Tamil

Thirumalai Moorthy compares Western music with Carnatic musical notes. He shares some interesting information on Carnatic music maestros who mastered Western music as well.  

PB Sreenivas was a veteran playback singer. He had sung around 3000 songs in Tamil and other Indian languages. He died on 14 April 2013 at the age of 82 in Chennai. This is the second part of the interview given by P B Sreenivas some five years ag...

A federal parliamentary inquiry into multicultural policy has concluded that Australia is a great example for other countries.   The two-year inquiry has produced a report with bipartisan support.  

Kulasegaram Sanchayan interviews the author of the recently launched book of poems, Aani (Ananthakumarasamy Ramanathan).   Maathumai Koneswaran renders one of the poems from the book in this feature.

A collection of messages and wishes from SBS Radio management and the broadcasters/representatives of Tamil radios from all over Australia.    

Prathivadi Bhayankara Sreenivas was a veteran playback singer. He had sung around 3000 songs in Tamil and other Indian languages. He died on 14 April 2013 at the age of 82 in Chennai. This is the first of the interview given by P B Srreenivas some...

The federal government's roll-out of digital-only television has surged, with Adelaide becoming the first capital city to go all-digital.   Analogue signals have been switched off this month for over half-a-million Adelaide homes. ...

Billed as the closest contest in Malaysia's history, the country's general election is due to take place on May the 5th. For decades, the United Malays National Organisation - known as UMNO - has controlled Malaysia through coalition governments. ...

Gana Bala is a very popular gana singer in Tamil films. Bala is chatting with us on his early career and the current trend in the film industry.  

Bombay Jeyashri is one of the most popular singers in India. She is deeply classical, uncompromising in adherence to the core tradition of Carnatic music, yet ceaselessly seeking avenues to give and take in equal measures from world music. She re...

Karthik, a leading playback singer and a music director in Tamil film industry. He joins Maestro Ilayarajas Live in Concert in Sydney and Melbourne in May. Karthik shares his memories and discusses future career options in an exclusive interview t...

There are renewed calls for the review process into the adverse security assessments of refugees in indefinite detention to be sped up. It comes as a group of detainees stage a protest at an immigration detention centre in Melbourne.  ...

Velmurugan, a known Tamil folk-singer, is the most popular kuththup paaddu (குத்துப் பாட்டு) singer in Tamil films. Velmurugan sings in Sydney on 21 April in Sydney Chithirai Festival in Castle Hill, NSW. Listen to the ...

Bhargavi Dilipkumar, a well-known social activist in India, has been spearheading many campaigns and advocacy on various social issues including anti-nuclear power plant in Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu, India. Bhargavi who is visiting Australia speaks o...

P. Kamalanathan was an MP in the dissolved Parliament in Malaysia. He was elected to Parliament in 2010 in a by-election and is contesting again this time. He explains the election manifesto of the ruling coalition and comments on the declining ...