Tamil Nadu

Purse-seiners, trawlers, and the epic fight over fishing in Tamil Nadu
A ban on purse-seine fishing in Tamil Nadu has threatened thousands of fishers’ livelihoods – and they are refusing to give up without a fight
Jeff Joseph | Sep 07, 2023

Mari Selvaraj, ‘Maamannan’, and the cinema of caste in Tamil Nadu
A new generation of Tamil filmmakers are confronting the caste-glorification films of the past – but controversy is often quick to follow, and Tamil cinema’s history with caste is more complex than many recognise
Karthick Ram Manoharan | Aug 10, 2023

“I write with the same hands that carried shit”: Reading Pandiyakannan’s ‘Salavaan’
The Tamil writer Pandiyakannan, the first novelist from the Kuravar community, offers an intimate portrait of the lives of manual scavengers
Ashik Kahina | May 25, 2023

Meena Kandasamy’s feminist intervention on the Tirukkural
The unparalleled Tamil classic’s third part, covering desire, was long overlooked, but Kandasamy’s new translation looks precisely at it to challenge convention
Kavitha Muralidharan | Apr 11, 2023

Canadian-Tamil comedian Sunthar V navigates queerness and Tamil identity
Sunthar V, founder of the Tamil Comedy Club in central London, attempts to push social boundaries with his comedy in Chennai
Sowmiya Ashok | Mar 27, 2023

Karunanidhi and the long shadow of Sri lanka
Between Dravidian politics of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka's Tamil nationalism.
Vaasanthi | May 28, 2020

