Rice is widely consumed in Tamil cuisine today, but it was not always the staple grain. Millets were historically a major staple.

Orissa Balu was a world renowned researcher, scientist and archaeologist, who paved the way for a deeper understanding of Tamil history.

The changing of traditional Tamil names may have more to do with erasing our roots than it does with pleasing the western tongue.

Are we using the term “modernization” as a blanket to soften the effects of cultural assimilation? The world is no stranger to cultural...