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 […]
READ MOREPerumal 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 […]
READ MOREAt 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 […]
READ MORETwo Tamil independent musicians from South London have topped Spotify’s Viral 50 Global chart. Unakkul Naane by singer-songwriter Pritt and music producer Dilush Selva was an instant hit with the Tamil diaspora when it was released a year ago. Since then the song has been streamed over 2 million times on digital platforms, and on […]
READ MOREYuvan Shankar Raja, the popular Chennai based music director, composer, performer, and the son of the Maestro Ilaiyaraaja, will be performing in Europe in Spring 2023. The #HighonU1 Europe tour will take place in three cities – London on the 7th April, Paris 2nd April & Oberhausen in Germany on 1st April 2023. The rights […]
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