Viva l’Italia!

Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week Tama talks to her Italian friends about what it's like for them living in Zurich, and Italian cultural taboos. For instance, you should never cut your spaghetti or drink a cappuccino in the afternoon! (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

This content was published on December 21, 2017 - 17:00

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When the going gets tough, get out of bed!

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YouTubers come in all shapes and sizes

This content was published on Nov 23, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week, she attends a film festival to accept an award for her Vlog.

Tamil street food, all chopped up

This content was published on Nov 16, 2017 Tama meets up with a friend who makes Sri Lankan street food

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This content was published on Nov 9, 2017 Tama's role models are all female: singers, stand-up comedians,YouTubers and Disney characters.

Hip-hop: a migrant thing?

This content was published on Nov 2, 2017 Tama talks to Ugi, an ethnic Kurd born in Switzerland, about the links between hip-hop music and migration. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

Swiss politicians with migrant backgrounds

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A Swiss-Lebanese-Iraqi stand-up comic

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Tama and a People s Party representative

Is Switzerland being ‘Muslimised’?

This content was published on Oct 12, 2017 This week, Tama attends a conference of the conservative right Swiss People’s Party and finds out why they want to stop 'Muslimisation'.

Road habits that drive Tama crazy

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How joining a foreigners’ club can make you stronger

This content was published on Sep 28, 2017 Tama joins a club for foreign women called "Femmes-Tisch" in her home town of Langenthal, which helps members to integrate in Swiss society.

What Hindus and Muslims have in common

This content was published on Sep 21, 2017 Tama finds out what Muslims do in their mosques.

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Flat tops, braids and corn rows

This content was published on Sep 7, 2017 Max Urban, a rapper, is Afro-Swiss and he can do things with his mouth that most white people can only dream of. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

What does it take to feel Swiss in Switzerland?

This content was published on Aug 31, 2017 Tama was born here to Tamil parents. Emily has Polish/Chinese roots and grew up in Canada. Emily feels Canadian but Tama doesn't feel that Swiss.

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Why language is not just about talking

This content was published on Aug 24, 2017 Tama visits a summer camp for young Vietnamese people growing up in Switzerland and finds out how language helps to unite the participants.

A life-changing art project

This content was published on Aug 17, 2017 This week, Tama visits the Kidswest Association set up a decade ago in Bern, which introduces art to disadvantaged children.

When Swiss kids are forced to go hiking

This content was published on Aug 10, 2017 What makes Swiss kids different from foreign kids growing up here? Tama Vakeesan discusses this with singer, Marco Kunz, from Lucerne.

Congolese do it in sunglasses

This content was published on Aug 3, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. She talks to a comedian about how Congolese Swiss differ from Swiss natives.

Tama and the car freaks

This content was published on Jul 27, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she visits a show organised by Tamils for car freaks.

When commuters are smelly, loud and rude

This content was published on Jul 20, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Tama looks at the downsides of commuting here. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

Why do ethnic Albanians do the double-headed eagle?

This content was published on Jul 13, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Sometimes it’s hard for Tama and her friends of different ethnic origins to stay true to family traditions. She asks Arjeta what being an ethnic Albanian means to her. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

Skin lightening: why do Tamil women do it?

This content was published on Jul 6, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week, she investigates why Tamil women want to look paler. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

When your parents hate your career choices

This content was published on Jun 29, 2017 Swiss-born Tama Vakeesan has Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Both she and her friend from Cameroon had trouble with their parents and career choices.

Tama, her brother, and the child asylum seekers at a refugee centre take a selfie

Re-visiting a refugee centre

This content was published on Jun 22, 2017 Tama Vakeesan visits a refugee centre for the first time since she herself was an asylum- seeker. Her Tamil parents fled the war in Sri Lanka.

Me and my mum

This content was published on Jun 15, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to parents from Sri Lanka. She speaks with her mother who explains what it was like to leave her home country.

Let the beat go on!

This content was published on Jun 8, 2017 Tama's friend Priya Ragu, a Swiss-born ethnic Tamil, explains how hard it is making her way in the music world without her parents' support.

Under suspicion

This content was published on Jun 1, 2017 Tama meets her friend Mondher, who is Swiss with Tunisian roots. He tells how not looking Swiss has got him into trouble.

Tama and the #Pussyhats

This content was published on May 25, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. In this episode, she takes part in the Zurich Women’s March and finds out why demonstrators are wearing pink “Pussyhats”, and how their four-legged allies are protesting too. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

What our food says about us

This content was published on May 18, 2017 Tama Vakeesan meets up with her friend Zoe, born in Switzerland to Greek parents, to find out whose mum is the best cook.

So what if I wear a headscarf?

This content was published on May 11, 2017 Tama Vakeesan finds out how wearing a headscarf affects the lives of some of her friends. (SRF Kulturplatz/swissinfo.ch)

My town – ordinary but extraordinary

This content was published on May 4, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. She shows us her favourite places in her home town.

My big fat Tamil wedding

This content was published on Apr 27, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Tama and her best friends have a clear vision of their dream man.

Swiss or Tamil? Caught in the middle

This content was published on Apr 18, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Sometimes she doesn’t know where she belongs.

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