Of 30 inscriptions uncovered at the Valley of Kings by Strauch and Schmid, 20 are in Tamil. CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs ...

Digitising handwritten texts in Tamil, a Dravidian language spoken by over 80 million people, has long posed challenges due to cursive scripts, overlapping strokes, and subtle stylistic variations.

2025 was quite a polarising year for Tamil cinema. Audience thronged to theatres, not to watch the best of what the biggest stars of the industry had to offer, but to listen to good stories from ...

Officials in Sri Lanka are facing immense pressure for their alleged mishandling of Cyclone Ditwah, with the crisis highlighting deep cracks in the country's emergency response system. Days after ...

100 Years of The Dravidian Movement: Outlook's latest magazine issue explores how Periyar’s Self-Respect Movement shapes Tamil Nadu’s socio-political landscape today, amid debates on identity, ...

Tamil Nadu’s Self-Respect Movement built a strong foundation for social justice and pluralism, countering the RSS’s centralised, faith-driven nationalism. The state’s welfare-driven “coming together” ...

The premiere of Bigg Boss Tamil, Season 9, commenced on Sunday (5 October) at 6 PM with Vijay Sethupathi returning as the show’s host. 20 contestants from various walks of life have been selected as ...

Bigg Boss Tamil Season 9: Bigg Boss Tamil is gearing up for its much-awaited new season, with Vijay Sethupathi once again taking on hosting duties. After replacing Kamal Haasan in the previous season, ...

At 74 years old, Tamil legend Rajinikanth remains effortlessly suave, making him worthy of not one, but two of his own logos prior to “Coolie,” his 170th film. Director Lokesh Kanagaraj’s latest is a ...

Tamil farmers say the Sri Lankan and Indian governments' plans for a solar power plant in eastern Sri Lanka will use land that was seized during the country's civil war. What is being done to ...