Sri Lanka
The heart is where the battle is: a celebration of Sivanandan’s legacy
Institute of Race Relations celebrates the life and work of Ambalavaner Sivananda, one of the most important and influential black anti-racist thinker-activists in the UK. Bringing together tributes, remembrances, music, discussion, poetry and film, we will trace his political legacy in the UK and internationally. His concerns, with what racism does, what imperialism does, what […]
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Vithya’s Story – BEING BROWN with Reuben Christian (Episode 01)
In our first episode of Being Brown, comedian Reuben Christian headed down to Pam Ban Cafe in Camden to sip a chai latte with the talented Vithya to discuss her journey from Leaving Germany at 14 to becoming one of the most sought after specialists within a £1.7 billion UK asian beauty industry. Check out […]
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Meet Seven inspirational British Tamil Female Entrepreneurs at #WhatsHerStory
This year’s International Women’s Day will be given a Tamil twist at the London edition of #WhatsHerStory presented by British Tamil Entrepreneurs and supported by Thamarai.com. After the success of the first-ever #WhatsHerStory in Toronto in association with TamilCulture, the event’s founder Koby Yogeratnam hosts 7 Tamil Female Entrepreneurs from various industries during a panel […]
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The Jaffna Festival 2018 hosted by Cinnamon Grand Colombo
Guests were warmly greeted with a traditional Tamil welcome as they entered the 2018 Jaffna Festival hosted by Cinnamon Grand Colombo. Last year’s event attracted 4000 diners and received wonderful reviews. This year the festival ran for 10 days between the 15th & 25th February, showcasing the diversity of Jaffna’s indigenous cuisine, art & music. […]
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Vaadi music video by British Tamil artist ARJUN crosses 1 million mark
British Tamil artist Arjun Coomaraswamy recently dropped the music video to ‘Vaadi’ and within a week it has crossed the 1 million view mark. Taken from Closer to home, the highly anticipated 10 track debut album by Arjun is being released through his music label ‘Island Records’ on the 2nd March 2018. Island is home […]
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