This summer I’ve been learning Tamil. Not only is it the primary language spoken in Tamil Nadu, a state in Southern India, it’s my mother tongue — a language everybody else in my family speaks.

Tamil language schools are sprouting up across the country with the help of California Tamil Academy, teaching Tamil language and culture to children growing up in America. Subscribe to read this ...

In this op-ed, Sibani Ram explains how the Tamil language connects her to her grandmother, her culture, and a place half a world away. When school lets out, I spend every spare minute jamming to Tamil ...

SINGAPORE - Singapore’s drive to ensure Tamil remains a vibrant, spoken language, rather than just a classroom subject, took centre stage on March 29 as the Tamil Language Festival marked its 20th ...

BERKELEY — Learning a new language can sometimes be a hobby or requirement, but for Brian Linebaugh, it became a lifelong pursuit that led him across the world and ultimately inspired a documentary ...

COIMBATORE: Marumalarchi Makkal Iyakkam on Sunday wrote to the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, demanding the implementation of Tamil as the medium of instruction and a compulsory language subject in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dancers from the Rameshwara Dance Group performing a Mayilattam, or peacock dance, at the launch of the Tamil Language Festival ...