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Visiting Paris this Summer? Where do you go for the best Baguette in town? According to the latest headlines straight out of France, you have to visit Au Levain des Pyrénées boulangerie and baker Tharshan Selvarajah. Tharshan Selvarajah, a 37 year Tamil baker has won first place in the 30th annual “Grand Prix de la […]

A new era for British Tamil music has begun with the launch of Bosco Records, headed by London based music producer Charles Bosco. He has received investment from established industry leaders to back the venture. “Our mission is to provide a platform for South Asian talent in the UK music industry,” says Bosco Records founder […]

Celebrated Carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri is on the road to recovery after suffering an aneurysm in London. The 58-year-old singer was to perform two rare shows of Carnatic compositions and improvisations in England after 15 years. The first at London’s South Bank on the 18th March, followed by another at Liverpool’s Tung Auditorium on the […]

Perumal Murugan’s Pyre, a novel about caste based violence, becomes the first Tamil work to be longlisted for the prestigious International Booker prize. “Perumal Murugan is a great anatomist of power and, in particular, of the deep, deforming rot of caste hatred and violence,” the 2023 Booker judges said. It tells the story of a […]

At yesterday’s Oscars, South India was in the spotlight. A Tamil language documentary about rescued elephants has won an Oscar for Best Documentary in the Short Film Category at the 95th Academy Awards. Set in the Mudumai National Park in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, The Elephant Whisperers, the documentary directed by Kartiki […]