Magazine
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October 21, 2026
Tamils in Switzerland: 40 years of diaspora, one story
Around 50,000 people with roots in Sri Lanka live in Switzerland, most of them Tamils. A short story of arriving, of the...
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October 21, 2026
Pongal 2027: the Tamil harvest festival explained
From 14 to 17 January 2027, Tamils around the world celebrate Pongal. What the harvest festival is about, what happens on each...
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October 21, 2026
The Tamil alphabet: 247 letters, simply explained
12 vowels, 18 consonants, 216 syllables and one special sign: how Tamil script works – and why a single letter, ழ, is...
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October 6, 2026
The Jaffna Library: knowledge is our wealth
You can burn books, but not knowledge. The story of the Jaffna Public Library – and why it is a symbol for...
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October 6, 2026
Avvaiyar and Valliammai: two strong Tamil women
A poet whose verses children still learn today, and a young woman who went to prison for justice at 16.
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October 6, 2026
Arikamedu: when Tamil ports traded with Rome
Pepper, pearls and textiles for wine and gold: 2,000 years ago the Tamil coast was a hub of world trade.
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October 6, 2026
Sangam poetry: the five landscapes of Tamil verse
Some 2,000 years ago Tamil poets wrote about love, war and justice – and gave every feeling its own landscape.
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October 6, 2026
Keeladi: the excavation that retells Tamil history
Near Madurai, archaeologists are uncovering a settlement that shows how early Tamils lived in towns, traded and wrote.
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October 6, 2026
Tamil – the oldest living language in the world
More than 120 million people speak Tamil – a language that has been spoken, written and sung without interruption for more than...
