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Originally made from sandalwood, herbs, and the aromatic secretions from civet cats, Javadhu powder has its roots in Siddha ...
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday announced the establishment of a new university in Kumbakonam in honour of his ...
Spoken by over 80 million people and boasting a literary tradition that dates back more than 2,500 years, Tamil is a language ...
In Tamil literature today, questions of caste, gender, and power have fought against the resistance and rightfully taken the ...
As South Indian-style action films dominate Bangla cinema, filmmakers and critics are questioning how far imitation can go before it overshadows originality and cultural relevance ...
In a global era when linguistic uniformity threatens many mother tongues, Tamil stands as a model of resilience and ...
The Arabic script influenced several South Asian languages such as Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, and Malayalam. While ...
A portrait of life at a fast-food restaurant shows that there’s both dignity and drudgery in all kinds of labor.
Music legend AR Rahman has unveiled a groundbreaking cultural initiative through his ARR Immersive Entertainment team, aiming ...
India must immediately train its own AI models, leveraging offshore computing environments such as Singapore while rapidly ...
A.R. Rahman is leading an initiative to honor the Tamil language. His team is developing a prestigious symbol for Tamil. The project aims to showcase Tamil literature through illustrations. A digital ...
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Questions of origin
The history of the Bengali language and literature was not brought into the service of seeking a territorial foothold for the concept of ‘Bengaliness’ because this was never an agenda for Bengal ...