The issues of downsizing the representation through delimitation and the anti-Hindi agitation have emerged from Tamil Nadu ...

Tamil Oli, a poet of the Dravidian movement, blended Tamil communist literature with anti-caste themes. Known for his May Day ...

Since 1967, it has been only one of the two Dravidian parties that has been in power in Tamil ... For many years now, the ...

The language debate represents two different ideas of India: one that welcomes diversity in culture and politics, and the ...

Filmmaker Gopi Nainar, known for directing the 2017 critically acclaimed film Aram starring Nayanthara, has announced that he is returning the Periyar Award ...

A court in India has sentenced three men to death for the 1981 murder of 24 people from the Dalit (formerly untouchable) community. The men were part of a gang of bandits who shot the victims ...

Despite multiple complaints, no legal action has been taken against these land grabbers and corrupt revenue officials. This has raised concerns among Dalit landowners, who questioned whether the ...

IPL: When Shane Warne made Ravindra Jadeja get off team bus and walk to the hotel ‘Strength Respects Strength’: ISRO Chief Explains Why Japan Approached India For Chandrayaan-5 What is grey ...

It all started in 1945, when social reformer E V Ramasamy popularly known as Thanthai Periyar – the architect of the Dravidian movement – advocated wearing of black shirts and sarees as a symbol of ...

A group of Dalits alleged that YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Moilla Suresh Reddy was involved in land grabbing. Tension prevailed after an argument between both the groups at GVRR College in ...

Moving seamlessly from the past to the present and from the personal to the political, The Tamils, A Portrait of a Community ...

Prominent Dalit writer and thinker K K Kochu, 76, died in Kottayam after a battle with cancer. Kochu, who has been credited with having authored the first autobiography of a Dalit in Malayalam, had ...