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News

Malayalam actor Prithviraj tests positive for Covid following a movie shoot

The actor is asymptomatic at present and he is in perfect shapeAll the team members took the COVID-19 test prior to the shoot and the same was carried out on the last day of the shoot

1 min read20 Oct 2020
Politics

In Kerala, Leftist Sanskrit scholars to hold ‘alternative' Ramayana readings

The culture wars shine a fresh light on Kerala's vibrant political reality, a year before the general election

2 min read12 Jul 2018
Politics

Nagaland is the most diverse state in India, language-wise

Kerala is the least diverse state as far as languages are concerned, with 97% of the state's residents (in 2011) identifying Malayalam as their mother tongue

2 min read11 Jul 2018
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When Malayalam met Sanskrit, many centuries ago

Manipravalam, a beautiful fusion of Malayalam and Sanskrit, was crafted by Kerala elites Namboodiri Brahmins as a distinct literary tongue

6 min read2 Jun 2018
Industry

65th National Awards: Regional cinema wins three of four top prizes

Sridevi posthumously won the national award for best actress for her performance in her last film, 'Mom'

1 min read16 Apr 2018
Technology

Google adds voice search feature for eight more Indian languages

Google has added voice search capability for eight additional Indian languages including Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil to help users search for content online by simply speaking into their Android phones

2 min read14 Aug 2017
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What I think when I think in English

What happens when a person who speaks a native tongue crosses over to English?

6 min read13 Aug 2017
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Of little-known Indian languages and scripts

Apart from harbouring many languages, India is also home to a bewildering array of scripts, many of which have fallen out of use

5 min read16 Jun 2017
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Powering Malayalam through translation

Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University has started a collaboration with multiple English-language publishers to translate literature in Malayalam

2 min read5 May 2017
Education

Malayalam made mandatory in Kerala's schools, government offices

Kerala government promulgates an ordinance making Malayalam a compulsory subject in all schools in the state up to Class X

1 min read12 Apr 2017