Iron implements found in Tamil Nadu indicate that the Iron Age began here 5,300 years ago. Politicizing this fact does a ...

“It is also dominant in South Indian Dravidian populations. This shows a shared ancestry tracing back to the first human migration from Africa around 70,000 years ago,” said Mutharasan. But there’s a ...

Most pained by the north-south divide were those who fell in love outside their language of heritage and were ostracised ...

Chennai Photo Biennale, now in its fourth edition, is stridently exploring self-identity, giving a platform to voices that ...

Sitting in his office at Travel Track, a travel management company based in Dar es Salaam, Saul Swai Kagina’s presence ...

Munda languages trace back through their maternal line to the First People who came out of Africa, hunter-gatherers who reached the subcontinent 65,000 years ago, and Dravidian words go as far ...

For his part, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is offering US$ 1 million to anyone who can decipher the Indus Valley script, which would boost his state’s Dravidian ... Asia, Africa, and South America.

"On the contrary, they would keep his photo. They will also say he is our Dravidian icon," she said while quoting the "elderly person" from various Tamil magazines. While the BJP leader did not ...

A contentious law that allows South Africa’s government to expropriate land – without compensation in some cases – has enraged the United States, triggering aid cuts by Washington and ...

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg A South African imam who devoted his life to promoting gay rights and tolerance for L.G.B.T.Q. Muslims was shot and killed in the coastal city of Gqeberha on Saturday ...