As part of the its defining goal of ‘empowering the Tamil youth’, the TYO (Tamil Youth Organisation) organised a higher education and careers convention in West London on Saturday afternoon. The 4-hour event which hosted recruitment and careers stalls from employers and leading universities, as well as running workshops in interview skills, revision technique and …
Members of the Tamil Youth Organisation in UK gathered in a London park in the early hours Saturday to follow the age old Tamil custom of boiling milk and rice in a traditional clay pot on Pongal day. As in the rest of the Tamil community, the usually joyous event was muted amid the continuing …
Theoverwhelming question raised by many is why the title ‘Athi Unatha Arpanippu'(The Ultimate Sacrifice) for a poem competition. Some may think it is prettystraight forward; on the other hand some may not have the slightest of clues. The titlecame about to commemorate those who made ‘The Ultimate Sacrifice’ for OURnation. Little do many know what …
Katka Kasadara was the only one of its sort to be held in London with two rounds of tough contestants. The first round was held in the four London regions boasting an outstanding turnout of over 200 participants. The top three competitors were carefully selected by our panel of top judges. The judges informed TYO …
Groups of protestors outside retailers and business in Britain are not unusual. Most recently UK-Uncut activists launched a wave of sit-ins in and around corporations associated with tax dodging. That campaign turn on consumers not wishing to put money into pockets of those they believe are behaving unethically or exploitatively. Amidst other campaigns-through-consumer, Tamil activists …
Background to the Boycott: Sri Lanka stands accused of war crimes against the Tamil population during the final stages of the war in 2009 where up to 135,000 Tamil civilians were killed. Over the past two years leading human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and International Crisis Group, as well as …