Imperial College’s Tamil Society returned with its 32nd ‘Mega Maalai’ showcase earlier this month, featuring a series of standout performances and diverse talent. 

Months after the opening night of their debut play Period Parrrty, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan releases their first book; a novel-in-verse titled Bad Queer. Published by Faber & Faber with illustrations by Chi Nwosu, Bad Queer is a coming-of-age tale following Surya who navigates their first love as a non-binary teenager.

Photograph by Priya Tharmaseelan

When Sunthar V stepped onto the stage at Massey Hall, it marked a defining moment.

“Massey is a historic venue which meant a lot to me, to join so many legends in not only playing it but selling it out. Most of it on the first weekend of the announcement. Producing and financing it independently is also pretty much unheard of.”

Russia's Deputy Minister of Energy, Roman Marshavin, met Sri Lanka’s president Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo on Thursday, as Sri Lanka sought its way through the deepening fuel crisis this week.

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Millions of Sri Lankans stayed at home on Wednesday as the government's newly imposed four-day working week for state institutions came into effect, marking the latest emergency measure in a rapidly deepening energy crisis triggered by the war in the Middle East.