Sri Lanka
American Tamil attorney awarded $625,000 MacArthur Genius Grant
A Los Angeles based attorney of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage was selected and awarded the MacArthur “genius grant”, which comes with a no-strings-attached $625,000 stipend. The foundation identifies people doing groundbreaking good deeds, studies them from afar, then calls with the good news. For Ahilan Arulanantham defending the rights of people fleeing violence became his […]
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ARJUN signs with Island Records UK
The hard work is paying off. British singer, songwriter, musician and producer Arjun Coomaraswamy has signed his first UK deal with a major mainstream record label. He announced the wonderful news on facebook whilst on his Australasia tour. The deal with Island Records UK, a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), was inked recently at the London headquarters. Arjun will join Island […]
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British vocalist Rachael Rajan reworks Tamil hit Sirikkadhey by Anirudh
Rachael Rajan drops her first English-Tamil fusion song. The British Tamil singer, songwriter & pianist has reworked the recent hit Sirikkadhey from the Kollywood film Remo. Whilst this is an unofficial version, the music video has been supported by Sony Music south with a tweet to their followers. The original song was produced by popular South Indian […]
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Mastermind’s En Anbe: The male response to Tamil music’s global hit Inni Vendham
Its been a busy year for Desmond Raj also known as DJ Mastermind from Malaysia. Aswell as managing a successful construction company out of Kuala Lumpur, the civil engineer cum international DJ returns regularly to his studio, Prodigy Lab, in his hometown Klang to teach budding deejays the art of mixing & turntabilism. In-between all this […]
READ MOREOtthulaippu presents Super Singer’s Priyanka & Shravan
Otthulaippu proudly presents a Grand Cine Musical Show by Super Singers Priyanka & Shravan from Chennai alongside UK’s versatile Tamil music group Rainbow. The show will also feature talented local artistes who will join the Super Singers for a few songs. Otthulaippu is raising funds towards programmes to empower students, teachers and women in Sri […]
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