#Tamil literature

Imayam

How Imayam redefined realism in Tamil literature and proved his critics wrong

9 Dec 2024 4:25 PM IST

N. Kalyan Raman interview: ‘Devibharathi’s fiction engages with politics and culture’

N. Kalyan Raman interview: ‘Devibharathi’s fiction engages with politics and culture’

25 July 2024 6:30 AM IST

Where God Began

Appadurai Muttulingam interview: ‘In his heart, every refugee is lonely’

14 Jun 2024 9:55 AM IST

Tamil poet Salma

Salma interview: How poetry became an outlet for my grief, my freedom song

21 March 2024 7:50 PM IST

Ambai

Three contemporary Tamil women writers you must know about

5 March 2024 8:55 AM IST

Harish Raghavendra

Harish Raghavendra interview: ‘Ruskin Bond’s stories have shades of loneliness’

19 Jan 2024 6:30 AM IST

Aurangzeb: Monarch and Man review: How a 1974 Tamil play speaks to our times

Aurangzeb: Monarch and Man review: How a 1974 Tamil play speaks to our times

21 Dec 2023 8:15 AM IST

How Perumal Murugan has crafted his phenomenal literary rebirth

How Perumal Murugan has crafted his phenomenal literary rebirth

21 Nov 2023 6:30 AM IST

Priyamvada Ramkumar interview: Translations should expand the boundaries of taste

Priyamvada Ramkumar interview: Translations should expand the boundaries of taste

12 Oct 2023 12:02 PM IST

How International Booker Prize spotlights world’s under-represented languages

How International Booker Prize spotlights world’s under-represented languages

25 April 2023 2:22 PM IST

Jeyamohan interview: Ezhaam Ulagam, or The Abyss, is a spiritual inquiry into beggars’ lives

Jeyamohan interview: Ezhaam Ulagam, or The Abyss, is a spiritual inquiry into beggars’ lives

11 April 2023 2:45 PM IST

Tamil writer Imayam on female desire and why writing is a political activity

Tamil writer Imayam on female desire and why writing is a political activity

28 Nov 2022 6:30 AM IST

The making of Tamil Encyclopaedia, a 100-year-old dream

The making of Tamil Encyclopaedia, a 100-year-old dream

30 Sept 2022 6:30 AM IST

How Kalki Krishnamurthy became a cult before ‘Ponniyin Selvan’

How Kalki Krishnamurthy became a cult before ‘Ponniyin Selvan’

18 Sept 2022 6:30 AM IST

Why Sahitya Akademi to a celebrity editor sparked a literary row in Tamil Nadu

Why Sahitya Akademi to a celebrity editor sparked a literary row in Tamil Nadu

27 July 2022 6:30 AM IST

Art installation sparks interest in Tamil writers

Art installation sparks interest in Tamil writers

28 Feb 2022 10:03 PM IST

Why everybody wants to appropriate Thiruvalluvar

Why everybody wants to appropriate Thiruvalluvar

14 Jan 2022 6:30 AM IST

Stark feminist themes of Ambai’s Sahitya Akademi winning work

Stark feminist themes of Ambai’s Sahitya Akademi winning work

2 Jan 2022 5:35 PM IST

Tamil literature: Where did all the children’s writers go?

Tamil literature: Where did all the children’s writers go?

25 Nov 2021 6:30 AM IST

Loved, revered by readers for ages, Tamil authors now return favour

Loved, revered by readers for ages, Tamil authors now return favour

11 Jan 2021 6:30 AM IST

The sea that lay between Pa Singaram and literary worlds indifference

The sea that lay between Pa Singaram and literary world's indifference

25 Sept 2020 8:14 AM IST

Award winning writer critiques state govt in new book, publishes manuscript

Award winning writer critiques state govt in new book, publishes manuscript

13 Sept 2020 10:21 AM IST

Did Tamil reformist shun his Sanskrit name or just pick a nom de plume?

Did Tamil reformist shun his Sanskrit name or just pick a nom de plume?

27 July 2020 6:30 AM IST

Thanjavurs Big Temple consecration turns a reviver of arts, literature

Thanjavur's Big Temple consecration turns a reviver of arts, literature

5 Feb 2020 5:01 PM IST

Madras Day, Tamil Lexicography Day, Tamil dictionary, Tamil language, Tamil literature, Thiruvalluvar

Birthday of Italian missionary marks Lexicography Day in TN

8 Nov 2019 12:00 AM IST

thiruvalluvar, Tamil poet, Tamil literature, Tamil language

Tamil parties up in arms against 'saffronisation' of Thiruvalluvar

5 Nov 2019 12:00 AM IST

Scholars allege BJP trying to appropriate Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar

Scholars allege BJP trying to appropriate Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar

4 Nov 2019 9:35 AM IST

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