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A memorial event was held on February 12 to honor Bhavatharini’s first death anniversary, with her brother Karthik Raja ...

Soft-spoken singer Bhavatharini, the only daughter of ace music director Ilaiyaraaja, was a National Award winner.

President Anura Kumara Disanayake met with the Executive Vice Chairman of Oracle Corporation Mike Sicilia during the World Governments Summit held in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday (11). The ...

The much-anticipated Hindi lyrical release of Shiva Shiva Shankaraa from the upcoming film Kannappa was abruptly cancelled ...

Any discussion of South Asian diaspora music is incomplete without a mention of this band. Cornershop began with brothers ...

The Tamil scholar “Pundit” M. Nallathamby, a teacher at Zahira College, Colombo was entrusted this task and a neat, precise ...

Thilakarajah first started writing poetry in school. He encountered Velupillai’s work in his Tamil literature syllabus and ...

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English PEN has announced the PEN Translates awards winners for 2025, including the first-ever PEN Translates award for a ...

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In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...