Tamil

Australia's multicultural broadcaster SBS has unveiled a new schedule for its radio network which includes six new languages from Asia and Africa spoken by growing numbers of migrants and refugees. The last time SBS embarked on such a review was 1...

Tamilisai (Tamil Music) is very much misunderstood these days. Prof.Dr.K.P. Nallasivam, a visiting scholar from the Philosphy Department of Tamil University in Thanchavoor, explains it in simple Tamil.    

Ambai is a pioneer in Tamil writing on feminism. She has been writing over 50 years and is also a known activist on women related issues in India. She answers to our questions on the relevance of feminism in 21st century, Kashmir, contribution of ...

The Australian Government has been forced to deny its policies to combat people-smuggling have failed. Moreover, the harsh restrictions attached to bridging visa introduced by Labour government has been strongly criticised from several quarters, i...

Poet Neelabalan is a well-known poet in Sri Lanka. He shares his views on various issues affecting Sri Lanka, especially the upcountry Tamil population. Our SBS correspondent Suntharesan meets up with Neelabalan.  

Ratnasingam Senthuran, a student from Jaffna Hindu College, bags a silver medal for Sri Lanka in high jump at the Adidas All Schools Track & Field Championships 2012 held in Melbourne. In the under-16 high jump, Senthuran reached 1.95m and came se...

A.Muthukrishnan is a well-known social activist and human rights advocate in Tamil Nadu. He is also known for his persuasive writings and critiquing on various social issues. He shares his views on the use of draconian laws against the protesting ...

UNs new internal report says the United Nations failed to protect civilians and halt human-rights abuses during the last stages of Sri Lanka's civil war. The damning review looked at U-N action or inaction during the final months of the civil war ...

If you miss Aarohanam, then you may have missed most likely the best Tamil film of the year wrote a film critic. Lakshmi Ramakrishnans maiden movieAarohanam is a box-office hit in Tamil Nadu. Lakshim shares the story behind the making of Aarohanam...

Listen to the final part of the exclusive interview of Arohanam movie director Lakshmi Ramakrishnan.  

Barack Obama has been re-elected as president of the United States, only the second Democrat to win re-election in the past 60 years. Would US policy on Sri Lanka change due to his term in office? Professor S.I.Keethaponcalan, Ph.D. in Salisbury U...

A Tamil conference was held in London last week on Sri Lankan ethnic issue. The conference was organised by British Tamils Forum and supported by UK All Party Parliamentary Groups for Tamils. The participants include civil society activists and po...

At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Australia falls silent. The silence echoes a moment in time when the guns of Europe's Western Front fell silent in 1918, after four years of fighting in the First World War. Now, 94 y...

Thousands of people around the world have marked Malala Day on Saturday 10 Nov as a sign of support for the young Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls' education rights. Miraculously, the 15-year-old survived, prompti...

The festival of lights - or Theepaavali celebrated in style in communities across Australia.