Apart from the write-ups around Tamil Nadu, which you will find here on my blog , I have also reported over two dozen stories for publications both in India and foreign media , with focus on Tamil culture, literature, temples, architecture, and Tamil migrants in countries like Sri Lanka, Thailand and Mauritius.
Do feel free to read each of them from the list below, by clicking on the links:
Seaweed cultivation in Pamban ( BBC Future)
How life and politics converge in India’s tea kadais ( Nikkei Asia )
Dosai and its Tamil connect (BBC Travel) Tamil version
Faith meets conservation in India’s sacred spaces ( Nikkei Asia )
Banana varieties of Nagercoil (BBC Travel) Tamil version
Chennai’s Indo-French embroidery venture (New York Times TAustralia)
Idli and its connect with Tamil Nadu (National Geographic Traveller UK)
Global curry trail crosses continents ( Nikkei Asia )
Veena makers of Thanjavur ( Australia’s Adventure.com)
Chola bronze makers of Swamimalai (USA’s Hidden Compass)
A grassroots project in India’s Tamil Nadu is turning fish guts that once polluted beaches into a useful commodity.(Canada’s Hakai Magazine)
Vetiver and its link with Tamil (USA’s Whetstone Magazine)
Anakaputhur’s weaver who spins sarees from pineapple and vegetable waste (The National UAE)
Tamil temples and people in Mauritius ( Manorama)
All about Tamil beliefs and culture of Jaffna in SriLanka (The New Indian Express)
Tamil Sangam trail in Thailand ( Manorama)
About Sita Eliya near Nuwara Eliya, that’s dominated by Tamil Migrants in SriLanka (Manorama)
Sangam Tamil and culture ( Discover India magazine)
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