The Annual Tamil Convention 2005 of the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America Tamil Nadu Foundation North America Tamil Youth Organization will take place July 2, 3, & 4, 2005 in Dallas, Texas at the Eisemann Center Hosted by the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Tamil Sangam Paddi Mandram, Kavi Arangam, Tamil Cinema Actors & Actresses,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Arts & Culture
Reminiscences on Directing M.S.
The Musician-Movie Star by Ellis R. Dungan Front Note by Sachi Sri Kantha M.S. Subbulakshmi (the supreme musician of 20th century Tamil Nadu and known to millions simply by her initials, M.S.) bid farewell to us on December 11th at the age of 88. She is on route to moksha – the everlasting celestial palace of angels, dancers and… Read more »
Mourning M. S. Subbulakshmi
Renowned Carnatic musician M S Subbulakshmi died at 11.45 p.m. in Chennai December 11 following “various complications”, according to hospital and family sources. She was 88. Her husband, Sadasivam, pre-deceased her in 1997. A Magsaysay Award winner, Subbulakshmi, popularly known as “MS,” has no children. Born as Kunjamma in the temple city of Madurai in… Read more »
International Symposium on Semmozhith Thamizh
Tamil Maiyam and ‘Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd’, are organizing an International Symposium on ‘Semmozhith Thamizh’ in Chennai on December 11, 2004. Eminent Tamil scholars and academics from Tamil Nadu and around the world are attending. Distinguished Tamil scholars like Prof. R.E. Asher of Edinburg University, Scotland, Dr. Ka. Pa. Aravanan, and Dr. V.C. Kulandaisamy… Read more »
We Have to Live a Language to Use it
by Janadas Devan, The Straits Times, Singapore, November 29, 2004 ‘THO’ I call them Mine, I know that they are not Mine.’ The English critic F.R. Leavis liked to cite that remark of William Blake about his works to point to the essential impersonality of literature: Blake ‘meant that when the artist is creatively successful,… Read more »
Maveerar Naal in the US
November 27th Saturday – New York December 4th Saturday – New Jersey December 4th Saturday – Los Angeles December 4th Saturday – Chicago December 4th Saturday – Florida December 4th Saturday – San Francisco December 4th Saturday – Seattle December 5th Sunday – Ohio For more information and directions please call: 718 657 9463 or… Read more »
Boston Tamil Association Christmas Party Dec. 4
Dear Members and Well-Wishers, This is your friendly reminder to mark your calendar and join us for the BTA (Boston Thamil Association of Ilankai/Sri Lanka Tamils) Annual Christmas Party. Date: Saturday, 4th of December 2004 at 6:30PM Location: Sons of Italy Hall, 117 Swanton Street Winchester, Massachusetts Members: $12.00 Kids : Free Non-Members: $20.00 Kids: $5.00 Christmas… Read more »
‘In the Name of the Buddha’ in New York Dec. 5
The controversial film is at another film festival in New York City – the South Asian International Film Festival and is sponsored by India Abroad and Salaam Theater. It will be showing at Chelsea Clearview Cinema at 12:00 noon on Sunday, December 5. For more information check http://www.saiff.org/program/program_day5.asp [The Sangam is most gratified that India Abroad, a New York… Read more »
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving is an American harvest holiday devoted to family gatherings and remembering our blessings on the last Thursday of November.
Maya Arulpragasam’s World
Bingo in Swansea by SASHA FRERE-JONES, The New Yorker Issue of 2004-11-22, Posted 2004-11-15 sangam.org/articles/view2/651.html “World music” is a category that does nobody any favors. Entirely disparate performers, like the dapper Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso and the African blues guitarist Ali Farka Toure, get lumped together in American record stores simply because they don’t sing… Read more »
Diwali Greetings to All
This is a festival celebrated throughout India and surrounding countries. It is colloquially known as the “festival of lights,” for the common practice is to light small oil lamps and place them around the home, in courtyards, verandahs, and gardens, as well as on roof-tops and outer walls. In urban areas, especially, candles are substituted… Read more »
Sangam’s Nov 6 Annual General Meeting Program
sangam.org/articles/view2/630.html The Sangam’s AGM is coming up in one week, on Saturday, November 6 in Edison, New Jersey. There will be interesting programs, lots of socializing with old and new friends, dinner, a business meeting, dancing and more! All are welcome. There will be an all-day and evening program, with a separate youth event in… Read more »
Sangam’s Nov 6 Annual General Meeting Program
sangam.org/articles/view2/620.html The Sangam’s AGM is coming up in one week, on Saturday, November 6 in Edison, New Jersey. There will be interesting programs, lots of socializing with old and new friends, dinner, a business meeting, dancing and more! All are welcome. There will be an all-day and evening program, with a separate youth event in… Read more »
Youth Event at Sangam AGM Nov. 6
October 22, 2004 sangam.org/articles/view2/617.html
An Appreciation of ‘Unsculptured Thought’
An Appreciation of ‘ciRpi cetukkAta cintany’ – Unsculptured Thought by Poet Dr. T Koventhan, October 12, 2004 sangam.org/articles/view2/602.html A new book by ‘jAzhan’ Shanmugalingam ‘peRRa tAjum piRanta ponnAdum NaRRava vAninum Nani ciRaNtanavE’- (Bharathy) ‘jAzhan’s’ interpretation: Biological mother and the golden birth place Excel in stature over the multi-blessed sky. Here, mother plays a dual role. … Read more »
US Youths Reflect on Pongu Tamil
by various, October 11, 2004 sangam.org/articles/view2/593.html Our land!” “TAMIL EELAM!” Surrounded by the hopeful and enthusiastic cheers of the crowd stirred up a wave of emotions in me at Pongu Tamil. The value of the Tamil movement was a notion that I had never fully been able to comprehend until before this powerful event. With… Read more »
Tamil Eelam Women’s Day October 10
In celebration of Woman’s Day, please visit the following website. http://www.media-icon.com/women/ sangam.org/articles/view2/592.html Foreword – Commemorating Women of TamileelamTamileelam Women’s Day is an occasion marked by Tamils around the globe to commemorate the contributions of Tamil women towards the struggle for political and social equality in the Tamil homeland. Tamileelam Women’s Day falls on October 10th,… Read more »
Song: Nampungal Tamil Eelam Nallai Pirakum
sangam.org/articles/view2/589.html Believe in the Birth of Tamil Eelam Chorus: Nampungal Tamil Eelam Nallai Pirakum Naatin Adimai Vilanku Therrikum Believe, Tamil Eelam is to be born tomorrow Shattering the shackles of our nation’s servitude. 1. Paaril Tamilmann veeram pirakum Pahaivan oodum sethi kitaikum Tamil soil will emerge gallantly among the nations News of our fleeing enemies… Read more »
TRO’s Annual Event in NJ Oct. 23
TRO’s Fifth Annual Event on Saturday Oct 23, 2004, New Jersey sangam.org/articles/view2/588.html Dear Friends, Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) invites you for the fifth fund raising dinner and fine Tamil music concert. The cease-fire in our homeland has brought an end to the senseless killing. But the suffering of our people who have endured years of… Read more »
by a former child soldier – a Poem
by Peter P. sangam.org/articles/view2/583.html We are the people We are the leaders And they They say it’s their rights We say it’s their rights They say release We say releasing them They say don’t recruit We say stop recruiting them They say protect We say protecting them They say education We see ruined schools They… Read more »