South India
Amma Canteen: Seven cents a meal in Tamil Nadu
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s “amma canteens”, which serve cheap meals to hundreds of thousands of people daily, have become immensely popular with the poor and the middle classes. The BBC’s Geeta Pandey samples the treats at a canteen in Chennai (Madras). It’s just a few minutes after noon on a hot summer […]
READ MOREKamal Haasan Screen Talk at the BFI London
Europe’s largest South Asian film festival returns on the 14th to the 24th July 2016 for its seventh edition in ten great cinemas across London. This year the organisers are also screening synchronously in two cinemas in Birmingham. In 2015 ‘London Indian Film Festival & the BFI London’ hosted a screen talk with Indian film maker Mani Ratnam. This year […]
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Project 12
Project 12 are a group of young British musicians from diverse musical backgrounds with a passion for composing and performing contemporary music. They have embarked on a journey together to channel their passion into live performances of songs and original compositions. A mix of self-taught and classically trained musicians, each pursuing Western Classical, Carnatic or […]
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Printhas Kathykesu
My name is Printhas Kathykesu. I am 26 years old, a BA graduate in Finance and have been working as an accountant for 5 years now at the International Company Nestle in Vevey, Switzerland. Whenever, I am not blogging, I am either playing football, reading books, shopping. As you can see my Instagram profile (prinskathyk). […]
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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