Ancient Tamil instruments drew large crowds at the international conference on Tamil music being held at the World Tamil Sangam in Madurai. Madurai: Ancient Tamil instruments drew large crowds at the ...

When musician Tharun Sekar built his first yaazh, he wasn’t just recreating an ancient Tamil instrument; he was unknowingly striking the first note of a cultural revival. In less than a year that ...

Tamil Isai Sangam was founded in May 1943, with Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar as the president and R.K. Shanmugam Chettiar as the vice-president. Annamalai Chettiar’s three sons — Muthiah Chettiar, ...

NEW DELHI: As the drum beats reverberated in the tranquil Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus, electrifying the surging crowd, Lingesh, 14, thanked his stars for the first such outing of his life.