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Reject Grooms Demanding Dowries ! -Real life Story
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Content Tamil culture : What you need to know ?
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News Highlights
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Tamil culture : What you need to know ?
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Panama Papers:
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Help to Buy ISA
BLAS , MEGAMALAI & Decennium & more PICS !
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Student Achievements
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Can i make change for $20?
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Was Pushpaka vimanam an ancient Tamil flying machine? Analysis on ancient Tamil writings
A guide to basic of Tamil Community & their culture
A guide to exposed Evasion Scheme of World Leaders from Iceland to Argentina
State help now available to thousands more first-time buyers in UK
Reject Grooms Demanding Dowries ! Brave story of a Tamil Bride
Mothers are the most precious people in this world Article marking Mothers Day
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THA COVER PAGE TEAM
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News of High School achievements in UK
An article which highlights the need to support Tamils in Sri Lanka
News about British Tamil Community
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Cooking time
Suggested places to travel this winter
The team behind the cover page shoot
“Tha” Three out of Forbes ‘30 under 30’
Three Tamils who secured the title of Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30
World War II RAF Tamil Veteran of British Ceylon, C.K.Pathy turns 100 Story of Tamil RAF veteran
Recipe of two Tamil dishes
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Ten secrets that taught in make up artist schools
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Tha Events & Tha Calendar Album of past Tamil events and calendar of future events
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Entertainment news Tamil entertainment news
Learn the maths with fun List of website which would help to learn Maths
Tha lifestyle
| EDITORIAL
Editor’s wall
Coming back... Hello again after a while!, Welcome to spring with end of long darkness , and the new brightness bring a flowers and Tha lifestyle blossom again Thank you to all in ‘Tha’ family who missed us and with your repeated encouragement. Here we start again! We do very much expect your support in helping us to build up a community magazine and I always believe this magazine will play a role in British Tamil community and their future. Your participation is invaluable to me in sustaining this project. I have and I am pulling the cart along the upward slopes believing in the support of community. A voluntary magazine need support in its every step. I am always thankful to those voluntary photographers & make-up artists who spent their time make brilliant cover pages but our magazine needs much more. We do not believe in selling this magazine rather we believe in voluntary contributions to run this show. This magazine can survive with small contributions and support in distributions. Please take the free copies to your Tamil Societies in the Universities , Tamils Schools in the towns , and Tamil Events. Let this magazine spread and fulfil the dream of the creators. My baby Magazine stopped moving for a while , to grasp and strengthen her mind and soul with determination of continuing the journey she began. She needs your support and encouragement more than words , in terms of financial contributions and community writers. So our journey will continue with the objective of bridging generations within the Tamil Community and promoting integration with other communities in Great Britain. I am determined to walk further and once again this addition comes as symbol of my determination. I am waiting and looking up on you, Tha Community , with great expectation.
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Sujay (Arirajasingham) Sujatharan Editor@tha-lifestyle.com facebook.com/ThaSujay
Content reviewer Rob dow
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Arunn Gnanapragasam | Shalomi Nirmalan | BRINTHA SKANTHATHEVA | ABI NATHAN
Tha contributors of this edition Flora Stanislaus | Haro Thaya
Tha Lifestyle | NEWS
THA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Lyca Production’s Enthiran 2.0:
Rajini , Akshay Kumar , Shankar , AR , AMY and in ‘3D’
Further to the British Tamil owned Lyca Mobiles Group’s Lyca Productions announcement of its latest film ‘Robot 2.0′, shooting started in Delhi which is being shot in 3D. The movie stars Akshay Kumar opposite South Indian superstar, Rajinkanth, directed by Shankar while double Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman is composing tunes, popular cinematographer Nirav Shah is cranking the camera. According to reports, the film has been made on a budget of Rs 350 crores. The sequel to Enthiran stars Rajinikanth and British actress Amy Jackson in the lead, with Akshay Kumar playing the antagonist. The film will be known as ‘2.0’, which is being shot in 3D made with top technicians from all over the globe. Legacy Effects from USA, the world No.1 Animatronics company who worked on movies like ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Iron Man’, ‘Avengers’ has been signed in for this movie. This is Lyca Productions’ biggest projects to date. Produced by British Tamil business magnet Subaskaran Allirajah, who is also the chairman and founder of Lyca Mobile/Productions, and main role played by Enthinran 2.0 will release simultaneously in both Tamil and Hindi in 2017. The movie also involved, Isle of Man born British Actress & model , “Miss Liverpool” Amy Jackson , who is the heroen of the mega scaled movie of the Tamil history.
Lebara MOBILE Launches ‘world first’ mobile DIGITAL DOCTORS service
Lebara has launched what it calls a ‘world first’ enabling thousands of its customers in the UK to seek important medical advice through their mobile plan. The ethnic MVNO is currently trialling ‘Second Medical Opinion’. It gives registered customers access to a 24hour service provided by Best Doctors where they can get opinions on medical conditions. Lebara claims this is a world first from any Europeanbased operator. Best Doctors is an organisation that lets its subscribers seek advice from worldwide health experts. Lebara has partnered with insurer Allianz Group to fund the service. Second Medical Opinion is free for selected users, who can add two family members from the UK or abroad to their plan. Users are being selected at random, with a wider rollout expected at some point this year. Lebara claims the UK is home to over two million foreign-born residents from developing countries who support two family members from their home country. Lebara CEO Yoganathan Ratheesan said: “We know that ensuring healthcare is a key priority for the global community of migrants. Quick, simple and cost effective protection of loved ones at home, wherever they are in the world, responds to this core need for our customers born outside of the UK. I am confident our partnership will be well received and appreciated.”
British Tamil Comedian
Romesh Ranganathan up for a Bafta
Romesh Ranganathan , the famous British comedian, has been short listed for ‘best entertainment performance’ for his BBC Three travel series Asian Provocateur, in which he travelled to his family’s homeland of Ceylon.
He is up against three far more experienced hands: Graham Norton for his BBC One chat show; Leigh Francis for hosting ITV2’s Celebrity Juice and Stephen Fry for his last series of QI. For his new BBC3 series, the London-based comedian who returned to his family homeland to explore his roots said “I didn’t know the language, I didn’t know my relatives, and I didn’t know anything about the country’s traditions and customs. This meant that the trip was a great experience, but also a stark reminder of the fact that I had not taken the time to get to know more of my background before. What made it worse is that the whole time we were there, all the Sri Lankans assumed that I knew the language because I look like I should. I was a bumbling Englishman in an incredible Sri Lankan disguise. Circumstances aside, I felt pretty ashamed of myself.” Winners are announced on May 8.
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| Language & culture
Tamil culture : What you need to know ?
Roots
The Tamils are defined as the people having Tamil as their mother tongue. The Tamil language is a member of the Dravidian/ South Indian family of languages. Tamil people have their roots in western India, Pakistan, and an area farther to the west which is called ‘Sindhu Valley’. The peoples of the Indus civilization spoke an older version of the Tamil language around 2500 BC and they followed the religion which was called ‘Saivasm later amalgamated as a sub religion of the Hindu religion. With the threat of invasions from Middle East , ancient Tamils are believed to have moved towards South India and further into Sri Lanka.
Ancient kingdoms of Tamils The major clans that governed Tamil regions in South Asian continent were the Cholas, Cheras, Pandyans and the Pallavas who ruled most of present day South India and Srilanka. Tamil people and their culture flourished during these times. The Cholas also conquered foreign lands which extended to present day Malaysia ,Burma , Thailand and Cambodia which is believed to be ‘golden era of Tamils’. An impressive Tamil civilization emerged under the Cholas, who ruled from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries CE.
Ancient Tamill empire
Famous Trio : Ancient kings of Chera , Chola & Pandiars with their own flags
Population Most Tamils, about 67 million, live in India. But they are a significant group in Sri Lanka (about 3 million) and live in other parts of Asia, as well as Fiji, Africa, the West Indies, Europe, and the United States. South India and Ceylon have been homelands of the Tamils, from the beginning of recorded history. Due to the recent civil war in Sri Lanka, there are now many thousands of Tamils in about twenty different countries, with large numbers in Canada, UK,Australia, Germany, France, and Switzerland. Within the Nordic countries, Norway and Denmark have more Tamils than Sweden.
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| Language & culture
Family & Social arrangement Tamil people used to live together within large families in South Asia rural life. But since they moved worldwide, the global scenario has shifted towards having a nuclear family. It is normal in South Asian villages to find many related families living together with every family having three or more children. The average household size is five to six people with a preference for an extended nuclear family. It is not unusual for an old person or couple to live alone, especially if they have few assets. Under Tamil tradition sons divide the land because they may live by cultivating it, and daughters get the mother’s gold and jewels either as dowry or as Inheritance. In present modern European Tamils this tradition is mostly not followed as farming is no longer a traditional job and female rights campaigners believe it undermines their equality. There were multiple caste variations as well based on their traditional jobs which vanished in many western countries where everyone is respected equally. Informally some caste system influences are still followed in considering marriages but this is sometimes challenged by younger and modern Tamils of newer generations. It is worth noting a famous traditional saying, “Yathum Oore Yaavarum Kelir” which means every place is our friendly village and every person is our family , which refutes any further differences in the community.
Victorian Tamil dressing style in Jaffna during 1800’s as recorded by British
Traditional Wedding of Tamil Hindus
Customs & traditions Tamil people wear Saree , Pavadai and Veshti which can still be found worn in traditional ceremonies. Silk is much loved by ancient Tamils and its a luxury to wear silk clothes. Tamils greet each other saying “Vanakkam” while joining the palms together in front of the chest. This word can be used to greet anyone and any time of the day. Traditional Dress of Men “Vetti”
Food Traditional Dress of Women “Saree”
Traditional Tamil food is served on banana leaves Traditional Dress of and vegetarianism is highly celebrated. There is female kids “Pavadai” a standard way of serving food on Banana leaves often ending with Sweet desert ‘Payasam’. Mango, jack fruit and banana (Mukkani) are three types of commonly eaten fruits.
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| Language & culture
Festivals & Ceremonies Thai Pongal is one of the major Tamil festivals which gives evidence that majority of the people were farmers back then. Tha Pongal is mainly celebrated as thanks giving to the Sun god and to farm animals , especially the bull which is used to plough the paddy fields. Present day Tamils celebrate many other festivals which are followed by many other Indian ethnicity such as ‘April New Year’ , ‘Deepavali’ , ‘Thai Poosam’, ‘Navarathiri’ among many other days. Navarathiri is celebrated for nine days and tenth day is called ‘Viajayathasami’ is also an imporant day for Tamil kids. On this day the kids for first time learn to write the Tamil alphabets by trying them on a plate of rice grains.
Tamil Thai Pongal festival
Also it is a traditional ceremony for a Tamil family to host a their daughter’s ‘coming of age’ also called ‘Saree ceremony’. A Wedding Ceremony is a major event for every Tamil which is usually witnessed by hundreds of Tamils together. Our previous edition described more about Tamil weddings.
Language A kid is taught to write on a Viajayathasami day
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There are 12 vowels, 18 consonants, 216 consonant vowels and one aaydham in the Tamil language and hence there is a total of 247 characters in Tamil.
Tamil is the only language spoken around the culture. It dates back millennia and Tamil believe that language which appeared before stone was ground to sand . The earliest Tamil writing is attested in inscriptions and potsherds from the 5th century BC. Three periods have been distinguished through analyses of grammatical and lexical changes: Old Tamil (from about 450 BC to 700 BC), Middle Tamil (700–1600), and Modern Tamil (from 1600). Structurally, Tamil is a verb-final language that allows flexibility regarding the order of the subject and the object in a sentence. The modern Tamil language is spoken by approximately 66 million people throughout the world, most of them located in southern India and northern Sri Lanka. A great variety of dialects are found in the various areas where Tamil is spoken. For example, the dialects spoken in India differ substantially from the dialect spoken in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Within the Indian province of Tamil Nadu alone, there are regional differences between northern, western and southern speakers, as well as differences in dialect based on social class.
Art & literature
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| Language & culture
Tamil literature dates back into eras for which exact historical accounts does not exist. The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature are called “Aimperumkappiyankal”, including seevaka sinthamani, valaiyapathi, kundalakesi, silappathikaram and manimekalai. The first detailed information on music, in Tamil literature can be found in Silappathikaaram (Middle of 5th Century AD*). This was written by a Jain Monk, Ilango Adigal. It is also from this time, that Tamil literature blossomed in all its three branches –Mutthamizh, namely Iyal, Isai and Natakam, respectively Prose/Poetry, Music and Stage/Drama. Thirukkural , which a fundamental bible of Tamils , has short poems of wisdom about life and government which was written long ago and was way ahead of its’ time. Tholkappiyam is another major work of literature during the Sangam era , 2000 BC. Bharatha Naatiyam , a famous dance of Tamils , is believed to be a form of dance bestowed upon humans by Lord Shiva himself. Folk arts included Karakattam, Oyilattam and Kavadiattam.
Bhartha Natyam Dance show in London Tamils also learn Carnatic music as traditional music. Carnatic music of south India is one of the oldest systems of music. Carnatic music is based on a melodic scale and is having a high content of spirituality.
Religion Tamil culture and Hinduism are deeply related. Many traditions and customs are similar. Hinduism is an integral religion in Tamil culture. Hinduism and it’s sub divides such as Saivam and Vainavam are also part of Tamil Culture. Commonly worshiped deities include Shiva’s sons Murugan and Pillaiyar, the several village goddesses (such as Mariyamman and Kannakiyamman), and a host of semidemonic deities who are thought to demand sacrifices. With the influence of Middle East movements and the Western invasions of Christianity , Catholicism and Islam are also followed by Tamil speakers around the world. Hindus are make up more than 80% of the population and the other religions are reckoned to be less than 20% of the population.
Thiruvalluvar : Sculpture of a Tamil philosopher at University of London campus
Tamil Kavadi Dancer in London temple festival
The Tamil Christians include both Roman Catholics as well as the Protestants.
Tamil Hindu temple in Eastham (London)
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| GLOBAL ISSUES
Panama Papers A guide to exposed Evasion Scheme of World Leaders from
Iceland to Argentina
What are the Panama Papers? The Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5million files from the database of the world’s fourth biggest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The records were obtained from an anonymous source by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The ICIJ then shared them with a large network of international partners. What do they reveal? The documents show the myriad ways in which the very rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Twelve national leaders among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world are now known to have been using offshore tax havens Among national leaders with offshore wealth are Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister; Ayad Allawi, ex-interim prime minister and former vice-president of Iraq; Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine; Alaa Mubarak, son of Egypt’s former president; and the prime minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson. Also revealed are three Sri Lankan leaders, believed to include Mahinda Rajapaksa who is accused of war crimes against Tamils. An offshore investment fund run by the father of British prime minister David Cameron avoided having to pay tax in Britain by hiring a small army of Bahamas residents to sign its paperwork. What is Mossack Fonseca? It is a Panama-based law firm whose services include incorporating companies in offshore jurisdictions such as the British Virgin Islands. It administers offshore firms for a yearly fee. Other services include wealth management. How much data has been leaked? A lot. The leak is one of the biggest ever – larger than the US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks in 2010, and the secret intelligence documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden in 2013. There are 11.5m documents and 2.6 terabytes of information drawn from Mossack Fonseca’s internal database.
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| Business & Finance
Help to Buy ISA ............now available to thousands more first-time buyers
With a new financial year beginning today, thousands more first-time buyers will be able to open a Help to Buy Isa. Help to Buy Isas offer prospective first-time buyers a government bonus of up to £3,000 when buying their first home, depending on how much they’ve saved. The Help to Buy Isa launched in December last year, but Isa contribution rules meant that those who had already paid into cash Isas that year had to wait until the new financial year to open one. It is likely that banks will be inundated with new Help to Buy Isa account applications now the 2016/17 year has begun. Best Help to Buy Isa deals If you’re keen to open a Help to Buy Isa, the accounts with the highest interest rates are listed below. Click the links to find out more about each Isa with Which? Money Compare. Santander Help to Buy Isa - 4% Halifax Help to Buy Isa - 4% Cumberland Building Society Help to Buy Isa* - 4% *Cumberland only offers the product in branch, so you’ll need to based in or around Lancashire, Cumbria or southern Scotland to open an account. Help to Buy Isas are also available from Virgin Money (3% interest), Barclays (2.27%), Aldermore, Bank of Scotland, Chorley Building Society, Clydesdale Bank, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, Nationwide and Yorkshire Bank (all 2%), and Newcastle Building Society (1.51%). It’s worth shopping around before signing up for a Help to Buy Isa, as several banks offer split Isas (where you can also pay into another cash Isa with the same bank) and deals on mortgages. What is a Help to Buy Isa? The Help to Buy Isa is a government scheme designed to help would-be first-time buyers get onto the property ladder. You can deposit up to £200 a month in a Help to Buy ISA (plus an additional initial deposit of £1,000). The government will top up these savings by 25%, up to a maximum bonus of £3,000, when you buy a house or flat. There are rules around who qualifies and what type of property you can buy. Lifetime ISA launching in 2017 In the 2016 Budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced a new savings scheme called the lifetime ISA. Launching in 2017, it’s designed to help people buy their first home or save for retirement. Like the Help to Buy ISA, the lifetime ISA offers a 25% bonus on savings when you buy a house, but it allows you to save more - up to £4,000 each year. The maximum bonus is also much higher. You need to be aged between 18 and 39 to open a lifetime ISA, and you’ll be eligible to earn an annual bonus until you reach the age of 50. This means that you could theoretically get a bonus of £32,000 using a lifetime ISA, although you would need to contribute the maximum amount for 32 years in order to receive this. If it all sounds too good to be true, bear in mind that withdrawing the money for any purpose other than to buy a house or retire will incur hefty penalties - so it may not be the best savings option for those who want a bit of flexibility.
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| Society
Reject Grooms Demanding Dowries !A story of a brave Tamil bride Traditionally, Tamil communities in Sri Lanka or even in many South Asian countries send brides into marriage with dowries – gifts, land house , gold jewels or even cash which gave rise to many a controversy among modern day Tamils. As the Tamil community moved into various countries, the more liberal views begun to deny this tradition which could be seen as contradicting gender equality in United Kingdom. But on an island where strong traditional arrangements are followed , one lady who bravely refused this request attracted much media attention. With an increasing number of young Tamil women in Sri Lanka, especially those living in Colombo, the country’s capital, many are rejecting the presentation of dowries. These women seek equality with their partners to be and believe dowries turn marriage into an economic exchange.
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Usha Thevathas, a 25-year-old student, elocution teacher, and corporate trainer was told she was ‘ready for marriage’ by her astrologer and Usha’s mother immediately began searching for suitable young men. Marriage should not be a trade between two families. It’s time to change. It’s two lives that matter, not dowries. — Usha Thevathas, 25, teacher and prospective bride
Usha agreed to an arranged marriage – a common practice among Tamil families in Sri Lanka – on one controversial but fair condition. “I don’t agree on giving a dowry,” Usah said “It’s a crime. I would appreciate and respect a man who is bold enough to say no to wanting a dowry.” Usha’s role model is her father, who bucked Tamil tradition by not asking for a dowry when he married her mother in 1973. “What I need is a compatible partner, someone who accepts me as I am rather than looking for a deal behind it,” Usha says. Young people in Sri Lanka’s Tamil communities, while still honouring traditions such as arranged marriage, nowadays observe those traditions according to their own standards. “My mother has always been looking out for suitors, and I have given her the liberty to do so,” Thevathas says. “But the deciding factor will remain with me.” In countering this
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view members of conservative communities defend the custom, saying a dowry gives a young couple a secure financial base on which to build a life together. In addition, dowries bring brides’ families social acceptance and even prestige. This dowry giving procedure is affecting the Jaffna Tamil community particularly.
| Society
language daily newspaper, echoes the notion that earning power is an ongoing dowry. More and more Tamil women are pursuing careers, and working women bring income to their new families, Kulanthyvel says.
“I will never demand a dowry,” he says. “I believe that the dowry system is changing, bringing other values such as compatibility and relationship in marriage into focus.”
“This is a major change from the past, when many women resolved to be housewives and attend to their family’s needs,” she says.
Saamageethan’s family moved to Colombo from Jaffna, a district in Sri Lanka’s northern tip in 2012. Saamageethan as the eldest son became head of the family when a Claymore mine killed his father as he travelled in 2006. Saamageethan made all the arrangements for his sister’s wedding in June 2014, and was pleased when his future brotherin-law did not seek a dowry.
Usha, in her final year at the University of Colombo, says her education is a modern form of dowry – and the most valuable asset she has to offer. “An educated girl adds value to the family, and she is capable of contributing to the financial growth of her family,” says Usha. Nandhini Wijayaratnam, who works informally as a matchmaker confirms the value of education in making a good match. “Education is an asset and is a dowry by itself,” she says. Educated women have better career prospects, and they are able to earn an income for their families, she says. That makes education a long-term investment.
Wijayaratnam who is 57 has been helping families find partners for their children for almost twenty five years. She successfully arranges about two marriages a year. Wijayaratnam has witnessed a change in the way prospective brides approach marriage proposals. “One can see the changes in girls being educated, empowered and their lifestyle changes,” she says. “They adjust themselves in a relationship. They are independent in their beliefs and ideas.” Chandramathi Kulanthyvel, a journalist with Thinakaran, a Tamil-
Kulanthyvel who is 24 became engaged in July. The match was arranged, but Kulanthyvel and her fiancé decided to proceed with the marriage after spending time together. His family hasn’t discussed a dowry, but Kulanthyvel says her family might give her a gift, similar in value to a dowry, when she marries. “It’s not important to give a dowry,” she says. “A man should be able to sustain his family and be proud of the fact. The girl’s family could help in some way voluntarily, but it should not be demanded.” Men too say they’re also ready for a change. Kanthapadmanaban Saamageethan at 25 says he doesn’t plan to marry soon but he’s already decided how he’ll balance traditional values with modern ideas.
“Our community is moving forward while preserving tradition and customs,” he says. “That’s good.”
Our Sincere thanks to
Kumala Wijeratne Kumala joined Global Press Journal after completing the GPI training program in 2012. Her coverage of Tamil brides rejecting grooms who want dowries was voted among the Best of Global Press Journal 2015.
globalpressjournal.com
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| Family & Love
Mothers are the most precious people in this world. Their love for their children is indescribable and it can never be overtaken by anyone else, under any circumstances most of the time. Most mothers always think about their children’s future and do all they can to establish a good life for them. If we go through or are in pain, they will feel it in their heart. We, children take this for granted and don’t realize how much parents value us and treat us as their heartbeat. As we become older, we meet new people in life, strangers become our best friends and we are surrounded by a group of people we end up giving our priority to. Life goes on, time goes on and our parents become older and we fail in our responsibilities. However, when we realize, it’s too late. We all are aware how time flies so quickly, why don’t we show our love and appreciation while we can? This is a wicked world full of illnesses and sorrows. However, we can bring joy and happiness to our mother’s face with the way we live, act and talk. It’s time where we all should sit back and analyze our hearts and minds. Are we being children that our parents can be proud of? Are we being the person in which our mother can proudly say ‘’That’s my daughter’’ or ‘’That’s my son’’? There is no second chance in life, so it’s better to realise and act now then to regret and never be able to put things right. A kind request to all, I know this is the age you want to enjoy and have fun. However, don’t forget the hard work and sacrifices that your mother has gone through for your future. By Flora Stanislaus
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| Cover Page
THA COVER PAGE TEAM Photography by Arunn Gnanapragasam
Arunn G, An international wedding and fashion photographer based in the UK who specialises in unique, artistic and modern imagery. With a steadily increasing following on Facebook and other social media, Arunn is continuously striving to discover new techniques and create different love stories through his photos. www.arunngphotography.com www. facebook.com/arunnphoto Follow on instagram: @picturejunkie22
Make up by Shalomi Nirmalan Shalomi is a London-based makeup artist and hair stylist. She has rapidly built a name for herself in the London Asian Bridal scene over the last 3 years. Her work can also be seen on the covers of magazines, fashion catwalks, celebrity events and music videos. You can read her beauty blog at www.shalomi.co.uk .
Follow Shalomi on Instagram @shalomimakeupandhair Facebook - www.facebook.com/shalomimakeup
Model Brintha Skanthatheva Brintha is a mathematical teacher by profession and aspiring model.
Assisted by Abi Nathan Abi is a writer for Tamil Guardian
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| Achievements
“Tha” Three out of Forbes ‘30 under 30’ Tamil brightest young entrepreneurs recognised by International Magazine ! The pride of Tamils been raised to new level as Three Tamils , Two from UK and one from Germany have been named as ‘30 under 30’ list of Forbes
Arnie Sriskandarajah, 28
Twitter : @AS_Arnie (UNITED KINGDOM) The investor and entrepreneur cofounded the early stage investment fund “The Collective Elevator” focusing on consumer-centric ventures. Formerly at Rocket Internet, he launched multiple e-commerce ventures and led the Hello Fresh operations in the UK.
Sakthy Selvakumaran, 27
PhD student Sakthy Selvakumaran, a Chartered Civil Engineer and Innovation Engineer, Laing O’Rourke (UNITED KINGDOM) A civil engineer and author, Selvakumaran, has focused on bringing water treatment to Africa, earthquake proofing homes in Peru and adding new green energy technology to old structures. A volunteer for Engineers without Borders, she was named to Great Britain’s ‘30 Under 30’ list. Sakthy graduated with an engineering degree from University of Cambridge and has since worked as a civil and structural engineer in design consultancy and contracting applications across multiple roles,continents and cultures (including UK, Canada, Sri Lanka, Peru and Spain). She re-joined Cambridge in 2015 to undertake a PhD in Engineering
Ramanan Sivalingam, 29
Vice President, Deutsche Bank
Research analyst covering chemicals and agriculture made a good call on Axalta Coating Systems. Named on Institutional Investors’ research rankings rising star list. College lacrosse captain now producing a sports documentary on the side.
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World War II RAF Tamil Veteran of British Ceylon,
C.K.Pathy turns 100 Ethnic Tamil RAF Pilot, Captain Chelliah Kanagasabapathy from Uduvil, a Tamil village in northern Ceylon, served in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during WWII celebrated his100th birthday in his own hotel in Trincomalee (Eastern Tamil Town). He was interviewed by Parthiban Manoharan of Confluence which revealed Pathy’s life with exciting experience in Royal Air Force during Second World War, including being the first Ceylon Tamil to serve in the Force. Pathy was student of Colombo Anantha College and then continued he high school at Jaffna Hindu College, and Manipay Hindu College. Jaffna Hindu College, which a leading Tamil School of Northern Ceylon has produced many scholars more than a century, has her many old boys serving British Forces during Second World War. In the interview Pathy revealed how he cheated an RAF exam by admitting in the Canadian hospital during training, as he wanted to re-sit & pass the exam to win his passion job. He served as fighter pilot enlisted for WW2 in squadron no. 217 and flew Bristol Beaufighters, which was considered as one of the most difficult planes to fly in the world. He praised his Canadian colleagues for treating with respect and he enjoyed the life in RAF without any difference being a Ceylonese. He said “In fact, the Canadians were the best people in the world “. He later joined Air India and flew Boeing and brought great name to the Airlines as the time. He finished his career by serving Air Ceylon for a while and retired. He built a hotel in the Tamil town of Trincomalee suburbs called ‘Nilaveli’ which was initially a jungle. The hotel was initially named Florina after his daughter. He shared his worry that he could not enjoy luxury of his home due to the Srilankan –Tamil civil war, during which his hotel was forcefully occupied by the Srilankan army. Now due to International pressure in the island , Srilankan Army has left the illegal possessions and the hotel is back in his hands and it has been renamed as Palm Beach Hotel.
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THA ENTERTAINMENT Dheepan ‘ True story of many Tamils’
Film title: Dheepan Director: Jacques Audiard Starring: Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby Release date: 8 April 2016 Certificate: 15
Jacques Audiard, one of the best and best known French filmmakers digs into the souls of new western communities with his new movie ‘Dheepan’. Co-written by Thomas Bidegain, writer of “A Prophet” and “Rust and Bone” and Noé Debré the film picks up in Sri Lanka as Yalini (Kalieaswari Srinivasan) searches a settlement for a young girl without any parents. She eventually finds Illayaal (Claudine Vinasithamby), and takes her to a man she’s just met, to be given new passports and get on a boat to leave. They are all Tamils, an ethnic minority in the country where they fought for their own independent nation only to be defeated after a 30 year old war which ended in 2009, and the man now known as Dheepan (Antonythasan Jesuthasan) was a top soldier in the Tamil fighters, the Tamil Tigers. This makeshift family are granted asylum in France, where Dheepan, haunted by the war and the death of his real wife and child, finds work and accommodation as a caretaker in a rundown housing project dominated by drug dealers. Yalini gets a job as the carer and cook to the disabled uncle of the local gang lord Brahim (Vincent Rottiers) while Illayaal tries to adjust to a new school in a foreign country. They initially make strides in finding a new life but when the bullets start flying Dheepan decides to make a stand. Audiard has never shied away from depicting multiculturalism, but “Dheepan” marks the first time that he’s directly confronted the immigrant experience, and it brings out something new. We spend only a little time in Sri Lanka, but the characters’ longings for home, and their hope for a new life drive the film, and there’s real detail and empathy in the way that the film tackles the journey of its protagonists. Both of the lead actors are superb, both are relative newcomers. Jesuthasan is an acclaimed novelist, Srinivasan is an Indian theatre actress in her first film role and their fledgling, faltering romance, reminiscent of “The Americans” in its depiction of a sham marriage that leads to actual complex feelings, is both a tender highlight and a vivid heartbeat of the picture. It’s a far more successful love story than the one in “Rust & Bone,” and while the film retains Audiard’s trademark muscularity it’s also the most compassionate and humanistic thing he’s made to date. A powerful, captivating and absorbing immigrant story line with terrific lead performances that reflect resilience and hope. And it’s interesting to note that Antonythasan Jesuthasan is of a similar background to Dheepan - he fought with the Tamils, was imprisoned and sought asylum in France in 1997.
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Ten-year-old Primary school student achieves A* in GCSE maths!! Tha Lifestyle
Maths prodigy Bhunit Santhiramoulesan, a student at Bournehall Primary School, Bushey, has only just turned 10 but secured an A* in maths after sitting the GCSE exam last summer. Bhunit initially attended Longwood private school in Bushey but the family struggled to continue to pay the fees after a family illness. Bhunit is now happier than ever and thriving at Bournehall. He said: “I actually prefer it at the state school. The private school knew I was smart, but they didn’t offer me any extracurricular things to do,The state school push me a lot harder.” He said: “I’m good at maths and there wasn’t much to do at my stage so I thought if I take a GCSE now it will give me a better chance in life.In maths class they’ve run out of tasks to give me, so now my job is to help the other pupils out and give them clues to try and help them. It’s quite fun, it gives me a sense of pleasure to help them - when you help people happiness is a natural response.” But surprisingly, the 10-year-old admitted that maths wasn’t even his preferred subject.
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“Maths isn’t my favourite subject, but it’s what I’m best at,” he said. “My favourite subject is art - I love doing origami. I also really love science - I know the whole periodic table, I’ve started learning it and now I know the whole thing.” His father, Mr Santhiramoulesan - a station master for London Underground S, 58, commented on Bhunit’s success. He said: “The teachers have constantly told us how clever he is. describes Bhunit as a normal ten-yearold boy who enjoys playing on the x-box and playing with his friends. The youngster, who wants to be a scientist or an engineer working with aerodynamics when he grows up, added that in his maths class they have run out tasks for him to do, so now he helps his fellow pupils. Bhunit, who has now joined Mensa, is set to enter his final year of primary school and is already hoping to take critical thinking this year.
Year 10 Sydney Tamil boy Parunithan Ranganathan tops language course Parunithan Ranganathan moved to Australia less than three years ago but is already top of the NSW state. The 16-year-old was the top student in Tamil Continuers at this First in Course ceremony in Sydney on Tuesday. Wanting to study Tamil, Parunithan sought outside tutoring from the community schools around his neighbourhood.In year 9, after being in the country for barely a year, he decided to embark on a journey to complete the HSC course for Tamil Continuers. At the time just 15, the Sri Lankan-born Parunithan had not quite grasped the weight of the undertaking.“To be frank, I didn’t work that hard last year. But this year when I realised the toughness, I spent at least two hours a day studying Tamil,” he said.The year 10 student had barely turned 16 by the time the HSC exams commenced, at that point his life was completely devoted to his studies. “The week leading up to the test, it was just Tamil, nothing else,” he said.This year, 116 students from 81 schools received First in Course awards, including six students who topped two courses.At the prestigious First in Course ceremony, 82 girls and 34 boys were recognised for coming first in the state in at least one of their subjects. “I’m just in year 10 so I’m pretty confident with my HSC now, my aim is for other state firsts. I’m planning on doing another next year, maybe maths,” he said.One of just two state toppers to accredit their education to “outside tutors”, Parunithan still notes his family has the motivating factor. “My family are really proud, they wanted something big from me. Thanks to my Dad, who helped me with everything. He was the inspiration for me to get state first,” he said. “The funny thing is now they want me to get more state firsts, which means I have more pressure now,” he said.
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AN Appeal from Montreal Can I make change for $20?
By Haro Thaya western culture, so she never understood the problems I’d face at school or on the streets. I felt lost for most of my childhood not having the guidance I needed. So every decision I made, was an experience that taught me right and wrong. I made a lot of friends, I lost a lot of friends, I fell in love many times, broke my heart most those times. I have
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I am grateful for everything anada is a land of peace I have been through, and I built by immigrants, am grateful for everything cultivated by decades my parents did for me. How of multiculturalism and a many of us aren’t? I mean, country of opportunities. Like sure sometimes or most of many immigrant parents mine the time we don’t have the came here poor. We came as communication we want refugees from the civil war that with our parents. But we was taking place back in Sri can not blame them for that, Lanka. My dad used to work day to be frank, we have to be and night, my Mom attended understanding. They went school because she wanted through hardships and that to get a good job and to crafted them and changed help my dad out. They faced them to be tougher, and hardships; racism, underpay, stronger. We have not and especially fatigue from experienced what they the countless hours of work. have, we did not feel what I was three years old when I they felt, so how can we ask first moved here. I don’t them to change, when “Every child deserves a champion- an remember being with change is what they had adult who will never give up on them, who my father till I moved to to do to survive. Instead understands the power of connection, and of asking our parents to Canada. He was already here before we landed. insists that they become the best that they change, why don’t we change the situation that can possibly be.”- Rita Pierson. My dad was very caused our parents to ambitious; he wanted to get been discriminated against, and change; poverty. us out of poverty. I barely I have made memories that will spent time with him as he last forever. Now when I look Poverty in Sri Lanka has left would always jump from one many children on the streets, back at everything I have been job to another. My mother had scavenging for food, or should through, I realised one thing; I a hard time adjusting to the we say ...crumbs. We came am alive.
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from Sri Lanka, we were the fortunate ones, but what about those who were not as fortunate? Our brothers and sisters we left over there are not guaranteed another meal, while we are here taking our lives for granted. How many times have you looked back at your country and asked yourself, what have you done to help? While you eat, they starve, while you sleep, they search for food, while you party, they are fighting for their lives. You could have been one of them, but you are now blessed in the
land of opportunities... will you not go back and help the young children who need you? In Montreal, a person earning minimum wage working 40 hours can still pay for rent and food and have enough to go out on weekends. What does that say? That means for most of us who live with our parents and work forty hours a week we usually end up saving most
of it. We live in a materialistic time, where fame and fortune classify our status. We think of ourselves and our needs and as we pursue fame or fortune we just fail to look back at the ones we left behind. Our land torn by war, our literature and legacies burnt down, and our people, our brothers and sisters, our children, starving, suffering, fighting to live. “I see humans, but I don’t see any sign of humanity” said Jason Donohue What if i told you, for 20$ you can buy change... change in the form of a future. 20$ can buy a child in Sri Lanka
a whole semester of school. You can provide a child with education. You are providing the child with a future. Every dollar you spend here has a lot more value in a child’s life in Sri Lanka. I am not saying you should pour out all your earnings, but I am confident that you can help guarantee a child a future. What better feeling is there than knowing you saved a life?
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Sponsor a child, adopt a child, or next time you visit Sri Lanka, bring some extra money and help institutions there improve to their facilities. Yes, we lost our people in the war, our people to the Tsunami, but let us make a change to not lose any more of our people than we already have. Our children, need us. Every child deserves to have a future. As Tamils, we have to look out for one another. These children who would call you “anna” or “akka” deserve guidance, a guardian and a champion. They deserve to
know that they are not forgotten, that we will come back for them. Just as our parents are our heroes... they need heroes too. You can be that hero and give these children the future they deserve. As humans we all have the potential to achieve great things. You can make this one of them.
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Was Pushpaka Vimanam an ancient Tamil flying machine ?
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“Vimanam” is a Tamil word with several meanings ranging from temple or palace to mythological flying machines described in the Ramayanam. References to these flying machines are common place in ancient Tamil texts, even describing their use in warfare. As well as being able to fly within Earth’s atmosphere, Vimanam were also said to be able to travel into space and travel under water and in various Indian literature.
Descriptions in the Vedas and later Indian literature detail Vimanam of various shapes and sizes. In the Vedas the Sun god and Indran and several other Vedic deities are transported by flying wheeled chariots pulled by animals, usually horses but the Vedic god Pusan’s chariot is pulled by goats. The “agnihotra-vimana” has two engines. Agni means fire in Sanskrit. The “gaja-vimana” propelled by more engines.
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Ancient Concept of ‘Vimanam’ (translated as flying object) could have later become present Hindu’s temple tower which is also called as ‘Vimanam’ in present day. Gaja means elephant in Sanskrit. Other types are named after the kingfisher, the ibis and other animals. In the Ramayanam there is a passage which reads: “The Pushpaka Vimanam chariot that resembles the Sun and belongs to my brother was brought by the powerful Ravanan; that aerial and excellent car going everywhere at will, that car resembling a bright cloud in the sky “ “Pushpaka” means “flowery”. It is the first flying Vimanam mentioned in Hindu mythology as distinct from gods’ flying horse-drawn chariots. It is also called Pushpaka Vimanam. Ravanan was believed to be Tamil King who ruled Southern India but had his capital in Srilanka.
The kings were told to fly to South India time to time when there was trouble. At the time when Raman , the Northern King had entered into South Indian Jungle , Ravanan is believed to have arrested the Queen Seethai,wife of Raman, and taken her as a prisoner of war, which started a great war between Ravanan and Raman. Pushpaka was originally made by Maya for Kuberan the God of wealth but along with Lanka was later given by his half-brother to the Tamil king Ravanan. At the end of great war in Ceylon , the ‘Pushpaka Vimanam’ was given to Raman by the Ravanan’s brother as part of hand over of the weapons. Vibhishanan says to Raman (chapter 123, Yuddha Kandam, Valmiki Ramayanam): “ I will arrange for thee to reach that city in one day, O Prince! May happiness attend thee! There is an aerial car
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named Pushpaka that shines like the sun, which powerful Ravanan forcibly took from Kuberan, having overcome him in combat. That celestial and marvellous chariot, going everywhere AT WILL, is at thy disposal. That car, bright as a white cloud which will transport thee to Ayodhya in perfect SAFETY, is here”.
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Murungai ilai (drumstick Leaves) varai Ingredients: »» Murungai ilai/ Moringa leaves – 1 ½ cups »» Fennel seeds –1 tsp »» Green chillies – 2, chopped »» Onion – ½, chopped »» Curry leaves – 1 sprig »» Coconut scraped – 1 tbsp »» Curry powder – 1 tsp or pepper – ½ tsp »» Salt, to taste »» Sesame oil, as required
In the Sanskrit Samarangana Sutradhara (Literally, “controller of the battlefield”), it is written: “Strong and durable must the body of the Vimanam be made, like a great flying bird of light material. Inside one must put the mercury engine with its iron heating apparatus underneath. By means of the power latent in the mercury which sets the driving whirlwind in motion, a man sitting inside may travel a great distance in the sky. The movements of the Vimanam are such that it can vertically ascend, vertically descend, move slanting forwards and backwards. With the help of the machines human beings can fly in the air and heavenly beings can come down to earth.”
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Method:
»» Wash and clean the bunch of Murungai ilai. Extract the leaves from the stalk. »» Drain off the water and chop the leaves finely. Sprinkle with salt and keep aside. »» Heat 1 tbsp of sesame oil in a pan. Saute the chopped onion, green chillies and curry leaves with fennel seeds. »» Add the salted leaves to the pan. Increase the heat and stir fry for about 10 mins. »» Now, add the freshly scraped coconut and curry powder or pepper and mix well. »» Continue to stir fry for another 5 mins before removing from heat. »» Serve hot with rice.
Green banana chips
Ingredients: »» 1 green banana »» 1/4 tsp chilli powder »» 1/4 tsp salt »» 1 cup vegetable oil for deep frying
Method: »» Wash the raw banana, trim the edges. Peel of the skin using a peeler. »» Thinly slice banana. »» Combine banana, chilli powder and salt ingredients. »» Heat up the oil. »» Deep fry till banana in medium heat is golden in colour and crispy. »» Drain in tissue paper,then transfer to a mixing bowl add pepper and salt. Give a quick mix. Cool down and then store in airtight container. »» Serve as a snack or as a sidedish!
Perhaps the most challenging, information about these allegedly mythical Vimanam in the ancient records is that there are some matterof-fact records, describing how to build one.
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Ten Secrets
That taught at Makeup Artist Schools Lesson No. 1: Spend some quid on your tools
At Napoleon Perdis’ Makeup Academy in Hollywood, Rebecca Prior, NP’s National Educator, begins the first lesson by introducing the tools. “To me, tools and products are equally as important as the makeup skills that you have,” she says. So if you really want to apply your makeup like a pro, Los Angeles-based educator Felicia Alva says, “Do what the professionals do: Use the proper brushes for application.” Here are the eight basic brushes you need: 1. Foundation brush 2. Concealer brush 3. Fluffy powder brush 4. Blush brush 5. Small blending brush 6. Flat eyeshadow brush 7. Precision angle brush 8. Lip brush Once you have your tools, you need to know how to hold them. Make Up For Ever educator Lijha Stewart says, “Where you hold a brush on the handle affects your control. The closer your fingers are to the barrel (the silver section beneath the brush head), the more pressure you put on the brush head and vice versa.” In general, if you want to apply colour evenly, place your fingers on the centre of the brush handle. Another tip: You can easily turn a fluffy brush into a flat, angled brush by wrapping your hand around the bristles and flattening them.
Pros & Cons of choosing a career as a Make-up Artist Advantages: It is very easy to take on this career. It only takes one to two years to study to be able to work; you need to keep your make-up trends fresh and there are always new skills and techniques to learn You have the most exciting thing as a make-up artist which allows you to express your creativity and to put any crazy idea into practice. You get to meet new people, visiting new places and what is more exciting, working with celebrities and travelling abroad. You get to see the results of our work immediately;satisfaction to see happy clients’ faces. Disadvantages: The competition between make-up artists is so high at the moment,only assertive and creative get noticed There is no working schedule, so a make-up artist may be asked to work even at night and very long hours and if you start to moan to clients about this, you maybe not been seen as professional and in some cases never be hired again. There may be problems with regular work so keep on the go and always network. Never have a day of doing nothing Blogging, emailing , Social media presence and even playing with new make-up techniques will keep you top in the market. The Makeup artist who are active on social media with many followers pays off. ARE YOU A MAKE-UP SPECIALIST OR ENTHUSIAST WHO WISH TO WRITE HERE ? EMAIL US !
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Lesson no. 2: Mix primer with your foundation In Make-up Designory’s Beauty 101 classroom Lead Instructor Gil Romero will go through the three different types of foundation: liquid, powder, and cream and his tip: “You can wear cream foundation as is for opaque, full coverage, or you can break it down to be more translucent by mixing it with some primer,” he says. What? Isn’t primer only supposed to go on before foundation? But Romero says this is a surefire way to retain the foundation’s coverage without looking caked on. Plus, you get to reap the long-lasting durability that cream foundation has over liquids and powders. Prior says this also helps the makeup blend seamlessly with the first layer of primer on your skin. If cream foundation is OK for oily skin Make-up Designory Creative Director, Yvonne Hawker says everyone can use cream foundation, but those with oily skin should use a damp sponge to apply it. Most foundations have oil in its formula to give the coverage blend-ability. Using the sponge will “pick up the pigment, but not the oil in the foundation.” You’ll still get great coverage, but not the shine. For dry or combination skin types, “use your foundation brush and buff the foundation onto the skin, concentrating on the centre of your face, which is typically where your skin has the most discolouration,” says Hawker. “The further you get from the centre, the less coverage you want.”
Lesson No. 3: Love your flaws.....then conceal them “The key to being a successful makeup artist is being able to identify someone’s undertones and know how to manipulate the colour wheel to get rid of unwanted colour,” says instructor Gina Sandler. And when Sandler says “unwanted colour,” She says opposite colours cancel each other out, so green-pigmented concealer covers redness, and orangey concealer removes blue. “If you use your beige concealer, it’ll only make those areas look muddy,” says Prior.
Lesson No. 4: Fix your face shape So here’s a not-sosecret confession: “Contouring is the art of highlighting and shading,” says Prior. “Anything that is lighter than the skin tone will make an area more prominent, anything darker will make that area recede.” Here’s how you can easily alter your face: If you have a round face and want to make it look more oval: Apply a bronzer a shade or two darker than your skin tone in a “3” shape alongside your face: on your temples, the hollow of your cheeks, and your chin. If you have a prominent forehead: Shade around the outer edge of your forehead along your hairline to minimize the area with bronzer. If you have a flat or wide nose: Shade alongside your bridge starting from your inner brows. Then highlight right on the centre of your nose. If gravity is taking a toll and your cheeks are sagging: Apply a highlighter just above your cheekbone all the way to your temple. Use a blush directly on the cheekbone, then use a bronzer in the hollow of the cheek, underneath your bone. And if you really want to make your contouring stand out, use a sparkly highlighter, which will reflect the most light. Then for your bronzer, go for a matte finish, which will absorb light and create a stark contrast.
Sandler shows student how she gets rid of zits, redness around the nose, and under-eye bags on one of the students and says students will have to become comfortable with if you want to be a professional.
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Lesson No. 5: Make your eyes pop by changing their shape If you want to add definition: Sweep a light bronzer through the crease of the eye, which is halfway between the lashline and the eyebrow. “As you age, the eye area loses elasticity, and things aren’t as shapely as they used to be,” says Prior. “This technique is great for mature skin, to give the face more definition.” A tip for you blue-eyed girls: An orange-y bronzer in your crease will make your eyes even bluer.
Lesson No. 6: Think opposites when it comes to colour Remember how I learned that opposite colours on top of each other cancel each other out? OK, well today I learned if you place them side by side, they help each other stand out. Simple, but super important when you’re trying to pick the most flattering eyeshadow colours. Here’s a cheat sheet: For blue eyes: Since orange is the opposite colour of blue, anything with orange in it will make blue eyes stand out more. “It doesn’t have to be a blazing sun colour -- it just has to have orangey undertones like gold, apricot, or peach,” says Prior. If you have narrow-set eyes: To elongate your eye width, apply a black liner to the outer half of both your upper and lower lashlines, connecting at the outer corner. If you have drooping, heavy lids: Use what you just learned about highlights and shadows to lift your eye. Apply highlighter above your crease, from the inner to outer lid. Then blend a shadow to the area that you want to push back, which would be the heavy fold. Make sure to blend the edges from the shadow to the highlight. If you have small eyes: Apply a beige-colored eyeliner to your lower inner rim, which will help make eyes look more open. Then use a black pencil liner along your entire upper and lower lashlines, connecting the lines at the outer corner. The key is to blend the liner with shadow, going outwards. Wherever you place the darkness is where your eye will go, so by smudging the lines, it gives the allusion that your eyes are taking up more real estate on your face.
For green eyes: Red is the opposite colour of green, which isn’t to say you should apply a cherry redcoloured eyeshadow to your lids. But you’ll help your green eyes pop if you use colours that have red undertones, like deep plums and wine. For brown eyes: Brown is a neutral colour, so any colour will work well, says Prior. “But the most standout colours are blue and purple.” Lesson No. 7: Stop applying eyeliner the wrong way Finally, Eyeliner technique has always been hit or miss for those who haven’t been to a makeup school Most do it all wrong. In special Chapter of the Make-up Designory textbook, you get to learn that you’re actually not supposed to draw your liner all the way across your lashline in one motion. “You’ll get bumps in your line with your brush catching on loose skin,” says Prior. Instead, you’re supposed to go from the inner corner to the centre of your lid, then reload the brush (if you’re using one) and start from the outside corner until you meet the existing liner. And as for my wonky winged tips? Prior gave me a smart tip to make sure a wing is always in the right place. “Napoleon Perdis always starts with eyeliner on the lower lashline, because it goes up at the outer corner, which gives you the angle that you should follow on your top lashline,” says Prior. “Usually when you do your top liner first you end up in no-man’s-land, because you don’t know how far to take the line or how curved it should be.”
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Lesson No. 8: Get Angelina Jolie’s lips without injections
Lesson No. 10: Know how to conceal those under-eye circles
In makeup school, its taught that lips are most balanced when the upper and lower lips are equal in size, or thickness. Prior says.” If they’re not, you can use your knowledge of highlights and shadows to re-contour them.”
Since dark circles are such a sore spot for most of us, we took a lot of time mixing just the right blend of orange-tinted concealer with a beige-coloured concealer that matched our skin tones. The Napoleon Perdis Paparazzi Makeup To-Go class teaches how to remove under-eye circles with the “Hollywood V.” With your concealer brush, swipe the colourcorrecting concealer under your eye in a “V” shape from your outer to inner corner. Then, buff the concealer into your skin, until you get to the centre of your lower lid, where you’ll want to feather the concealer for a lighter application.
Step 1: Apply foundation to your entire lip, says Napoleon Perdis. Not only does this help remove the natural pigments of your lips for truer lipstick colours, but it can also help you realize where your liplines actually are. Step 2: Using a white eyeliner pencil, very softly feather the pencil over the natural contour of the lip. Or use the pencil to make lips fuller or thinner by drawing it past your natural lipline or within it. Step 3: Redo the line with a lip pencil in the colour of your lipstick. Step 4: Apply lipstick with a lip brush in a downward motion. So, from your cupid’s bow to each outer corner, then from your outer corner to the centre of your lower lip. This ensures an even application of the product, says Hawker. Step 5: Apply a light shade of base foundation around the new lip line, blending to a soft edge with a lip brush. Remember, light colours reflect light, so using lighter lip colours will give a fuller appearance. Dark colours absorb light, so they will make lips look smaller/thinner. Finally, try this popular trick used on Victoria’s Secret Angels to give the illusion of a fuller pout: Apply a dab of gloss to the top part of your Cupid’s bow and to the centre of the bottom of your lip.
Lesson No. 9: Make fake brow hairs look real Students have this a million times in the schools: Your inner brow should line up with your eye’s inner corner, your brow’s arch should be above the outer edge of your iris, yadda yadda yadda. I honestly zoned out during most of the brow lesson, but then we got to the good stuff:
While it seems like a lot of work, customizing a colour-correcting mixture made especially for your skin tone can actually erase stubborn bags instead of highlighting them.
Stewart says the biggest mistake women make with brows is choosing a colour that’s too dark. Dark brows can make you look older, she says, so pick a colour that’s a couple shades lighter than your hair. If you’re using a pencil: For a realistic look, apply more pressure at the bottom of the stroke where the root would be. Ease off on the pressure as you flick your stroke upward, using small strokes to make it most look like hair, says Hawker. If you’re using a powder: Brush the powder starting from the outer corner of your brow and work against the direction of your hair growth. This ensures a more natural finish by allowing the brow hair to sit over the powder, so that your brows don’t look drawn in, says Prior. Make sure to emphasize the arch with your colour, and taper off at the inner corners so you don’t look angry.
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