The upcoming Tamil Nadu elections will give a decisive mandate, veteran journalist N Ram has asserted, ruling out any possibility of a hung assembly or power-sharing. The director at The Hindu ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

Some years, a handful of songs dominate our playlists, festival stages and social media trends. In others, the playing field feels a lot more level, greatness more evenly distributed. The last 12 ...

Tamil Nadu's bill aims to ban Hindi hoardings, movies, and songs to prevent Hindi imposition. Officials assure the bill's compliance with the Constitution, focusing on linguistic identity. BJP ...

This house music, it's gonna set you free. In 2025 house music is such a globally popular and varied genre that its origins in early 1980s Chicago warehouses seem improbable. But the myth of house ...

Valli kummi, a Tamil folk dance depicting Goddess Valli's life, is experiencing a resurgence thanks to younger performers and social media. Once fading, it's now recognized not only as a cultural ...

A hand-tinted (undated) photo of rubber estate workers in Selangor. 'Araro Ariraro' is a feature-length musical documentary exploring the lost history of Tamil plantation workers through their ...

MADURAI: In a novel protest, members of Kallangadu Sutruvattara Pathukapirkana 18 Grama Makkal Kootamaippu performed 'kummi' in front of the collectorate on Thursday, to urge the state government to ...

Have you ever heard a song so ‘bloody sweet’ that it makes you wonder who the lyricist is? For the last few years, the Tamil film industry has seen the rise of a mysterious lyricist called Heisenberg.

When the news about the demise of veteran actor B Saroja Devi broke out earlier today, I found a fellow passenger on the Metro train humming the tune of “Unnai Ondru Ketpen” from the actor’s 1964 film ...

A bloodthirsty female ghost out to take revenge—that is the popular representation of yakshi in folklore, literature, films, etc. The single, ‘Chenda Yakshi Pattu’ is yet another take on this popular ...