Cambridge, MA. I’ve told you about my seminar on Tamil love poetry, most of it religious, in south India. In my last installment, I told you of Tirumalisai Piran, whose two great poems are both ...

Cambridge, MA. One of the benefits of blogging regularly for America is that I can write what I want, including pieces under somewhat arcane headings such as the one above, a continuation of my series ...

(The Conversation) — Valentine’s Day often revives attention on romantic themes in literature. Stories are cited in media with the aim of helping people navigate the demands of the human heart on a ...

Famous composer Govindu Vasantha’s music video ‘Magizhini’ has gone viral on the internet. The lesbian love themed song is written by Madhan Karky and rendered by Keerthana Vaithiyanathan. ‘Maghizhini ...