UK and Europe
Isai Plugged-in | Tamil music show with Devan & Dilukshan
Isai 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 […]
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Tamil Writers: Song of the Sun God by Shankari Chandran
Shankari 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 […]
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DJ Maga
US 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. […]
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Tamil female rappers M.I.A & Tommy Genisis team up for Mercedes-Benz Collective
Its 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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Keeping up with the Kandasamys: A South African film with a South Indian twist
Here at Thamarai we do our very best to cover all things South African with a Tamil connection. When it comes to films, we have featured period dramas including “White Gold“, a 2010 film about the struggles of indentured Indian labourers, and more recently, “Free State” staring the handsome Andrew Govender, who represented South Africa […]
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