Norwegian Grammy award winning Tamil women

The Spellemannprisen Awards, often dubbed the Norwegian Grammy Awards, celebrate outstanding Norwegian music artists annually. This year, 9 Grader Nord – meaning 9 Grader Nord in Tamil – has also been awarded this year to the two-girl band Mira Thiruchelvam and Deepha Thiruchelvam.

Mira and Dipha Thiruchelvam, of the award-winning Tamil folk rock band 9 Grader Nord with their bandmates Jakob Sønnesyn and Jakob Hamre [Photo credit Mundo Sonoro] Credit: THIRUCHELVAM

Founders and pillars of this musical endeavour, Mira Thiruchelvam and Deepha Thiruchelvam, were interviewed by Kulasegaram Sanchayan in 2019. Here's a revisit to that insightful conversation.

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