Tamil isn’t just a language, it is an important identity of Tamil culture. The Sangam age literary work ‘Kalithogai’ has references to Lemuria continent, where it is mentioned as ‘Karodaiyaaru’. It ...

CHENNAI: The Centre’s new draft education policy has run into rough political weather in Tamil Nadu, underlining the need for an open-minded discussion between the Centre and the state to sort out the ...

CHENNAI: School Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan on Saturday announced that action will be taken against those who were responsible for stating that Tamil language is younger than Sanskrit in Class ...

Chennai: A circular of the Central Board of Secondary Education to schools under it aimed at promoting Sanskrit and the political row it sparked in Tamil Nadu is nothing new as the State had opposed ...

Tamil Nadu Public Works Minister EV Velu sparked a fresh political row on Friday after sharply criticising the Union government’s financial support for the Sanskrit language. Speaking at a public ...

CHENNAI: Governor RN Ravi on Friday said Tamil and Sanskrit, two ancient languages of the country, have gained by sharing words. “Some people ask which language is the oldest? Tamil or Sanskrit? This ...

About two years ago, an English academic and his student, both interested in Tamil literature, attended a talk at Kalakshetra, the art hub of Chennai, by an Israeli scholar who has written a biography ...

Chennai: A circular by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) directing all schools to celebrate Sanskrit week in August by organising a range of Sanskrit based-programmes for students and ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday lamented that the Centre "sheds crocodile tears" for Tamil and other South Indian languages while it made hefty allocations for promoting ...

A controversy broke out in Tamil Nadu on Monday after a rendition of a Sanskrit invocation song was played at an event in Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, PTI reported. Union Minister of Road ...

Mimicking Sanskrit verses typically recited during Hindu wedding ceremonies, Tamil Nadu minister EV Velu on Friday questioned why the language receives heavy financial backing from the Centre, ...

Tamil isn’t just a language, it is an important identity of Tamil culture. The Sangam age literary work ‘Kalithogai’ has references to Lemuria continent, where it is mentioned as ‘Karodaiyaaru’. It ...