The Tamil Creator

Aravinth Panch ( @aravinthpanch ) is a social & tech entrepreneur empowering underserved communities in the Global South to tackle local socio-economic and environmental challenges while helping companies to realise their ideas from mind to market. He is currently the co-founder of DreamSpace Academy ( @dreamspace.academy ). He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss ho...

Janani Shanmuganathan ( @janani_shanmuganathan ) is a criminal defense lawyer who has appeared frequently at the Ontario Court of Appeal and has argued at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. She is a Partner at Goddard & Shanmuganathan LLP. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss participating as co-counsel for a landmark Supreme Court...

Kavishan Pathmanathan ( @__kavishan ) is the Co-founder and Director of Basketball Operations at Fort Erie International Academy ( @feiambb ). He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss hating basketball while growing up because of his brother Deluxshan ( @deluxshanp ), how he helped start Fort Erie International Academy's basketball program, his relationship with Leon...

Jamie Gnanapragasam is Manager of Merchandising Systems at Parkland Corporation, a veteran of the oil & gas industry for 15+ years and a recipient of the 2023 Star Women in Convenience award. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss spending the past 15 years in the Oil & Gas industry, being a receipient of the "2023 Star Women In Convenience" award, if...

Nimal Navarathinam ( @nimalnavarathinam ) did his Masters of Space & Systems Engineering at York University, but has predominantly worked in Europe or for European-based companies including his most recent role as a Principal Space Systems Engineer at In-Space Missions. He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss his fascination with science from an young age, how networ...

Abirami Shanmugaratnam ( @abiskyhigh ) is an elite athlete, personal trainer and entrepreneur ( @skyhighperformance_ ), and a recent Chiropractic grad. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss having teachers in the family, the myth of work-life balance, being enrolled in tons of extracurricular activities from a young age, how she named her company, creating an opportun...

Dhaksayan Shanmuganayagam ( @dhaksayan.s ) is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Toronto Transit Commission ( @takethettc ). He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss watching "Law & Order" with his family nurtured his love for the legal industry, using the approach of thinking of yourself as a product to progress in his career, teaching himself how t...

Mohana Rajakumar ( @moha_doha ) is an American-Tamil (currently residing in Qatar) novelist, comic, scholar and screenwriter with a PhD in English. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss moving to Qatar in her 20s, the importance of letting your children try everything (nurturing the generalist in them), how she manages her finances as a creative, leveraging Kickstarte...

Jano Jayapalan ( @janojjanj ) is the co-founder of Reggie’s Rolls ( @reggiesrolls ), a family-owned caterer that makes deep fried rolls inspired by Sri Lankan & Fusion cuisine, with the goal of making rolls mainstream! He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss starting his company to escape the rat race, providing the perfect mutton to potato ratio, delivering during t...

Sindu Sivapalan ( @sindusiva ) is a real estate investor who made the bold move from the GTA to the East Coast (Moncton) with her husband while she was 8 months pregnant to pursue financial freedom. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss having a ‘go with the flow’ mindset, what she learned from analyzing portfolios as a financial advisor, the benefits of East Coast li...

Mano Kulasingam ( @manok4 ) is currently the Founder & Managing Partner for Flair Ventures, a VC firm focused on investing in early-stage startups with at least 1 immigrant founder. Previously, he was the co-founder and CEO of Digiflare which was acquired 10 years into the business by Accedo.tv. He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss the impact of family (father/bro...

Fiona Kingsley Boyer ( @fi_kingsley ) is a Development Officer for the Scarborough Health Network Foundation (SHN, @shnfoundation ) and cancer survivor. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss surviving Stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer, the survivor spirit of Scarborough and trying to improve its misunderstood reputation, her experience finding out she had cancer while...

Jay Vasantharajah ( @jayvasdigital ) is the Founder & Managing Partner at Atlasview Equity, which buys multi-million tech-enabled businesses. He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss the importance of saving up your first $100K, waiting on the "fat pitch" opportunities as described by Warren Buffet, transitioning from a job at Deloitte to starting his agency...

Ara Ehamparam ( @araehamparam ) is the podcast host of "The Tamil Creator".  He's an entrepreneur, FIRE believer and admirer of creators. On this momentous 100th episode of #TheTamilCreator , Ara's wife, Claudia ( @claudiangele ), turns the tables on our usual host to find out more about him. They explore why he started "The Tamil Creator" podcast, special messages fr...

Shaminy Waran ( @sham.waran ) is the entrepreneur behind the Sham Waran Luxury Hair Collection. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss the impact of growing up as an introverted middle child, how she deals with "mom guilt", helping customers who have severe health conditions like alopecia, not wanting to jeopardize friendship for the sake of business, not bei...

Ahilan Arulanantham is a Lawyer, Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law ( @uclalawschool ). He has successfully litigated a number of cases involving immigrants’ rights, particularly the rights of people facing deportation from the US. He has been Senior Counsel and Director of Advocacy/Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACL...

Shanghavy Karunakaran (@saangavii) is a Senior Consultant at IBM and Career Coach. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss living in a women’s shelter and visiting food banks, growing up introverted and learning to be extroverted, the value of networking in landing her current job today, reviewing resumes as a side hustle to help others grow in their careers, and SO muc...

Shiyam Thavandiran ( @shiyamalen ) is a data scientist & International Chess Master, who took a 1-yaer sabbatical from work to pursue the Chess Grandmaster title. He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss taking a year off work to pursue his chess ambitions, hanging out with one of the greatest chess players of all time in Magnus Carlsen, the importance of reflecting a...

Thinesa Sri (@tininthehouse) is a professional volleyball player and fashion model who currently lives in LA, but is originally from Toronto. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss inheriting her parents’ athletic genes, volleyball being the only sport in the world with equal pay for both genders, being labelled as culturally ambiguous and how it benefits her modelling...

Gandeephan Ganeshalingam is the VP of Technical Operations at WestJet and former CIO of GE Canada. He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss how leaving Toronto catalyzed his career trajectory, the importance of not delegating parenting responsibilities to others, “growing up” in the University of Lagos and Waterloo University, the changing landscape of education and work,...

Geetha Moorthy ( @geethamoorthysaaac ) is the Founder & Executive Director of SAAAC Autism Centre ( @thesaaac ) in Toronto, which she has been working on for 14+ years with the help of many enthusiastic and loyal volunteers. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss her passion for dance and choreography, winning the Gerry Bloomfield Award, coming to Canada and wantin...

Charles Bosco ( @charlesbosco ) is an award-winning music producer & serial entrepreneur with a passion for Web3. He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss how he manages his schedule given his many projects, the why behind one of his latest initiatives the "Millionaire Monkey Club" NFT collection ( @millionairemonkeyclub ), buying real estate because of his...

Hamsha Pathmanathan ( @hamsha.p ) is currently a Habitat Biologist for Environment and Climate Change Canada while previously working as a Wildlife Biologist in the Northwest Territories. She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss her natural inclination towards animals (vs people), an interesting story involving her saving mongoose babies in Nigeria, why and how she ended...

Sai Tirulokan ( @saitiru ) is a very successful real estate agent & broker at RE/MAX Metropolis Realty, who's been in the real estate game for almost a decade starting at a very young age. He joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss how his dad pointed at a sign to kickstart his real estate career, YouTube helping him break through the industry, how selling necklace...

Anoshinie Muhundarajah ( @anoshinie ) is a professional Choreographer & Dancer who's shared with the stage with Lilly Singh (lilly, World Tour) and Simu Liu ( @simuliu , 2022 Junos). She joins Ara on this week’s episode of #TheTamilCreator to discuss her experience with Canada’s Got Talent, getting her parents to buy in on her dream, going on a world tour as a feature dancer with Lily Sin...