Is there a Tamil equivalent of ‘netizen’, ‘hotspot’ or ‘groupfie’? The answer would have been no until a year ago. But a Tamil Nadu government project to create a word bank now has an appropriate ...

CHENNAI: Observing that ‘Gethu’ is a Tamil word, Madras High Court has set aside an order of the State government refusing entertainment tax (ET) exemption to Tamil feature film ‘Gethu’, produced by ...

Dry eyes could from now on be termed ular vizhi in Tamil, while cardiac failure is irudhaya seyalizhappu and anaesthesia is unarvagatri. Creating Tamil equivalents for English medical terminology has ...

CHENNAI: The 45-year-old Directorate of Tamil Etymological Dictionary Project is reinventing itself to preserve Tamil words for posterity. The directorate is all set to bring out three dictionaries ...

Tamils must learn to replicate the success and sweep of English language that did not stagnate at its origins but revolved to retain its relevance and eminence. This will partly address genuine ...

The Chennai Central train station. Photo: Courtesy, Arian Zwegers/Wikimedia.org ‘Madras is a Tamil word while Chennai is Telugu. Without the English, there would have been no Madras. The erection of ...