She decided early on that she would major in Tamil. Because of her sympathy for the feminist cause, she chose ‘Feminism in Sangam literature’ as the subject of her thesis. Her engagement with ...

If there is one thing which breaks the monotony of life, which manifests differently each time, it would be love. Valluvar ...

The recent archaeological revelations from Sivagalai in Tamil Nadu have sent ripples across historical and scientific ...

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has announced plans to notify Dhanushkodi, located at the tip of Rameswaram Island, as a ...

While Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has expressed disappointment over the state’s continued resistance to the ...

In its 35th edition, the Pandit Durga Lal Festival will bring together the Indian classical form of Kathak and Bharatanatyam ...

Kodumanal was referred to as Kodumanam in Pathitrupathu of Sangam literature. It is believed that Kodumanal, lying on the ancient trade route connecting Karur, the capital of Cheras with Muziris ...

Recognised as the earliest literature from South India, Sangam refers to a group of texts written in old Tamil. The corpus includes eight anthologies of poems, 10 idylls, a work on grammar, and 18 ...

Govind, who will be performing an abhinaya (expression) piece will base her act on compositions from the 7th Century poetry ...

Ancient literature, Jayanthi emphasised, was another fascinating facet of the book, particularly Silappadikaram, one of the great Sangam-era epics. The conversation interspersed with reading the ...

Early classical Tamil literature is known as Sangam literature, which means ‘fraternity’ and refers to two schools of poets: aham (subjective love poems) and puram (objective, public poetry, and ...