15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) or Overseas Indian Meet is being organised at Varanasi in state of Uttar Pradesh, India  from 21-23 January 2019, in partnership with Government of the State of Uttar Pradesh. Over 5000 participants are expected to join the

      Mrs Visalakshi Ramanathan, founder of  the Art Studio ‘Dwarakamaye’ in Chennai,  is a woman of creativity and innovation.  She, who is well versed in many form of paintings and drawings, mainly  concentrates on Tanjore form of art.

Caption for the cover photo:  Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Mr Anbarasu Rajendran, Acting CEO of SINDA observing activities at the Indian Heritage Centre   Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam interacting with children at the

Caption for the cover photo:  External view of the kittangi (Continuation from the previous issue) The Kittangi – Pioneer Bank ‘Branches” that Empowered Nagarathars to Succeed Overseas as Private Financiers Mr Subbiah Lakshmanan PRAYER ROOM The top floor of all

Dr Radhika Jaidev (continuation from the previous issue) References to nature and physical landscapes in Sangam literature Premalatha (1985) informs us that there were several works of literature that combine music and dance in the pre-Christian era, the most important

Cover Photo:  Ms Merlin Pillay sharing some Chetti Melakan recipes with President Halimah Yacob and Mr Bay Yam Keng. Senior Parliamentary Secratary, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth     Mr David Bok, Mr Sanasee Philips Roy and Mr Ponno

One of the award recipients sharing his experiences SINDA Excellence Awards 2018 SINDA Excellence Awards 2018 took place on the 22nd September 2018 at the Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre.  Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law

Mr Rajkumar, President, LISHA, Her excellency,  Halimah Yacob, President, Republic of Singapore and Mr R Dhinakaran, former NMP of Singapore during the official opening of the Deepavali light up ceremony DEEPAVALI IN LITTLE INDIA, SINGAPORE Deepavali, the festival of lights

The Kittangi – Pioneer Bank ‘Branches” that Empowered Nagarathars to Succeed Overseas as Private Financiers Mr Subbiah Lakshmanan The Kittangi was the epicentre of the international business dealings of Nattukottai Nagarathars during its 200-year expansion phase between 1800 and 1980. 

Dr Radhika Jaidev (Continuation from the previous issue) The influence of Tamil Language and Literature There are more than 7099 living languages (https://www.ethnologue. com/ethnoblog/gary-simons/welcome-20th-edition) existing in this world. Of these, 300 languages are said to possess literary value and of