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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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Shini Muthukrishnan announced as 43rd Blue Peter Presenter
Tamil born, social media sensation Shini Muthukrishnan from Staffordshire is the newest member of Blue Peter. Shini will be making her live television debut as the 43rd presenter on the world’s longest-running children’s TV show this Friday 19th January on CBBC & BBC iPlayer at 5.00pm. Born in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, 22 year-old Shini […]
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An 8-year-old British Tamil girl crowned best female chess player
An 8-year-old British Tamil school girl, who got into chess “accidentally”, is crowned best female player at European chess tournament in Zagreb, Croatia at the weekend. Bodhana Sivanandan from Harrow in north-west London, described as a ‘phenomenon,’ made Chess history after beating an international master 30 years her senior, and drew with a grandmaster. She […]
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