Reposted from @tamilguardian At a recent gig in London, ‘Cinnamon and Spice’, Pritt, an Eelam Tamil singer, performed alongside four female South Asian artists. Aligning with Pritt’s passions, the event aimed to celebrate underrepresented South Asian female talent and create a platform to share their music. As a part of BBC Asian Network Future Sounds in 2021, Pritt uses her platform to celebrate Tamil music and encourage artists in the UK and worldwide, particularly supporting underrepresented musicians. Chatting to Tamil Guardian at the ‘Cinnamon and Spice’ event, Pritt explained the struggles Tamil artists like her face in the music industry: ‘especially in the music industry with the lack of representation, people kept grouping me into black or Indian. They would never give me my own identity. I shouldn’t have to ask for bare minimum, this is me telling you I am Tamil.’ __ Read the full conversation on tamilguardian.com WomenSupportingWomen #ChangeMakers #TamilsGoingPlaces #TWDGmusic #followyourdreams #chaseyourdreams #Tamil #TamilRapper #TWDGdiaspora #DiasporaTamils #TamilMusician #RepresentationMatters #PressForProgress #alternativemusic #electronicmusic #hiphop #worldmusic #GlassCeiling #TWDGglassceiling #TWDGmigrants #tamilrefugees #famouspeople #SriLankanTamil #musi
#FocusBooks #FocusFilms @shankarichandranauthor Congratulations on the announcement of the screen adaptation of Shankari’s book! #Bridgerton fame #CharithraChandran is to star in the TV adaptation of Australian Tamil author Shankari Chandran's novel Song of the Sun God. Oscar-nominated Girl With A Pearl Earring writer Olivia Hetreed is to adapt Shankari Chandran’s novel. Hetreed is working on a six-part series based on the 2017 novel, which is a family saga that brings to light an untold story of the conflict in Sri Lanka during the country’s civil war. The novel is set across three generations, beginning in 1948 when the country gained independence, and journeying to the present day. Author Shankari Chandran is creative consultant on the project. Charithra is joining the cast and the producing team. Info: Deadline article by Max Goldbart Image of book: Dymocks Photo of Shankari: @shankarichandranauthor Photo of Charithra and title: Deadline @charithra17 @screenaustralia #bookadaptation #TVSeries #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilStory #tamilauthor #author #AustralianAuthor #TamilChangeMakers #srilankantamil #SrilankanStory #novel #novelist #TWDGarts #ProudToBeTamil #TamilIdentity #TamilDiaspora #TamilHeritage #Tamil #AustralianTamil #TamilMigrants
#FocusBooks Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence Tanya Selvaratnam @tanyaauthor Published 2020. In Assume Nothing, award-winning filmmaker Tanya Selvaratnam bravely recounts the intimate abuse she suffered while in a relationship with former NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and uses her story to examine the domestic violence crisis plaguing America. Born in Sri Lanka before emigrating as a baby to California, Selvaratnam witnessed her father abuse her mother. She knew the patterns and signs of domestic violence, and she did not see herself as remotely vulnerable. An Ivy League grad, producer, author, cancer-survivor, and connected professional in the art world, when she met then-NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman at the Democratic National Convention, they seemed like the perfect match sharing similar interests. Then everything started to change. Schneiderman became controlling, mean, manipulative and violent. She was trapped in an abusive relationship with one of the most powerful men in New York. Selvaratnam details finding the strength to leave, risking her career, reputation, and safety, and how she struggled in the wake of the abuse to reclaim her voice. Assume Nothing scrutinizes the insidious way women learn to accept abuse, regardless of socio-economic status, age, gender, race, or religion. With singular sensitivity and nuance, Selvaratnam redefines what it means to be a victim of intimate partner violence. Info: https://www.tanyaturnsup.com/projects/assume-nothing-a-story-of-intimate-violence #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #TamilDiaspora #womensupportingwomen #TWDGempoweringwomen #empoweringwomen #TamilAuthor #TWDGbooks #goodreads #DomesticViolence #DomesticViolencePrevention #DomesticViolenceAwareness #intimatepartnerviolence #ENDDFV #TWDGshiningalight #DomesticAndFamilyViolence #GenderBasedViolence #SafeState #OurWatch #TheRedHeartCampaign #sayfty #whiteribbon #lifeline #AWAREindia #PurplePurseProject #FullStopFoundation #blueknotfoundation #believeher Book Image: goodreads Image of author: vanity fair
Our own @sujanselven on this panel 👏🏾 ‐---------------- Reposted from @asianaustralianproject AAP presents Part 2 of our In Conversation series with Asian Australians in Politics. We chat to Asian-Australian breaking ground in the political arena, to talk about how their cultures and identities have shaped the way they’ve interacted and influenced politics. Not often do we talk about our upbringings and how that’s affected the way we’ve interacted with the political system in Australia. From war to protest to unions, hear our politicians talk about their personal journeys on how they got to where they were today. In PART 2 of our series we chat to: Sujit Mathew (Greens) @sujitmathew.holtcandidate Jenny Leong (Greens) @jennyleong.newtown Sujan Selven(Greens) @sujanselven Sheneli Dona (Independent) @shenelidona Rachael Jacobs (Greens) @rachjacobs 📖 Read our conversation with all the politicians - Link in Our Bio AAP reached out to many Asian Australian politicians and we interviewed those who responded to our emails. We want to thank all of those that have responded and given us the opportunity to interview them despite being busy with their campaigns. [Disclaimer] Politicians are listed/published in no particular order. #AsianAustralian #AusPol #AustralianPolitics #AsianAustralianProject #australiavotes2022 -------- #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #TamilDiaspora #TamilAustralians #AustralianTamils #Migrants #MigrantStories #MigrantResilience #Tamil #SouthAsian
Reposted from @thamarai.uk 21 year old Akshaya Kalaiyalahan is a British Chess player, who in 2013 (at 12-years-old) and 2015 won the women’s British Chess Championship. The final year law student at Oxford University is heading to Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to represent England (as a member of the women’s team) in the 44th Chess Olympiad against some of best players in the world. Akshaya who has traveled to Norway, Azerbaijan and Georgia for previous Olympiads, was extremely excited when Chennai was announced as this year’s host. She speaks fluent Tamil and is looking forward to visiting the temples, relishing the city’s delicacies and conversing with the locals in her mother tongue. Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, will be the host city for the 44th Chess Olympiad, which will take place from July 28 to August 10. The city is home to the legendary World Champion Viswanathan Anand (the first-ever Grandmaster from India), and 16-year-old Grandmaster Rameshbabu "Pragg" Praggnanandhaa (who recently became the youngest player ever to defeat current world champion Magnus Carlsen). Born into a Sri Lankan Tamil family, who moved from Jaffna to London in the 90s during the Sri Lankan civil war, Akshaya was Introduced to chess by her parents. The family stays connected to their roots by running a chess club at the Jaffna Hindu College, providing funds to buy chess boards, books, and for students to attend chess tournaments. Speaking to Times of India, Akshaya said, “I would love to visit Sri Lanka but it's very difficult in the current (political) climate. Hopefully that will change for the better in the future.” #Tamil #BritishTamil #Tamilwomen #Oxforduniversity #Chennai #Chess #Chesscompetition #Olympiad #Tamils #Tamilnadu #SriLanka Photo by Alan WIllis ----------- #Tamuldiaspora #TWDGtamil #TamilMigrants #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilAchievers #TWDGempoweringwomen #womensempowerment #EmpowerGirls #GirlsinSport #SrilankanTamil #CeylonTamil #Jaffna #JaffnaBorn #TamilHeritage #tamilidentity #chesschampion #chessplayer
Reposted from @refinery29au While Cinderella has typically been a white, blonde woman, Shubshri Kandiah is one of the few South Asian women to portray the fairytale princess on stage. 👑 The 26-year-old, who plays the lead role of Ella in the Australian version of Broadway's @cinderellamusicalau, says this version does more than just make strides for cultural representation — it reflects a modern, empowered woman. "She really isn't the damsel in distress and the very girly princess in this version," @shubshrikandiah tells Culture Editor Alicia Vrajlal. "She's very much in charge of her destiny and it's a very modern take on the story," she says, assuring us there's still a wicked stepmother, a wonderful godmother and glass slippers involved. "The message of Cinderella is that you're enough just as you are, you don't need to have the most beautiful clothes. You don't need to come from the wealthiest family and they're the little things I think very much related to." Read the full interview in the 🔗 in bio. ✍️ @leeshiev #R29AU #ShubshriKandia #Cinderella ‐------------ #musicaltheatre #musicals #broadwaymusical #rodgersandhammerstein #TWDGarts #entertainment #arts #theatre #drama #australianplay #australianmusical #performingarts #creatives #theatreproduction #actors #theatredesign #directors #TamilDiaspora #AustralianTamil #TamilAustralian #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #TamilCreatives #southasianactor #SouthAsian #southasiandiaspora #southasiancreativesaus
Reposted from @thamarai.uk British Tamil singer and musician Ashnaa Sasikaran, well known on social media for her viral musical renditions, has embarked on her next creative journey. Ashnaa joins the cast of ‘Tale of Orpheus & Eurydice’, inspired by the timeless tale of the two star-crossed lovers. The show is a joyful 45-minute exploration of love, music, and hope for the future. Sharing her music on social media, @ashnaa_ns attracted the attention of Opera North, the show’s producers. “I’ll be playing the protaginist Eurydice, as an Indian classical musician. Merging opera and South Asian music, exploring a range of other musical genres, whilst telling the love story of Orpheus and Eurydice.” A Tale of Orpheus & Eurydice begins at the couple’s engagement party where they reminisce about their very first meeting when they negotiated their way around an unfamiliar city together. Their memories spark a celebration of different musical styles including opera, folk, jazz, blues, soul – and Indian classical music which is where Ashnaa’s own musical journey began. “I grew up listening to, and learning, South Indian classical music: Carnatic music. The pivotal point for me was when I went on this trip to India and watched this amazing festival of loads of artists in one place. After coming back, I just decided to see what else I could do with music, exploring other genres like jazz, funk, R&B. Through that, I decided to work on some of my own compositions and started putting some on social media.” For Tamil music fans, Ashnaa is performing a song in Tamil, as-well as her first single which audiences will be able to hear live during the show. Part of Opera North’s Orpheus season, and in collaboration with South Asian Arts-UK and GemArts, the play is running at various venues across England till the 5th July 2022. Check venues @thamarai.uk #theatre #performingarts #actor #TamilActress #TamilActors #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilDiaspora #TamilCreative #CreativePOC #SouthAsian #SouthAsianArtist #southasianactors #TWDGculture #TWDGmusic #TWDGarts #CarnaticMusic #IndianClassicalMusic #Arts #music
#TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood Congratulations to #vijaythanigasalam Here are his words: "I am humbled and privileged to represent the beautiful riding of #Scarborough #RougePark. I look forward to being your voice at Queens Park. I was honoured to be sworn in today as your Member of Provincial Parliament for the second time using the Thirukkural. The Thirukkural is a classic Tamil literature from the Sangam period consisting of 1330 couplets known as ‘Kurals.’ It is considered one of the most significant pieces of literature written on secular ethics, written by Thiruvalluvar, dating back to 450-500 CE." Image and text from his Facebook page. #ProudToBeTamil #Tamil #திருக்குறள் #thirukkural #TamilLanguage #TamilHeritage #TamilCulture #CanadianTamil #TamilCanadian #ScarboroughCanada #torontocanada #TamilDiaspora #TWDGdiaspora #TamilMigrants #TWDGmigrants #MigrantSuccess #MigrantStories #MigrantsWelcome #RefugeesWelcome #RefugeeSuccess #RefugeeResilience #refugeestories
Are you an aspiring actor? Did you enjoy Counting and Cracking by talented director Shakthidharan? Here's another of his ventures adding to The Jungle and the Sea being staged in November this year having having been postponed due to Covid. Felix Media is looking for actors for 'The Laugh of Lakshmi' a feature film directed Shakthidharan set in #SriLanka and Australia. “The Laugh of Lakshmi” is the story of a mother and son separated by the Sri Lankan civil war, their 25 years apart in Australia and Sri Lanka, and their eventual reunion. Please head to following link for more details and visit https://www.felixmedia.com.au/tlol_castingcall if a role is right for you. Key Creatives Director: S.Shakthidharan Producer: John Maynard Production Company: Felix Media #castingcall #audition #featurefilm #TWDGfilm #TWDGmovies #AustralianFilm #AustralianProduction @cocurious @curiousworks #TWDGarts #entertainment #arts #theatre #drama #australianplay #performingarts #creatives #theatreproduction #actors #theatredesign #directors #TamilDiaspora #AustralianTamil #TamilAustralian #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #TamilCreatives
📢 Hello UK people..... If you didn't see this at the Townhall in Sydney in 2019.... COUNTING AND CRACKING எண்ணிக்கை, இல்லையேல் கையோங்கு ගණන් නොගන්නේ නම් ගණන් කරන්න This award winning production by Sydney based Sakthidharan, is hitting the international stage and will be at the #RoyalLyceumTheatre #EdinburghInternationalFestival. Get your tickets: https://lyceum.org.uk/whats-on/production/counting-and-cracking-eif This Australian play was winner of the prestigious #HelpmannAwards. Counting and Cracking won Best Play, Best Direction and Best New Work at the Helpmann Awards. Find out more: https://www.eif.co.uk/events/counting-and-cracking @cocurious @curiousworks #TWDGarts #TWDGentertainment #TWDGmigrants #migrantstories #refugees #refugeesstories #SriLanka #1983riots #entertainment #arts #theatre #drama #australianplay #performingarts #creatives #theatreproduction #actors #theatredesign #directors #CuriousWorks #BelvoirStTheatre #TamilDiaspora #AustralianTamil #TamilAustralian #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #TamilCreatives 📸 EIF
After almost 10 years of the conservative Liberal Government Australia has now voted the Australian Labor Party into power. Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah Labor for Higgins is Sri Lankan Tamil Australian and the FIRST TAMIL WOMAN in the Australian Parliament. @michelleforhiggins Dr Ananda-Rajah is one of Australia’s leading experts in infectious diseases and leads a team of frontline healthcare professionals at a Melbourne hospital. She is the co-founder of Health Care Workers Australia. From humble beginnings, Michelle’s parents migrated to Australia in search of a better life for their children. Michelle understands the powerful role that education and hard work can play in changing lives. Her parents bent the arc of their lives through education. And it was through her own drive and work ethic that Michelle is now one of Australia’s leading experts in infectious diseases. At a major Melbourne Hospital, Michelle leads a team of frontline healthcare professionals. As COVID-19 struck, they faced unprecedented challenges and risks. With nurses and doctors terrified by the tragic scenes of COVID-19 in hospitals overseas, Michelle co-founded Health Care Workers Australia. Together with hundreds of frontline healthcare professionals, Michelle led the fight to better our pandemic response. Michelle believes that now is the time for science, not spin. For unity, not division. With our country facing unprecedented social, economic and environmental challenges, and this pandemic exposing the Morrison Government’s ineptitude, Michelle has decided to do something about it. As Labor Member for Higgins, Michelle will put thoughtful leadership, and scientific expertise back at the centre of government. Hear her at: https://youtu.be/QrC-Bl7-2Us Info & 📸: #ALP @australianlabor #AustralianLaborParty #AustraliaVotes #AustralianElections2022 #TWDGchangemakers #changemakers #womenchangemakers #WomenSupportingWomen #WomenLeaders #WomenInPolitics #WomenPolitician #AustralianTamil #TamilAustralian #TWDGmigrants #migrants #migrantcontribution #migrantwomen #RepresentationMatters #wocleadership #pocleadership #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood
Neela Siva winner of South Australian Governor's Multicultural Youth Award 2021. From the bunkers of civil war to a future leader....this young woman came here with disrupted schooling and no English at the age of 13. Now 13 years later she is a symbol of refugee resilience and refugees giving back to Australia. Winners of the 2021 South Australian Governor’s Multicultural Awards were announced at a ceremony on 10 March 2022. Neela Siva (Suphaneela Sivakumaran) came to Australia as a refugee when she was 13, fleeing an ethnic war with her mother and two younger siblings. Her family circumstances meant Neela became the family breadwinner. She overcame racism and bullying at school to excel academically and volunteered teaching Tamil language and dance at Adelaide Tamil School. Since completing high school seven years ago, Neela has been actively fostering multiculturalism as a volunteer radio presenter and chief coordinator of Adelaide Tamil Broadcasting Service, managing about 45 volunteers. Neela is one of the youngest accredited Tamil interpreters in Australia and has helped other refugees during vulnerable situations such as police investigations and medical emergencies. 📸 & Info & Find out more: https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/multicultural-affairs/events/the-governors-multicultural-awards #tamilsdoinggood #tamilsgoingplaces #tamilyouth #AustralianTamil #AustralianTamilYouth #TamilWomenLeaders #TamilLeaders #TamilChangeMakers #TamilMigrants #TamilDiaspora #womensupportingwomen #rolemodels #ChangeMakers #refugestories #refugeeresilience #refugeesgivingback #PeopleSeekingAsylum #Refugees #TWDGrefugees #Mums4Refugees #GrandmothersForRefugeesNSW #BringPriyaNadesandtheirgirlshometoBiloela #AsylumSeekerResourceCentre #AmnestyNSWRefugeeNetwork #RefugeesWelcome #BlueMountainsRefugeeSupportGroup #Tamilrefugeecouncil #RefugeeActionCoalition #TeachersForRefugees #RuralAustraliansForRefugees
Congratulations to Vishnu Arunasalam of @agaldance Agal Dance Company who has been accepted by the Australian Council for the Arts in their Future Leaders Program. The Australia Council for the Arts announces the 2022 participants for the Future Leaders Program. #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood “Vishnu Arunasalam is a Sri Lankan-born Australian-raised multifaceted art-maker exploring the traditional dance medium of Bharathanatyam through contemporary expression and techniques. His work explores his South Asian diaspora identity within the contemporary Australian landscape through cross-disciplinary and intercultural collaborations whilst also promoting the nuances and aesthetics of the Bharatanatyam form in Australia. He is a current practitioner of Bharathanatyam, Carnatic Music (South Indian Classical Music) and Nattuvangam (South Indian Vocal Percussion) and has experience in Art Direction, Costume Design, Production and Administration. Currently, he is the Artistic Director of Agal Dance Company, established in August 2018 and is primarily based in Sydney. They are a cutting-edge dance group, exploring the style of Bharathanatyam (South Indian Classical Dance) through contemporary and modern world techniques. It is the first of its kind in Australia as they use a South Asian vocabulary to critically think about the world and the issues they face as Australians of a South Asian background.” - Australian Council for the Arts 📸 of Vishnu: @agaldance #FutureLeaders #TamilCreative #CreativePOC #Creatives #SouthAsian #SouthAsianArtist #SouthAsianDancer #TWDGculture #TWDGdance #TWDGmusic #bharathanatyam #indiandance #traditionaldance #classicaldance #TWDGarts #CarnaticMusic #IndianClassicalMusic #IndianClassicalDance #Arts #dance #music
Indira Samarasekara nee Arulpragasam. We have featured her some time ago. Thanks to @tamilculture for this recent article not only discussing her co-authored book 'Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First' but also exploring her upbringing and education in Jaffna and Colombo. "We moved to Jaffna and I attended #Chundukuli briefly before going to #Vembadi Girls School (which was next door to my home in Jaffna) and have very happy memories. I was immersed in Tamil culture and learned the language while appreciating all the Hindu festivals & fabulous #Jaffna cuisine. My parents owned a coconut plantation in Pallai and I have wonderful recollections of holidays on the plantation." "My career choice was shaped by having an outstanding education in science and mathematics in Jaffna and Colombo at outstanding schools, and having access to a first class engineering program in Sri Lanka (Ceylon at the time)." Head to link below to read article. #TamilsDoingGood #TamilsGoingPlaces #TWDGdiaspora #TamilDiaspora #TamilLeaders #TamilChangeMakers #TrailBlazer #ChangeMakers #TamilCanadian #CanadianTamil #Tamils #TWDGtamil #ceylon #TWDGeducation #education #EducateGirls #TWDGempoweringwomen #empowerwomen #empowergirls #tamilwomenleaders #womenleaders #womenleadership #leadership #Srilankan #jaffnaeducated #jaffnaschools https://tamilculture.com/former-president-of-the-university-of-alberta-indira-samarasekera-co-authors-book-nerve-to-help-more-women-answer-the-call-to-lead?fbclid=IwAR0oGyok4KQ6E_TwhIav__yH9kXINBXVXRXln5jyqhdT3aSaV3HU63M4w4U 📸 & information @tamilculture
#TamilsDoingGood #TamilChangemaker We are proud to see this post featuring TWDG friend young Sujan.👏🏾 🧡🧡🧡 Reposted from @tamilculture Australian-Tamil Entrepreneur Sujan Selven is Creating Economic Opportunities for Remote Villages in Northeast Sri Lanka Using Upcycled Devices & Improved Connectivity _____ Sujan Selven is a serial social entrepreneur aiming to create businesses that make money but also have some element of driving social good to them as well. He started Space Comms and Civil with his brother which focuses on telecommunication builds, electrical services and civil construction. He went on to co-found Upcycled Tech which has a goal of lifting the Northeastern part of Sri Lanka into the digital economy by providing internet connectivity as well devices (recycle) to the population there to open up economic opportunities. He is also passionate about the arts, human rights and is an advocate for refugees and asylum seekers. Continue reading: Link in bio & stories. 🧡🧡🧡 #TamilsGoingPlaces #TWDGdiaspora #TamilDiaspora #migrants #TamilMigrants #TWDGentrepreneur #TamilEntrepreneurs #Education #SustainableDevelopment #UNgoals #TWDGeducation #Science #technology #TWDGscience #TWDGtechnology #TWDGchangemakers #entrepreneur #AustralianTamils #TamilAustralians #TechBusiness
#FocusBooks #TamilsGoingPlaces Anuk Arudpragasam’s ‘A Passage North’ has been named in the in the prestigious Booker Prize longlist announced today. It is one of 13 books on this year's longlist chosen by the 2021 judging panel. The list was chosen from 158 novels published in the UK or Ireland between 1 October 2020 and 30 September 2021. The Booker Prize for Fiction is open to works by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. "A Passage North' is young man journeys into Sri Lanka’s war-torn north in this searing novel of longing, loss, and the legacy of war. Anuk Arudpragasam, a Sri Lankan writer of Tamil heritage, wrote his first novel, The Story of a Brief Marriage, about a young Tamil couple who are trying to survive in a shrinking northern enclave as the government forces close in around them. He returns to the same landscape for his second novel, A Passage North, the action of which takes place in the years following the government victory. Arudpragasam’s novel is an attempt to come to terms with life in the wake of devastation, and a poignant memorial for those lost and those still alive. Anuk Arudpragasam studied philosophy in the United States, receiving a doctorate at Columbia University. His first novel, The Story of a Brief Marriage, was translated into seven languages, won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, and was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. He writes in Tamil and English. Born in Colombo, Arudpragasam moved to the United States at the age of 18 to attend Stanford University for his undergraduate studies. In 2011 he moved to New York City to begin a PhD in philosophy at Columbia University. He currently resides between Sri Lanka and India. #bookerprize #bookerprize2021 #goodreads #tamilreads #tamilauthors #authors #author #fiction #tamilstory #TWDGbooks #books #novels #novelist #srilankancivilwar #TamilGenocide #tamilliterature #JaffnaPolitics #TamilIdentity #TamilDiaspora #JaffnaHistory #TamilCulture #TWDGtamil #Tamil #TWDGculture #Jaffna #TWDGsrilanka Info & 📸: Booker Prize, The Guardian & Goodreads
#TamilsGoingPlaces 🧡🧡 Reposted from @southasiantoday - here's their message..... 🧡🧡 It's been a while, folks! Episode 08 of our #podcast Roots is finally out with none other than journalist Bhakthi Puvanenthiran. @bhakthi A part of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, @bhakthi is the editor of ABC Everyday and has worked with #Crikey, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. The conversation explores being a South Asian journalist in Australia, how do we tell our own stories and the possibilities around breaking structural barriers. Listen in! The link is in our bio. You can also listen to our podcast series on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Either search for Roots with South Asian Today or simply click on our bio link and choose your preferred option. Tell us what you think? 🧡🧡 . . . . #TWDGdiaspora #TamilDiaspora #AustralianTamils #TamilAustralians #TamilChangeMakers #WomenChangemakers #trailblazers #WomenTrailBlazers #SouthAsianToday #Media #Journalism #Journalist #Reporter #SriLankan #SriLankanAustralian #AustralianJournalist #SriLankanTamil #Migrants #PeopleofColour #SouthAsianWomen #Arts #WomeninMedia #AustralianWomen #SouthAsianPodcast
#TamilsGoingPlaces Young Tamils from a refugee heritage, musicians of Eelam origin star in the theme song for 2021 Tamil Movie Sarpatta Parambarai. Jaffna born Tamil Canadians Shan Vincent de Paul and Navz-47.... #SarpattaParambarai Shan Vincent de Paul, Navz-47, Santhosh Narayanan - Neeye Oli Premiered Jul 15, 2021 Listen to “Neeye Oli”, the theme song for 'Sarpatta Parambarai' out now. Head to our Facebook page to view music video link in bio. ⚠️SWEAR WORDS WARNING⚠️ https://youtu.be/e_0Q92a8Wlo Artist(s): Shan Vincent de Paul, #Navz47, Santhosh Narayanan Producer: Santhosh Narayanan Lyricist(s): #ShanVincentdePaul (English), #Arivu (Tamil) Director(s): Shan Vincent de Paul & Kalainithan Kalaichelvan Produced by: #maajja Music video by Shan Vincent de Paul and Navz-47 performing Neeye Oli. (C) 2021 maajja inc. 📸 @navz_47 #TWDGrefugees #EelamRefugees #TWDGmusic #music #film #movies #TamilMusic #TamilFilms #TamilMovies #TamilRapper #TamilRap #hiphop #TamilHiphop #independentartists #musicians #TamilDiaspora #TWDGdiaspora #DiasporaTamils #TamilMusician #SouthIndianMusic #SouthIndianMusicians #worldmusic #SriLankanTamil #EelamTamil
Friday feel good music 🎼🎤🎹🎸🎷 Repost @priyaraguofficial ・・・ Supporting #TamiTalent from the #TamilDiaspora. 🎼🎤🎹🎸🎷 #WomenSupportingWomen Get her music at: https://lnk.to/Kamali?ref=https%3A//l.instagram.com/ 🎼🎤🎹🎸🎷 Full video clip: https://youtu.be/QaEr9G8r7so Swiss Tamil, Priya Ragu’s latest single, Kamali. She will be releasing her debut mixtape - damnshestamil - on the 3rd September 2021. Here’s what she says about Kamali: “In 2019, someone sent me the link of the short movie, 'Kamali' and wrote: you have to make a music video with her. The movie is about a seven year old Kamali, the only female skater in Mahabalipuram in India, who goes against the grain and takes ownership of her life with the support of her mother. I was so moved and inspired by her story and sent it right away to @japhnagold and told him to watch it. A day later he called me up saying how he wrote this song with tears in his eyes. Kamali. In so many ways I could relate to this little girl. Growing up, we look at the world with curiosity and envision infinite possibilities without any limitation. For a lot of us, these possibilities and dreams get blurry by the way the roles of men and women are dealt out. It is culturally rooted in ancient traditions where we are only good enough to become wives & mothers... Where our life's purpose is to fullfill our duties of raising our children and taking care of the household. This still exists! I want to speak to all the Kamalis in the world to think bigger than that, to look further than that. If we can birth life, imagine what we can create if we are fully off the leash?! With this song I want to be another crack in the cycle, so that one day we can fully break it together.” @kamalifilm @kamaliskater 🎥 Director: @itssasharainbow 🎥 Production:@academyfilms #TamilChangeMakers #ChangeMakers #TamilsGoingPlaces #TWDGmusic #chaseyourdreams #followyourdreams #SwissTamil #TamilRapper #TWDGdiaspora #DiasporaTamils #TamilMusician #RepresentationMatters #PressForProgress #alternativemusic #electronicmusic #hiphop #worldmusic #GlassCeiling #TWDGglassceiling #TWDGmigrants #tamilrefugees #famouspeople #SriLankanTamil #music
A renowned scientist and an Australian from a Sri Lankan Tamil background featured in the prestigious Archibald Prize. ‘Professor Chandini Raina MacIntyre’ by Karen Black. Professor Raina MacIntyre (MBBS Hons 1, FRACP, FAFPHM, M App Epid, PhD) is NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Global Biosecurity. She heads the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute, which conducts research in epidemiology, vaccinology, bioterrorism prevention, mathematical modelling, genetic epidemiology, public health and clinical trials in infectious diseases. Her research falls under 4 areas: Personal protective equipment, Vaccinology, Epidemic response and emerging infectious diseases, and Bioterrorism prevention. She is a dual-specialist physician with training in epidemiology and modelling. Her research is underpinned by her clinical training, vaccine program experience and extensive field outbreak investigation experience. Raina has a 28-year track record in pandemics, epidemic infections, serious emerging infections, vaccines and control of respiratory viruses. She has worked as a clinician in hospitals, in health departments on outbreak control, and her PhD research was on screening, surveillance and contact tracing for TB and involved detailed tracking of the risk of infection in high risk contacts. She worked for 15 years at the National Centre for Immunisation Research, and has conducted many vaccine clinical trials and has expertise in vaccinology and vaccine programs, especially vaccination of adults, at-risk and immunosuppressed populations. Find out more about Raina's contributions to Australia: https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/professor-raina-macintyre Info: UNSW 🎨 Karen Black AGNSW #womenscientists #womeninSTEM #STEM #TamilDiaspora #TWDGmigrants #migrants #srilankan #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #womenleaders #WomenChangemakers #ChangeMakers #portraitprize #AustralianArtist #SouthAsian #SouthAsianAustralian #creatives #creative #creativepeople #creativewomen #TWDGart #ArtandCraft #art #WomenArtists #artists #painting #canvaspainting #oilpainting #portraitpainting #portraiture
#TWDGartandcraft presents a young South Asian Australian artist in the prestigious #ArchbaldPrize for portraiture now at the #ArtGalleryOfNSW #ArchbaldPrizeFinalist Kirthana Selvaraj @kirthanasart The green suit, a self-portrait #TamilsGoingPlaces Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Kirthana is the youngest of triplets. Her mother grew up in India and her father in Singapore and her family moved to Western Sydney in the late 90s. An alumna of UNSW’s Fine Arts program, Kirthana Selvaraj is also an established art therapist with a master’s degree from Western Sydney University. ‘My body is political, it holds multiple truths, I am at once femme, queer and brown – a site for violence, transgressions, tenderness and joy,’ says Kirthana Selvaraj. ‘Focusing on how the queer, brown body navigates the duality of both enunciation and erasure within Western society, I chose to paint a self-portrait to visually reconcile these intersections of the seen and unseen. My expression reveals both my defiance and my pain. ‘The arch embodies a threshold into a liminal place, while the green suit demands space within it. My body resists the narrow canvas and symbolically challenges the rigidity of institutions that carry colonial legacies. Despite these oppressive systems, I am also governed by a politics of tenderness and survival. This is seen in the vibrant and saturated colours that refuse to be supressed. ‘By reimagining my body in this context, I not only want to subvert the colonial gaze, but also dream of an existence beyond the Eurocentric perceptions that still dominate our culture. This work embodies a divestment of the fetishising of brown bodies and an investment in a pulsating, queer, brown imaginary.’ Info and image: #AGNSW & IndianLink #portraitprize #AustralianArtist #SouthAsianArtist #SouthAsian #SouthAsianAustralian #creatives #creative #creativepeople #creativewomen #creativeWOC #creativePOC #TWDGart #ArtandCraft #art #WomenArtists #artists #painting #canvaspainting #oilpainting #portraitpainting #portraiture
#TamilsDoingGood #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilLeaders Sathya Dharmini Gnanakaran Australia & New Zealand Director - Talent Beyond Boundaries. 🧡🧡🧡 "As an immigration lawyer of 14 years, I’ve watched refugee clients grapple with traditional humanitarian programs; feeling like they’re constantly on trial about whether their circumstances are really ‘bad enough’ to justify seeking a life of safety and dignity - something that everyone on this planet wants and deserves. I’m excited to help implement the Skilled Refugee Pilot in Australia. The implementation of the Pilot will demonstrate how existing systems can be redesigned to include refugees and other displaced people in mainstream skilled migration programs providing a rare win-win situation for skilled refugees, their families and Australian employers. I believe Australia will benefit from welcoming skilled refugees the same way it already benefits from the migration of global talent. Skilled refugees are an untapped source of skills right now. Giving Australian businesses access to this talent pool will mean critical skills gaps can be filled. Vice-versa, being able to work in Australia provides refugees with a place to call home, without fear. And gives them the ability to choose how they grow and flourish with their families." 🧡🧡🧡 Talent Beyond Boundaries envisions a world where forcibly displaced people can use their skills and talents to move to secure futures. Refugees have skills, but lack opportunities Refugees are doctors, engineers, skilled trade workers, software developers, and more. Many refugees have marketable skills, yet find themselves in countries where they don't have the right to work locally and are locked out of international skilled migration systems. By engaging governments, refugee-serving organisations, the business sector, and local communities, we’re creating safe, legal pathways that enable displaced people to move for work, resume their careers, and rebuild their lives with dignity. Info & 📸: TBB 🧡🧡🧡 #migrants #tamilwomenleaders #tamilrolemodels #MulticulturalAustralia #multicultural #diversity #refugeeweek #WorldRefugeeDay #PeopleSeekingAsylum #Refugees
#TamilsGoingPlaces A Tamil British woman is the new Deputy Mayor of the London Borough of Harrow in the UK. Councillor Sasikala Suresh was elected as Harrow’s Deputy Mayor for 2021/22. "Harrow is an example, not only in London and the UK, but to the world, of people living together peacefully, happily and respectfully regardless of race, religion, culture or background." - Ghazanfar Ali - Mayor of Harrow 2021-2022. #TamilLeaders #TWDGempoweringwomen #EmpowerWomen #womenleaders #WomenChangemakers #TamilChangeMakers #TWDGdiaspora #TamilDiaspora #BritishTamil #tamilsUK #mayor #TamilBritish Info: Harrow Times UK 📸 Harrow Council
Proud of Sydney #TamilAustralian Jiva Parthipan and @starttsnsw (NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors) who will be a part of this biennial prestigious world event Biennale of Sydney. (Jiva in right corner in yellow shirt) "rīvus" 12 March – 13 June 2022 Rivers, wetlands and other salt and freshwater ecosystems feature in the 23rd Biennale of Sydney (2022), titled rīvus, as dynamic living systems with varying degrees of political agency. Indigenous knowledges have long understood non-human entities as living ancestral beings with a right to life that must be protected. But only recently have animals, plants, mountains and bodies of water been granted legal personhood. If we can recognise them as individual beings, what might they say? rīvus invites several aqueous beings into a dialogue with artists, architects, designers, scientists, and communities, entangling multiple voices and other modes of communication to ask unlikely questions: Can a river sue us over psychoactive sewage? Will oysters grow teeth in aquatic revenge? What do the eels think? Are the swamp oracles speaking in tongues? Do algae reminisce about the days of primordial soup? Are waves the ocean’s desire? The Biennale of Sydney is one of the leading international contemporary art events. It plays an indispensable role in Australia’s engagement with the world, and a meaningful role in the life of the nation. The Biennale presents the most dynamic contemporary art from around the globe in venues across Sydney with exhibitions that ignite and surprise people, sparking dialogue, cultivating connections and inspiring action through meaningful, shared arts experiences. The Biennale of Sydney amplifies the voices of artists and tell the stories of our global communities, as they drive momentum for lasting cultural change. 📸 Photograph: Daniel Boud Info: #TheBiennaleofSydney #TamilsDoingGood #TamilsGoingPlaces #TWDGarts #arts #TWDGart #art #sydneyevents #contemporaryart #artevent #contemporaryartist #artexhibition #artgallery #artmuseum #artists #artist #TamilArtist #AustralianArt #ArtInAustralia
Repost @tamilwomenrising ・・・ "When you're a minority woman with your own show, you gotta represent. It's a tough job to be in that spotlight, where you are scrutinized for your every action, but it's exhilarating too. People come up to you at the airport or online and say those three magic words: "I feel seen." It's a huge responsibility — and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is exactly the kind of talented young woman who is up to the task." -Mindy Kaling on Maitreyi Ramakrishnan making Time's 100 Next List . . @maitreyiramakrishnan @mindykaling @neverhaveiever . . . #tamilwomenrising #BrownGirlComeUp #NeverHaveIEver #times100list ————— #MaitreyiRamakrishnan #TamilsGoingPlaces #womensupportingwomen #TWDGArts #chaseyourdreams #TWDGentertainment #TamilRepresentaion #TamilDiaspora #Tamil #TWDGdiaspora #DiasporaTamils #RepresentationMatters #PressForProgress #GlassCeiling #TWDGglassceiling #TWDGmigrants #famouspeople #SriLankanTamil
#womensupportingwomen Kasturi Chellaraja, the first female Group CEO of a Public Quoted Conglomerate in Sri Lanka, won the 2021 Trailblazer of the Year Award at the Women in Management, Professional and Career Women Awards Sri Lanka and Maldives. Info and 📸 Ceylon then Sri Lanka now #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #ChangeMakers #TrailBlazers Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson has been appointed as the Group CEO of Hemas Holdings PLC, making her the first female Group CEO of a conglomerate in Sri Lanka. She was also included in a prestigious list of Women Changemakers of Sri Lanka in 2019. #TWDGchangemakers #WomenChangemakers #WomenLeaders #TWDGempoweringwomen #PressForProgress #GenderEquality #GenderEquity #TWDGGenderEquity #GlassCeiling #TWDGglassceiling0 #EqualRights #TWDGequalrights #GenderParity #TWDGgenderparity #EqualPay #TWDGequalpay #genderpaygap #TWDGfeminism #Intersectionality #WorkplaceGenderEqualityAgency #UNwomen #RISEForWomen #HemasHoldingsPLC #KasturiChellaraja #TWDGinspirational
#TamilsGoingPlaces #womensupportingwomen A young diaspora Tamil musician to watch out for. Meet Swiss-Tamil Artist Priya Ragu @priyaraguofficial who late last year released her debut single, Good Love 2.0. She works closely with her rapper brother Japhna Gold @japhnagold and they co-wrote and produced her debut single. The artist has defined her own style of music, blending soul, electro and pop with a nod to her South Asian heritage. Her parents are proud of her music, but initially they were strict and didn't want her to listen to Western pop, and wanted her to embrace a different path to the one she has now taken. The child of Tamil Sri Lankan parents, Ragu would sing in Tamil at family functions from an early age. She moved to America in 2019 quittimg her job to chase her musical dream. She is living her dream with her music heard by millions around the world. Check out her journey: https://youtu.be/4QdRjy1GNno Her debut single: https://youtu.be/wHZ2nuvIGdA #TWDGmusic #chaseyourdreams #TamilDiaspora #SwissTamil #TWDGdiaspora #DiasporaTamils #TamilMusician #RepresentationMatters #PressForProgress #alternativemusic #electronicmusic #hiphop #worldmusic #GlassCeiling #TWDGglassceiling #TWDGmigrants #tamilrefugees #famouspeople #tamildiaspora #SriLankanTamil #music Info: coolaccidents, the face 📸: coolaccidents
Repost @bideninaugural ・・・ “In many ways, this moment embodies our character as a nation. It demonstrates who we are, even in dark times. We not only dream, we do. We not only see what has been, we see what can be.” — @VP Harris #Inauguration2021 Today we honour #KamalaHarris a #Tamil and #AfricanAmerican heritage woman sworn into one of the most powerful political positions in the world. Wearing purple the colour designated for women's equality, Kamala Harris took the oath of office today, making history in the United States for more reasons than one. Kamala Harris broke a number of barriers on Wednesday, most notably, as the first woman and person of #BlackAmerican #SouthAsian heritage to become vice president. @kamalaharris Kamala Harris, is the daughter of a Tamil mother and a Jamaican father. #uspredidentialinauguration #WomenInPolitcs #GlassCeiling #breakingbarriers #RepresentationMatters #womensrights #VP #AmericanVicePresident #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #USA #USAelections #uspredidentialelection #TamilChangeMakers #changemakers #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #TWDGdiaspora #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans
Thursday Thoughts in Tamil. Subramania Bharati a first to vouch for women in politics. புதுமைப் பெண் - "நிமிர்ந்த நன்னடை நேர்கொண்ட பார்வையும், நிலத்தில் யார்க்கும் அஞ்சாத நெறிகளும், திமிர்ந்த ஞானச் செருக்கும் இருப்பதால் செம்மை மாதர் திறம்புவ தில்லையாம்; அமிழ்ந்து பேரிரு ளாமறி யாமையில் அவல மெய்திக் கலையின்றி வாழ்வதை உமிழ்ந்து தள்ளுதல் பெண்ணற மாகுமாம் உதய கன்னி உரைப்பது கேட்டிரோ!" - பாரதியார் "Holding her head high; Unwavering in vision; Dauntless in courage and wisdom; She never looks back; The emerging modern woman creates her own destiny; Obliterating the customs engulfed in ignorance; She rises above living a life of inequality; Hear her roar!" - Bharathiyar @kamalaharris @VP #TWDGtamil #ProudToBeTamil #BharathiyarQuotes #Mahakavi #SubramaniaBharati #TamilPoetry #TamilQuotes #KamalaHarris #Tamil #AfricanAmerican #BlackAmerican #SouthAsian #GlassCeiling #breakingbarriers #RepresentationMatters #womensrights #VP #AmericanVicePresident #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #uspredidentialinauguration #TamilChangeMakers #changemakers #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #TWDGdiaspora #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans
"I, Kamala Devi Harris..." Today we honour #KamalaHarris a #Tamil and #AfricanAmerican heritage woman sworn into one of the most powerful political positions in the world. Wearing purple the colour designated for women's equality, Kamala Harris took the oath of office today, making history in the United States for more reasons than one. Kamala Harris broke a number of barriers on Wednesday, most notably, as the first woman and person of #BlackAmerican #SouthAsian heritage to become vice president. @kamalaharris @VP Kamala Harris, is the daughter of a Tamil mother and a Jamaican father. #uspredidentialinauguration #WomenInPolitcs #GlassCeiling #breakingbarriers #multicultural #RepresentationMatters #womensrights #VP #AmericanVicePresident #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #USA #USAelections #uspredidentialelection #TamilChangeMakers #changemakers #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #TWDGdiaspora #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans
#TamilsGoingPlaces Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has chosen Sri Lankan Tamil American Rohini Kosoglu nee Ravindran as her Domestic Policy Advisor. While making the announcement Harris said, “Serving as my Domestic Policy Advisor will be Rohini Kosoglu, who is not only an expert on some of the most important issues facing the American people but also one of my closest and most trusted aides from the Senate and presidential campaign." Before being chosen as Harris’ domestic policy adviser she has been her senior advisor in the US Senate office and presidential campaign. Kosoglu has also served as the Chief of Staff to Harris in the Senate before her presidential campaign. As The Chief of Staff, she was the first South Asian woman to hold the position and was notably the only Asian -American to serve in that role. Rohini Lakshmi Kosoglu nee Ravindran created history when she became the first South Asian woman to be appointed as chief of staff to a US Senator in 2018. Rohini Kosoglu currently serves as Senior Advisor to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-Harris Transition Team. Her father Dr Wijeyadevendram Ravindran and mother Shobana are Jaffna Tamils. #RohiniKosoglu #representationmatters #colourbarriers #glassceilings #KamalaHarris #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #TamilsDoingGood #USA #TWDGdiaspora #TamilDiaspoa #USAelections #uspredidentialelection #TamilChangeMakers #changemakers #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #SrilankanTamil #TamilAmericans Info: She the people Image: Harvard University
#TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood Congratulations - Vijayakanth Viyaskanth spins himself into #Jaffna history books. We celebrate the debut of legspinner Vijayakanth #Viyaskanth of the #JaffnaStallions at the #SriLankaPremierLeague 2020. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, an 18 year old #JaffnaCentralCollege boy becomes the first Cricketer from Jaffna to play in the Sri Lanka domestic T20 league. Viyaskanth is the first born-and-bred cricketer from his city to appear in an internationally televised game. There has never been a born-and-bred northern national cricketer since Sri Lanka achieved Test status. He symbolises the resiience of the Tamil people and stands as a role model. Despite the violence and indignity the war wrought on his people Jaffna's love for cricket remained constant through the conflict resulting in producing a world class cricketer. #TWDGsport #cricket #cricketer #bowler #legspinner #TamilCricketer #TamilSportsman #TWDGsrilanka #srilsnkancricket #TamilChangemaker #changemakers #rolemodels #hero #resilience #internationalcricket #kumarsangakara #sangakara Imfo: ESPN cricinfo
Yesterday was #WorldChildrensDay and what better way to highlight this day but by celebrating one of our own! #TamilsDoingGood #TamilsGoingPlaces Proud of TWDG grand daughter Preethika. The Legacy Junior public speaking competition is run by the NSW Arts Unit in conjunction with Legacy Australia. The competition, one of the most widely recognised Public Speaking Competitions, is entered by students in years 7-10 from across the state. Two time state Finalist Preethika Mathan took out the ultimate prize this year and was named state champion for 2020. Well done to this young #TamilChangeMaker and TamilLeader in the making. Source: #SantaSabinaCollege #changemakers #rolemodels #PublicSpeaking #orator #endometriosis #homeless #homelessness #socialawareness #socialissues #GenderEquality #TWDGempoweringgirls #empowergirls #PressForProgress #TWDGeducation #EducateGirls #Science #TWDGGirlsInSTEM #GirlsInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #TWDGwomenInSTEM #TWDGscience
#LearnTamil on Wednesday We are not gushing over a politician 🙄 we are celebrating 👏 the success of a woman of colour against all odds. Most googled Tamil word in August..... #சித்தி - #Chitthi / Sitthi We thought we'll feature a Tamil word that the US and the world got to know recently in August thanks to US VP elect Kamala Harris! While we are aware of her short comings - after all, which politician has an absolutely flawless track record - we champion a woman of Tamil and Jamaican heritage taking a place of high office in the world arena. சி - Chi / Si Tamil consonant சித்தி - Chitthi / Sitthi means mother's younger sister, or father's younger brother's wife. It has now come to be used generally to refer to aunty - older woman. Kamala Harris put her Tamil roots on centre stage by referring to her aunties in Tamil when she accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president mentionimg how important family is to her. #ProudToBeTamil #TWDGtamil #TWDGlanguage #TamilIdentity #TamilDiaspora #TamilHeritage #TamilCulture #TamilLanguage #Tamil #TWDGculture #ancientlanguages #KamalaAunty #KamalaHarrisTamil #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenLeaders #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #TWDGdiaspora #usvicepresident #TamilChangeMakers #TamilRoleModels #changemakers #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans Photo: 4to40 kids portal for parents
A tribute by US VP elect Kamala Harris to her Tamil mother Shyamala Gopalan and the many women and women of colour who paved the way for her to get here today. Swipe to read part of her speech 👉 #GlassCeiling #KamalaHarris #KamalaAunty #uspresidentialelection #KamalaHarrisTamil #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #USA #TWDGdiaspora #USAelections #usvicepresident #TamilChangeMakers #TamilRoleModels #changemakers #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans #democracy #votingmatters #votingrights #electionday #votersuppression #votingday #america #USA #JoeBiden
Smashing the #glassceiling: Kamala Harris, a vice-president of many firsts! We congratulate the first WOC USA VP of Tamil heritage. #KamalaHarris. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, a Tamil born in the city of Madras now Chennail, a breast-cancer scientist who emigrated from India in 1960 to pursue a doctorate in endocrinology at UC Berkeley and married Donald Harris, a Stanford University emeritus professor of economics, who emigrated from Jamaica in 1961 for graduate study in economics at UC Berkeley. 55 year old Kamala Devi Harris Democratic Senator the daughter of a Tamil mother and a Jamaican father is the new VP of the US. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #KamalaAunty #JoeBiden #uspresidentialelection #KamalaHarrisTamil #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #USA #TWDGdiaspora #USAelections #usvicepresident #TamilChangeMakers #TamilRoleModels #changemakers #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans #democracy #votingmatters #votingrights #electionday #votersuppression #votingday #america #USA photo: politico
Repost @southasiantoday ・・・ Here’s an issue raised by @southasiantoday: “Only those not affected by the caste system can afford to laught it off, brush it aside or keep it under the rug. We are all unequal until no one is.” ———— The nomination of #KamalaHarris has opened up much needed conversions about, identity representation and spaces of privilege amongst South Asians across the globe. Here’s South Asian Today providing us the opportunity to discuss important aspects on identity, representation and how the caste system promotes privilege. Have your say. #Casteism #Brahminism #privileged #privilege #privilegedcaste #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #USA #TWDGdiaspora #USAelections #uspredidentialelection #TamilChangeMakers #changemakers #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans
#TamilsGoingPlaces Meet Rohini Lakshmi Kosoglu nee Ravindran who created history when she became the first South Asian woman to be appointed as chief of staff to a US Senator in 2018. #RohiniKosoglu has been Sen. Kamala Harris' chief of staff from 2018 to 2020 and is soon to take on another role working closely with the Senator on her campaign. Her father Dr Wijeyadevendram Ravindran and mother Shobana are Jaffna Tamils. Read more about her in this article from 2018. https://www.indiaabroad.com/indian-americans/sri-lankan-american-rohini-lakshmi-kosoglu-breaks-barriers-on-way-to-capitol-hill/article_f9ba5356-0af2-11e9-bb49-5b4436747cb0.html #representationmatters #colourbarriers #glassceilings #KamalaHarris #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #TamilsDoingGood #USA #TWDGdiaspora #USAelections #uspredidentialelection #TamilChangeMakers #changemakers #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans Photo: The Bustle
Within a day the media has caught on that Kamala Harris has a second heritage, her mother's Tamil one. To read about her Tamil grandparents' (seen in this photo) influence on her: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-10-25/how-kamala-harris-indian-family-shaped-her-political-career For 20 questions light hearted and serious answered by her: https://www.facebook.com/NowThisPolitics/videos/2547367105575714/?d=null&vh=e Both links in bio. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, a Tamil born in the city of Madras now Chennail, a breast-cancer scientist who emigrated from India in 1960 to pursue a doctorate in endocrinology at UC Berkeley and married Donald Harris, a Stanford University emeritus professor of economics, who emigrated from Jamaica in 1961 for graduate study in economics at UC Berkeley. 55 year old Kamala Devi Harris Democratic Senator the daughter of a Tamil mother and a Jamaican father, has been selected as Joe Biden's running mate in the upcoming US Presidential race. #KamalaHarris #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #USA #TWDGdiaspora #USAelections #uspredidentialelection #TamilChangeMakers #changemakers #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans photo: LA times
Two women who have broken #colourbarriers and shattered #glassceilings get together to make thosai/dosa. We are repeating a post from last year that we shared here when she was a presidential hopeful. The problematics and intrigues of politics aside it's great to see #SouthAsianrepresentation in such a high profile space. Here's one Tamil high profile woman from the entertainment world #MindyKaling with another from the world of US politics, Kamala Devi Harris the newly appointed vice presidential candidate in the upcoming US elections making thosai/dosa together. Video link below and in bio. #representationmatters #KamalaHarris #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #USA #TWDGdiaspora #USAelections #uspredidentialelection #TamilChangeMakers #changemakers #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans #Tamilfood #Dosa #thosai https://youtu.be/xz7rNOAFkgE
Repost @tamilculture ・・・ Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has named Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate - the first black woman and Indian-American in the role. Ms Harris is the daughter of a Tamil mother and Jamaican father. "'Only two other women have been nominated as vice-presidential candidates - Sarah Palin by the Republican party in 2008 and Geraldine Ferraro by the Democrats in 1984. Neither made it to the White House. A woman of colour has never been appointed to a presidential ticket by either of the two main American political parties. No woman has won the US presidency either.'" ______ Read more at www.tamilculture.com link in bio. #TamilsGoingPlaces #DemocraticSenator #KamalaHarris #USA #USAelections #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #TamilChangeMakers #changemakers #WomenLeaders #amplifyblackvoices #uspredidentialelection #TamilsDoingGood #TWDGdiaspora #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans - photo: USAtoday
Why is she known as African American only? Anyone know why Kamala Harris's biracial heritage is hardly mentioned? Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, a Tamil born in the city of Madras now Chennail, a breast-cancer scientist who emigrated from India in 1960 to pursue a doctorate in endocrinology at UC Berkeley and married Donald Harris, a Stanford University emeritus professor of economics, who emigrated from Jamaica in 1961 for graduate study in economics at UC Berkeley. 55 year old Kamala Devi Harris Democratic Senator the daughter of a Tamil mother and a Jamaican father, has been selected as Joe Biden's running mate in the upcoming US Presidential race. #KamalaHarris #POC #PeopleOfColour #WOC #WomenOfColour #WomenLeaders #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #USA #TWDGdiaspora #USAelections #uspredidentialelection #TamilChangeMakers #changemakers #TWDGchangemakers #Tamils #TamilAmericans - photo: USAtoday
#TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood #ChangeMakers Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson has been appointed as the Group CEO of Hemas Holdings PLC, making her the first female Group CEO of a conglomerate in Sri Lanka. Kasturi was also included in a prestigious list of Women Changemakers of Sri Lanka in 2019. Here's a video from last year where she thanks her mother and her children for her success. Link in bio. https://youtu.be/Pk5ZxFPrTtk #TWDGinspirational #TWDGchangemakers #TWDGempoweringwomen #PressForProgress #GenderEquality #GenderEquity #TWDGGenderEquity #GlassCeiling #TWDGglassceiling #EqualRights #TWDGequalrights #GenderParity #TWDGgenderparity #EqualPay #TWDGequalpay #genderpaygap #TWDGfeminism #Intersectionality #WorkplaceGenderEqualityAgency #UNwomenAustralia #UNwomen #RISEForWomen #HemasHoldingsPLC #KasturiChellaraja Info and photo: Daily Mirror
#TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilsDoingGood A Tamil at the #BerlinBiennale a prestigious world art event. Sinthujan Varatharajah researcher, essayist, and political geographer looks critically into the aftermath of the 1983 anti-Tamil pogroms and riots in Sri Lanka and the wars and genocide that followed. These led hundreds of thousands of Tamils into exile. For those who emigrated to Europe, divided Berlin was their personal entry point. At the time, the #BerlinWall played a little-known role as a permeable gateway, a transit point Used as a loophole of survival for many then “Third World” refugees. A special agreement between East and West Germany enabled refugees to enter through East Germany to settle in the West. In the 1980s, the political cracks in the walls of partitioned Germany became a lifeline of survival for the Tamil. This specific history of the Wall is the point of departure for Varatharajah’s investigations into physical and cultural borders and the memories of displacement of this community. Gathered in the exhibition space at the architectural complex at are different traces of these transit routes, such as oral histories, newspaper clippings, photographs, maps, and other collected materials. Together they form a living archive reflecting on issues of encampment, statelessness, and spatial power, bringing forth a displaced people and their untold stories. Sinthujan Varatharajah was born in a refugee camp in Coburg, Germany in 1985. His parents fled Sri Lanka in the early 1980s, and chose Germany as their destination. #83riots #EastGermany #WestGermany #TamilPogrom #TamilGermans #Refugees #TWDGarts #art #TWDGsrilanka #TWDGdiaspora #TWDGtamil #TamilDiaspora #SriLanka #tamils #srilankantamils #tamildiaspora #endviolence #srilankanwar #nomorewar #endwars #warcrimes #wartribunal #UNHCR #justice #humanrights #srilankapolitics https://universes.art/en/berlin-biennale/2020/affect-archives/sinthujan-varatharajah-1 Images: universes in universe
The MBE medal awarded to MIA with the beautifully crafted ribbon made by her mother. “She is one of the two women in England who hand stitched these medals for the last 30 years. After receiving asylum my mum and cousin took this job in 1986, because it was the only non English speaking manual labour she could find.” - MIA #TWDGmusic @miamatangi #TamilsDoingGood #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilChangeMakers #TWDGchangemakers #Activists #matangi #MIA #tamilrapper #TamilActivist #Tamil #PeopleSeekingAsylum #TWDGrefugees #refugees #seekingasylum #refugeesgivingback #refugeecontributions - info & images: The Independent
MIA pays tribute to her mother, a refugee from Sri Lanka, who was granted asylum in England in the 1980s. “Today I'm accepting this in honor of my mother who worked for minimum wage to give us a better life. As a working class first generation immigrant it's great to be recognised for my contribution. Having freedom to speak my truth and to do it through music has helped me speak for those who do not have those privileges. I will continue fight for those who are silenced or persecuted by others. This comes from my father Arular who passed away last month.” “She spent her life in England hand sewing 1000s of medals for the Queen. No matter how I feel or what I think, my mother was extremely proud of the job she had. It's a very unique situation for me where I get to honour her most classiest minimum wage job ever.” - MIA #TWDGmusic @miamatangi #TamilsDoingGood #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilChangeMakers #TWDGchangemakers #Activists #matangi #MIA #tamilrapper #TamilActivist #Tamil #PeopleSeekingAsylum #TWDGrefugees #refugees #seekingasylum #refugeesgivingback #refugeecontributions - info & images: The Independent
A tribute to a mother. MIA reveals that the ribbon that made up the MBE medal she received was hand stitched by her mother. Kala her mother has been sewing these ribbons for the MBE medal for many years. The MBE (Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), is an order of chivalry bestowed upon those who have made major contributions to the arts, welfare organisations and public service. #TWDGmusic @miamatangi #TamilsDoingGood #TamilsGoingPlaces #PeopleSeekingAsylum #TWDGrefugees #refugees #seekingasylum #refugeecontributions #refugeesgivingback #TamilChangeMakers #TWDGchangemakers #Activists #matangi #MIA #tamilrapper #TamilActivist #Tamil - Info: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mia-mbe-award-mother-instagram-buckingham-palace-a9284481.html%3famp fb
#TamilsDoingGood #TamilsGoingPlaces #TamilChangeMakers Sri Lankan Tamil, Kanya Wignaraja is set to assume her role as Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on 1 December 2019. Ms. Wignaraja, was appointed as Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator of the UNDP by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. She brings to the Asia-Pacific Bureau and region a wealth of experience in the field of development that includes a long and distinguished career with the UN system. #TWDGdevelopment #SustainableDevelopment #UNDP #UN More on this: https://www.lk.undp.org/content/srilanka/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2019/11/29112019.html
#TamilsGoingPlaces Meet Aarthy and Thinesh. Aarthy Ketheeswaran and Thinesh Kumarakulasingam. This young Tamil couple from Vancouver are in The Amazing Race Canada. #TWDGentertainment #TWDGdiaspora #TamilCanadians #diasporatamils #AmazingRaceCanada @aarthy.k @thineshk_ @amazingracecda Image: The Loop https://www.ctv.ca/The-Amazing-Race-Canada/Video/Exclusive-Meet-Aarthy-and-Thinesh-vid1704004
Congratulations to Tamil #musicalprodigy #LydianNadhaswaram winning the one million prize at #TheWorldsBestcompetition. He performed a medley of #Beethoven's "Fur Elise" and #Chopin's "Etude" on two pianos simultaneously. #TamilsGoingPlaces #TWDGkids #TWDGmusic #TWDGeducation #piano #Music
#WomensHistoryMonth #TamilsGoingPlaces Nirmala Sitharaman first woman after Indira Gandhi to run the Defence Ministry in India. #PressForProgress #GenderEquality #GenderEquity #TWDGGenderEquity #IndianWomenInHistory #TWDGeducation #TWDGinspirational #inspirational #RoleModels #TWDGrolemodels #AsianHistory #womenindianhistory #TWDGhistory #GlassCeiling #TWDGglassceiling #EqualRights #TWDGequalrights #GenderParity #TWDGgenderparity #TWDGfeminism #feminism #Intersectionality #BreakingStereotypes - Image Attribution - Times India
#TamilsGoingPlaces Jeenu Mahadevan walking the runways for major fashion houses like Fendi, Versace, and Burberry. The 20-year-old model calls out #colourism in the fashion world. #TWDGdiaspora #TamilDiaspora #TWDGfashion #TWDGcolourism #JeenuMahadevan