"Bro, memes are the new Tirukkural for Tamils, bro," declares 28-year-old R Uday Bharati. The words roll off his lips like a rap song with a startling insouciance. Tirukkural is a 3,000-year-old ...

A few days ago, Twitter exploded with messages of concern pouring in for Contractor Naesamani, after he was injured in a freak accident. His offence? Not letting his labourer Krishnamurthy know the ...

Tamil memes are a reflection of an insular society trying to close a system inwards instead of extending its cultural borrowings,” said N Kalyan Raman, writer and translator. “Bro, memes are the new ...