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    How a film in a ‘nearly extinct’ tongue turns the focus on Kerala’s ‘vulnerable’ Cholanaikkan tribe

    MT Saju
    2 Jan 2026 10:43 AM IST

    Unnikrishnan Avala's Thanthapperu, made in Cholanaikka, the language of a community designated as a ‘Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group', includes members from the tribe as actors. With a population...

    How a film in a ‘nearly extinct’ tongue turns the focus on Kerala’s ‘vulnerable’ Cholanaikkan tribe
    The Eighth Column
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    Delhi

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    World

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    PM Modi

    First Vande Bharat sleeper train to run from Guwahati to Kolkata

    The Federal
    1 Jan 2026 6:57 PM IST

    The 16-coach sleeper train, which can accommodate 823 passengers, has been designed for a maximum speed of 180 km per hour

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    1 Jan 2026 6:40 PM IST
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    DK Shivakumar

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    India, Pakistan exchange prisoners and fishermen lists amid strained ties

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    Is DMK rewriting its Periyarist playbook to counter Hindutva in Tamil Nadu?

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    Switzerland blast

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