This summer I’ve been learning Tamil. Not only is it the primary language spoken in Tamil Nadu, a state in Southern India, it’s my mother tongue — a language everybody else in my family speaks.

BERKELEY — Learning a new language can sometimes be a hobby or requirement, but for Brian Linebaugh, it became a lifelong pursuit that led him across the world and ultimately inspired a documentary ...

SINGAPORE - Singapore’s drive to ensure Tamil remains a vibrant, spoken language, rather than just a classroom subject, took centre stage on March 29 as the Tamil Language Festival marked its 20th ...

NEW DELHI: The fourth edition of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam, beginning December 2, will place a strong emphasis on enabling students from North India — particularly Uttar Pradesh — to learn Tamil ...

Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday underscored the central role of languages in sustaining India’s civilisational continuity, stating that the country’s languages, regions, and ...

COIMBATORE: Marumalarchi Makkal Iyakkam on Sunday wrote to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, demanding the implementation of Tamil as the medium of instruction and a compulsory language subject in the ...

Tamil Nadu's language identity is once again at the center of a storm, as the state resists the National Education Policy (NEP) and its three-language mandate. The state's two-language policy, Tamil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dancers from the Rameshwara Dance Group performing a Mayilattam, or peacock dance, at the launch of the Tamil Language Festival ...