The Hindu

V. Vedachalam to conduct a workshop on ‘How to read and write Tamil-Brahmi and Vatteluttu scripts’

A centrepiece of The Hindu Lit For Life, to be held on January 17 and 18 in Chennai, will be a workshop on ‘How to read and write Tamil-Brahmi and Vattelluttu scripts’. Conducted by award-winning and ...
The Hindu

Students exhorted to read, write in Tamil

Students should cultivate the habit of reading and writing in Tamil for posterity, said G.V. Selvam, vice-president of the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT). The event was organised by the Vellore ...

A conversation with Jeyamohan on Tamil literature, translation, and what changes when a language leaves home

As Tamil literature prepares to enter a global conversation at the Living Tamil LitFest in New York, writer and thinker Jeyamohan reflects on language, tradition, translation, and what it means for a ...
The New Indian Express

Tamil Nadu: Exemption for linguistic minority students from writing the Tamil language paper

CHENNAI: The school education department has granted a one-time exemption for linguistic minority students from writing the Tamil language paper under Section I (compulsory subject) in Class 10 ...
Indiatimes

Learning to read, write, and between the lines, rediscover their self-worth

Through the New India Literacy Programme (NILP), lakhs of adults in Tamil Nadu, from daily wagers to guest workers, are going back to ‘school’ to learn to gain life skills. There are more than 30,000 ...