“I had a breakthrough reading Avvaiyar’s poems ... he delved deep into the Tamil language with Ramakoti. With his help, Mr. Thomas refined the translation of Thirukural in 2017.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, known for her eclectic reading habits, began her eighth budget presentation with a quote ...

Finance ministers, over the years, have added some poetic touch or other elements to the budget announcement. Here is how Nirmala Sitharaman, Arun Jaitley and other have added theirs, check full list.

Gurajada Appa Rao (1862–1915) was a prominent Indian playwright, poet, and social reformer, best known for his contributions ...

While presenting her direct tax proposals, Sitharaman invoked the Tamil language text on commoner’s morality consisting of 1,330 short couplets, Thirukkural, quoting verse 542 to emphasise the ...

Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...

Maestro Ilaiyaraaja discusses his upcoming symphony Valiant with The Hindu, highlighting his unique musical influences and collaboration with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Online Tamil panchangam in Tamil and English for any place and any date between 1900 and 2050. This panchangam gives accurate information about the 5 attributes of the day, viz., nakshatram, tithi, ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

Service members who have gone through Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape training, or SERE may get flashbacks from the trailer for the upcoming zombie horror film by Danny Boyle, “28 ...