Tag Posts: South Indian
Divine Makeover – Tamil cultural photo a winner of 2014 National Geographic Traveller Photography Contest
A photographer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu who started his photography journey only in 2008 has snapped an international award winning photograph. Divine Makeover by Mahesh Balasubramanian is a Merit Prize winner at the 2014 National Geographic Traveller Photography Contest.
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Ishita Malaviya, the South Indian surfer
Meet Ishita Malaviya, a beautiful dark skinned, South Indian woman who is inspiring young females to take up surfing. She is India’s first, and only, professional female surfer and indirectly fighting its prejudices.
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University of Edinburgh awards Dr. Abdul Kalam honorary degree
Tamilian, scientist & former president of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was in Scotland recently to receive an honorary degree by the University of Edinburgh for his contribution to science and technology.
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Jallikattu – Tamil Nadu’s bull taming tradition banned in India
Should we mourn the ban of this centuries old Tamil Nadu rural tradition, or be proud to see the end of what many call a barbaric sport, practiced in modern day South India?
READ MOREThe life of a female Tamil boxer – Light Fly, Fly High
Directed by Norwegians Beathe Hofseth & Susann Ã?stigaard, “Light Fly, Fly High” is an award winning film about Thulasi Ekanandam, an Indian female boxer from the Southern state of Tamil Nadu.
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