Tag Posts: British Tamil
12-year-old Tamil footballer ‘racially abused’ at London game
It’s not difficult to see that football, the nation’s beloved game, lacks Asian representation on all levels. A fact acknowledged by the FA. In the 2019/20 season, only eight out of about 4,000 English professional footballers who played in the top four divisions were British Asian. 12-year-old Sathi Balaguru, British and of Sri Lankan Tamil […]
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Standing Ovation at Celtic Connections 2022 for British Tamil Abi Sampa
Led by the spellbinding voice of British Tamil artist Abi Sampa, the ‘Orchestral Qawwali Project’ featuring Abi, composer Rushil Rajan and tabla maestro Amrit Singh, received a standing ovation on Friday 28th January 2022 at Celtic Connections in Glasgow – an annual music festival featuring artists from around the globe alongside the best Scottish talent. […]
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British Tamil singer and music producer Inno Genga releases Anbae
It requires quite a lot of skill to take a cult classic from the 1990s and render it without losing the essence, while at the same time, giving the song a very modern twist! This is precisely what British Tamil singer and music producer Inno Genga has done with his latest release Anbae. Assisted by […]
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Exciting times for British Tamil actor and singer Teejay Arunasalam
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 […]
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Jaffna twins with Kingston and 2022 Thai Pongal celebrations in Kingston, London
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 […]
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