UK and Europe
Motta Maadi Music 2024 – Tamil Sing-along concert in London
Bluefeather Events is proud to bring back the sensational ‘Motta Maadi Music’ to the UK Started by Chennai based sound engineer and musician Badhri Narayanan and his bandmates, Motta Maadi Music began as a jam session that was open to all on a rooftop and has now been transported to packed auditoriums. The unique feature […]
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Uma Kumaran, London’s first-ever Tamil Member of Parliament
In a landslide victory for the Labour Party, Uma Kumaran has been elected as the Member of Parliament for Stratford and Bow, following the General Election which took place on Thursday 4 July 2024. The British Tamil, who is of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage, is the first Tamil parliamentarian in London. Born in East London, […]
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Tamil Weddings are in Vogue!
A Tamil Hindu wedding has been featured on British Vogue, a long running fashion publication. Jana Nandakumar and his wife Gaya tied the knot last year in the UK, in a fairytale traditional wedding observing Tamil Sri Lankan customs, attended by five hundred friends and family from around the world. Jana and Gaya, both from […]
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Refugee Week: From homeless to opening a Sri Lankan cafe in Camden
From being homeless on the streets of London, a Sri Lankan Tamil chef has turned his life around with the immeasurable help from UK’s refugee charities. Before becoming a trained chef, Sivakolundu Yogeswaran arrived to the UK in 2008, where he received no help from the government and British Tamil community. Struggling to make a […]
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British Tamil Qawwali vocalist Abi Sampa headlines Royal Albert Hall
The Orchestral Qawwali Project founded by British Tamil vocalist Abi Sampa, and composer husband Rushil Rajan, performed to 5,000 Sufi music lovers at London’s Royal Albert Hall on the 27th May. Reframing traditional and well known qawwali compositions at a scale never seen before, the special one-off show with the National Youth Chamber Choir, London Voices and […]
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