The only difference between 2013 and now is that Vijay was not a practicing politician then. He only had political ...

To Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy, the pro-jallikattu Tamil protestors are porukkis (thugs) and elis (rats) funded by the Church and non-governmental organisations. The good gentleman ...

Back in 1999, when filmmaking was a long, laborious process, one Tamil movie rewrote the rules of Indian cinema. The film Suyamvaram wasn’t just a hit, it became a phenomenon. What set it apart wasn’t ...

Chennai: Six years ago, when Jiya Kumari was visiting her native village in Bihar, her Tamil fluency became a cause of jealousy for her relatives. They assumed Jiya and her sisters were icing them out ...

A language is never just that. It holds within it a culture, an identity and the ability to tie people together in the bonds of community. This was the overarching theme when, after three years of ...