The British-Sri Lankan musician  MIA– real name is Mathangi (shortened to Maya) Arulpragasam was awarded an MBE from Prince William at Buckingham Palace on the Thamil New Year’s Day  of 14January 2020)  in recognition of her “services to music.”

Biography of Josephine Baker She was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 3, 1906 to washerwoman Carrie McDonald and vaudeville drummer Eddie Carson. Eddie abandoned them shortly afterward, and Carrie married a kind but perpetually unemployed

8 year old Moyen  Jayawickrama   has a black belt in karate. He thanks his 41-year old mum Nilu  Samarasinghe for his achievement at  such a young age.  He didn’t make it to the Guinness Book of records as  this record

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Award of Excellence from the Mayoress of London Borough of Harrow on 26 January 2019. It has been awarded for the contribution to Tamil Journalism in Great Britain.