Over 10,000 devotees filled the streets of West Ealing as Shri Kanaga Thurkkai Amman Temple (SKTAT) held their annual ther (chariot) festival.

Every year the event is attended by members of the Tamil community all over London, as well as from overseas but also attracts many visitors of other cultures and faiths.

A documentary examining how life on an islet in the Tamil North-East has been crumbling in recent decades was screened in London last month, by the Pungudutivu Welfare Association (PWA).

Puthuvai Ratnathurai is an Eelam Tamil Revoluntary Poet. He was in charge of the Tamil Eelam Arts and Cultural Guild. 

Mr Rathnathuai was last seen in the custody of the Sri Lankan military on 18 May 2009 in Mullivaikkal and to date his fate is not known. 

He has written hundreds of poems. Here we publish just one such poem, originally written in Tamil and translated into English by the late Chelva Kanaganayakam.

The Tennessee Tamil Sangam held an event last month to raise awareness of breast cancer and highlight the importance of early detection.

A poem by Kothai.

Farmers of the Northern Province were honoured with a Farmers Festival in Mullaitivu on Saturday.

The event was presided over by Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran as well as several Northern Provincial Council Ministers, and prolific Tamil poet Vairamuthu attended as chief guest.