Students at Imperial College London continued the "Breaking the Silence" campaign at British universities earlier this week, following on from their fellow students at King's College London. Displaying an exhibition of posters made by the students themselves, a large crowd gathered at the student Union and Junior Common Room, within the Sherffield Building to learn more about the ongoing genocide of the Tamil nation. Organisers from Imperial's Tamil Society, one of London's oldest Tamil societies, said they were taken aback by the interest expressed by students and staff at the university,...
Thousands of Tamils across France, Europe and the world gathered in Paris on Saturday to pay their respects to the murdered French diaspora leader - Mathinthiran Nadarajah, or Col. Parithi. Updated 16:39 GMT 25 Nov 2012 with new photographs
Students at King's College London's Tamil society kick started this year's 'Breaking the Silence' campaign on Tuesday. With posters, photographs and message board, the students were determined to spread the word on the genocide of Tamils. Held by The Spit, the buzzing end of the student union at Guy's campus by London bridge, the campaign attracted many passer-bys and supporters from amongst the staff and students. As a mark of solidarity with Tamil students, other students left messages of support written over a hand print, expressing the horror and shock they felt at learning of the...
A vigil was held for Nadarajah Mathinthiran, alias Colonel Parithi, who was assassinated last Thursday in Paris. Hundreds of people filled Copland Community School in Wembley to remember Col Parithi on Sunday evening. The sombre event was marked by speeches by several community leaders and there were queues as people lined up to light candles and lay flowers in his memory.
UKTSU (UK Tamil Students’ Union), a charity organisation, run by students for students, has teamed up the co-owner and chairman of Lebara Group, Ratheesan Yoganathan, to present an innovative business scheme, aimed at developing and nurturing Tamil entrepreneurs who are aspiring to build their own businesses - “The Entrepreneurial Way”. Aimed at university students, graduates, and anyone who dreams of creating a business of their own, the scheme intends on equipping these budding business people with the expert knowledge, experience, and contacts, to succeed. Supported by two successful...
Photographs courtesy of Dartford Tamil Knowledge Centre (DTKC) As the Hindu festival of Navarathiri gets underway, children at the Dartford Tamil Knowledge Centre marked the event with a traditional Saraswathy poosai (prayer service) and offerings of pongal, vadai, fruit, flowers, etc. Held in dedication to Saraswathy, considered by devotees to be the goddess of learning and education, devotees traditionally place books, instruments or any object of learning at the poosai, to receive her blessings.
The Tamil Youth Organization – Canada hosted its third annual Transition Ceremony on September 21. The event is held every year to mark the importance Tamil Students’ Associations (TSAs) across Canada play in the Tamil community and mark the transition of the executive teams at the beginning of the academic year. TSAs are instrumental in promoting the Eelam Tamil identity of Canadian Tamil students and this year’s event, held at the Princess Banquet Hall in Scarborough, Ontario, saw the handing over of the Tamil Eelam national flag from the outgoing to the incoming executive teams. Members of...
Photographs courtesy of Riverside Photography Tamil youths from across the globe came together last Saturday to participate in Global Tamil Youth League’s international dance contest Aadukalam, hosted this year by TYO-UK in London. Teams from Canada, Malaysia, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany and the home team the UK, all participated in putting on a spectacular show and an excitingly close competition. The tough job of judging was left to an experienced panel comprised of Thuvaraga Kamalarajah - Bharathanatyam and Bollywood dancer and teacher and hip hop dancer-choreographers Jade Hinksman and...
Students at Ryerson University remember the anniversary of Thileepan's fast unto death 25 years on.
Over 20 teams battled it out to claim the Tamil Eelam Heritage Trophy, at Canada’s second annual Kilithattu tournament earlier this month. Following the success of last year’s event, the Kilithattu tournament returned with many of last year’s teams, and plenty of new ones, with high schools, colleges and universities all taking part. The participants all chose team names that reflected their Eelam identity, with teams such as Vaddukoddai Warriors and Ellalan Kings taking part. The final saw defending champions Eelam 89ers take on the Flying Leopards in a tightly contested match. The game...