Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy
Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy
Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy broke barriers in medicine, education and politics before becoming British India’s first woman legislator. Her legacy went far beyond being first — she turned advocacy into institutions... Read more...
How Did Tamils End Up All Over the World?
From ancient merchants to modern migration, the story of one of the world's oldest and most widespread diasporas. Read more...
How Did Tamils Come to Sri Lanka?
Tamil communities became established in Sri Lanka through centuries of migration, trade, cultural exchange and political interaction across the Palk Strait — not through a single migration or invasion. Read more...
What Is Tamilakam? The Ancient Homeland of the Tamils
Long before modern India and Sri Lanka existed, there was Tamilakam — the historic homeland of the Tamil-speaking peoples, where language, literature, kingdoms and culture flourished for more than two thousand years. Read more...
Are Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian Tamils the Same People?
A shared language, different histories and the complicated relationship across the Palk Strait Editorial note: The histories of Tamil communities in India and Sri Lanka are closely connected, but some questions about early settlement and political identity remain contested. This article offers a broad cultural and historical introduction, reflects mainstream scholarship and avoids presenting uncertain origin stories as settled fact. On a map, the narrow stretch of water between southern India and northern Sri Lanka appears to divide two countries. For much of history, however, it was not simply a... Read more...
Who Are the Tamil People?
One language, many lands and a people who have never belonged to only one story Editorial note: Tamil identities and historical interpretations vary across regions and communities. This article offers a broad introduction based on established historical, linguistic and demographic sources. Where evidence remains debated, it avoids presenting one interpretation as settled fact. At dawn, Tamil wakes in many places. It rises with shop shutters in Chennai and morning prayers in Jaffna. It moves through a plantation settlement in Sri Lanka’s central hills, a kitchen in Kuala Lumpur and a... Read more...