Iron implements found in Tamil Nadu indicate that the Iron Age began here 5,300 years ago. Politicizing this fact does a disservice to archeology and the quest for truth.

“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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

Tirupati: The Dravidian University administration continues to remain in turmoil, with the institution operating under an in-charge Vice-Chancellor and an in-charge Registrar for past nine months.