Tamil
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Hope
Sumathi: The Woman Who Never Gives Up Hope
Story and Picture | North East Narrative It is often said that war affects children first and women next. The Vanni region of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province stands as powerful evidence of this truth. While many women continue to live unable to recover from the impacts of war, there are also those who tirelessly strive to rise above their struggles.…
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History
The Story of Tamil-Brahmi/Tamili
Story and Picture | Vicky Kannan In 1882, Near Madurai in the Mangulam area, Robert Sewell first discovered the Brahmi inscription. At that time, no one realized that it was Tamil Brahmi. Later, in 1924, Subramania Iyer studied the inscription fully and stated that the language of the inscription was Tamili and that the script was Tamil-Brahmi. Historians at that…
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