SOAS University’s South Asia Institute is proud to be hosting a day to commemorate the great Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar on Saturday 13th May 2017. An afternoon of lectures, readings and performances which will celebrate his work and influence on Tamil scholarship and culture. SOAS will also be marking the 21st Anniversary of the well-loved statue of […]
READ MOREIsai Plugged-in is an intimate music event hosted by BlueFeather Studios. A one of a kind music show giving the audience an essence and experience of original raw music from various independent musicians and renowned singer Devan Ekambaram, the upcoming young talent Dilukshan Jeyaratnam and hand-picked independent musicians from the UK. Thamarai readers will receive […]
READ MOREShankari Chandran was raised in Canberra, Australia. She spent a decade in London, working as a lawyer in the social justice field. She eventually returned home to Australia, where she now lives with her husband, four children and their cavoodle puppy, Benji. In January 2017, she published her first book with Perera-Hussein, Song of the […]
READ MOREUS based DJ Maga is part of Afro Soca Love, a collective that aims to further the connection between West Indian Carnival and African culture through the arts, community, creativity. Maga’s mother is from St. Lucia in the Caribbean, his father Tamil is from Sri Lanka in South Asia. He was raised between London, St. […]
READ MOREIts happened! Tamil female hip-hop artists M.I.A & Tommy Genisis have collaborated, unfortunately its not a track but a Mercedes-Benz advertising campaign for the new concept car! Mercedes-Benz announces the launch of #mbcollective-Chapter One presenting the new car Concept EQ, immortalized by the photographer, writer and Director Luke Gilford. Entitled Generation Now, Generation Next, the […]
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