On 15 September 1986, the DMK stalwart delivered a stirring address in Chennai, weaving poetry with politics, defending Tamil ...

the statues of 10 icons of Tamil literature were erected on the Marina beach. It included Kannagi, a female protagonist in the Silapathikaram, one of the five great epics in Tamil. However ...

She also puts the association of Tamils and Buddhism to the times when the five great epics of Tamil were written. India needs fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism, packed with on-ground ...

How often does a Tamil epic play truly strike a chord? Shradha Theater group has masterfully re-imagined timeless tales from Tamil literature, transforming the ... With a core team of five people, it ...

"Growing up, I didn't know much about my homeland or my family history," says award-winning Tamil ... Literature and Helpmann Awards for Best Production and Best Direction. After a long five ...

could provide the raw material for great literature. And not just any person, but a girl from the sticks. It mattered that Munro, who died on Monday night at the age of 92, hailed from rural ...

Today, this pioneering work is considered one of the great classics of Tamil literature. This unabridged translation of Kalki Krishnamurthy’s masterwork by Nandini Krishnan is at once faithful to the ...

The Silappathikaram may not be a well-known Hindu epic, but it’s considered one of the five great epics of Tamil literature. Silappathikaram in Tamil roughly translates to “the story of the anklet.” ...

Ilango Adigal author of Tamil epic Silappatikaram. Credits ... The Greeks (Yavana) are mentioned frequently in Tamil literature including the Cilappatikaram written by Jain prince Ilanko Atikal. In ...

Today, this pioneering work is considered one of the great classics of Tamil literature. This unabridged translation of Kalki Krishnamurthy’s masterwork by Nandini Krishnan is at once faithful to the ...