To outsiders, India seems like a homogeneous monolith. Proof? Ask Indians how many times they have been questioned, "Do you speak Indian?" Far from this myth, India is home to hundreds of languages, ...

V.I. Subramoniam, a renowned Tamil scholar, championed Dravidian languages, famously refusing to rename his university from 'Dravidian' to 'South Indian' for government funding. He was a prolific ...

It is interesting to note that the 19th century witnessed the birth of print journalism in South India, spearheaded largely by Christian missionaries and early Indian nationalists. Mangaluru Samachara ...

I have come to know two important scholars, and each of them had 500 words to compare two languages. The first one was Prof. A. Sathasivam, about whom Prof. T. Burrow of the Oriental Institute of the ...

Dravidian iconography has a dissident beginning and has gradually evolved. Rajarajan’s monument, named after the king himself, stood as a symbol of both resistance. Kannaki represents a powerful ...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approving Kerala government's proposal to rename the state as "Keralam", draws directly from the region's ancient linguistic and historical roots ...