Writer and translator Lakshmi Holmstrom must have been feeling happy in faraway London while the Penguin book of Tamil poetry was being released. CHENNAI: Writer and translator Lakshmi Holmstrom must ...

In one of his oft-quoted poems, Rudyard Kipling brings out the point that East is East, West is West; Nether the twain shall meet. Should it be so for literary works also? As the cultural diffusion ...

A rather quaint song is Nallai Allai from Kaatru Veliyidai. It was heartening to notice the instant updates on Twitter and Facebook on the reference for the last line from Kurunthokai – verse47 — ...

Perhaps men and women loved more intensely, some hundreds of years ago? This is the first thought that crosses the mind when one reads Tamil love poems of the Sangam Era. The yearning, the poignant ...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s poems are going to make their latest journey from Hindi to English to Tamil. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s poems are going to make ...

The East and North Mada Streets of Mylapore weep in jealousy; for they do not have a chathiram as magnificent as Vyasarpadi Vinayaka Mudaliyar Chathiram: goes a verse written by scholar Meenakshi ...

SINGAPORE - A married couple has won at the same Golden Point Awards for the first time. Mr Senthilkumar Natarajan took first place in the Tamil short story category while his wife Subha Senthilkumar ...

THOOTHUKUDI: A video clip of a pilot reciting a Tamil poem on a flight between Chennai and Thoothukudi flight on April 14 for Tamil New Year has been trending on social media. Netizens have recognised ...