sisters played by British Tamil actresses – Simone Ashley & Charithra Chandran
Here’s the first image to be released of the Sharma sisters from Season 2 of Bridgerton – played by British Tamil actresses Simone Ashley (Kate Sharma) and Charithra Chandran (Edwina Sharma). Based on Julia Quinn’s novels, Bridgerton is a romantic drama set during the Regency era in England. It follows eight close-knit siblings of the […]
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A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam is long listed for the Booker Prize
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam is long listed for the Booker Prize. The Booker Prize for Fiction is open to works by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. Anuk Arudpragasam is a Sri Lankan Tamil novelist who writes in English and Tamil. He was born in […]
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Netflix India releases music video ‘Namma stories’ to break into southern India
Global streaming platform Netflix team up with leading South Indian independent artists to release “South Anthem – Namma Stories”, a song dedicated to India’s southern states. The music video features Arivu, SIRI, Hanumankind and NJ, rapping in their mother tongues about their pride, the richness of their culture, passion, and shared love for film. The […]
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Free Forever by Tamil Nadu based singer & producer MK Muziq
Tamil Nadu based MK Muziq is gearing up for the release of his debut independent Ep, a mix of 6 English & Tamil songs. Hailing from Tirunelveli in southern Tamil Nadu and raised in Abu Dhabi, Muthu Kumar aka MK Muziq started making music in 2018. Speaking to Thamarai, the professional sound engineer said ‘since […]
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