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Abarna Kugathasan is a Tamil fashion designer, crafting a heavenly fairytale around culture and identity. By drawing inspiration from her family history and childhood memories, she creates a paradisaical artificial world showcasing her draped statuesque designs. The artistry of dressmaking already ran in the family, as her mother is a trained tailoress and has mastered […]

It’s exciting times for British Tamil actor and independent artist Teejay Arunasalam, who is currently in Chennai starring in a string of Kollywood productions. Following the success of Asuran, a Tamil language film in which he starred alongside Kollywood’s Dhanush, Teejay is back on our screens. In January, Amazon prime released their second edition of […]

On Saturday, 22nd January, the London borough of Kingston Upon Thames and various Tamil community organisations unveiled a signboard to its twin city, Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The twinning with Jaffna celebrates the large local Tamil community and recognises the important roles they play in the borough. Erected near the Kingston boundary along Burlington […]

A Tamil couple from the UK has presented their product on the latest series of BBC’s Dragons’ Den. Nakkeeran and Yegavaani, are the founders of Neitiv, a company specialising in premium beer made from coconut flower, and geared towards women. Their pitch aired on BBC 1 in mid-January and is available to view now, online, […]

20-year-old Tamil kick-boxer Indukadevi Ganesh from rural Puthiyangar, Mullaitivu district, in northern Sri Lanka has won a gold medal in an international competition. She competed yesterday in Lahore, Pakistan, against other female fighters in the under 25s, 50-55kg category. Attracted to sports, specifically kickboxing, she found a suitable and skillful trainer at school in 2017. […]