This Margazhi morning sent me into a state of nostalgia as I drew a simple ezhai kolam in my apartment corridor. It brought back all those fond times and tiny tales told to me by family elders during ...

The simple kolam (rangoli) seems to be becoming the symbol of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register for Citizens in Tamil Nadu. An anti-CAA and anti-NCR kolam ...

It all started with a simple kolam (rangoli). On December 29, seven youngsters, mostly girls, assembled on the popular Besant Nagar Beach in Chennai and started to draw rangoli designs on the road.

Happy Pongal 2022: Amid Covid third wave, India is gearing up to mark the festival of Pongal, which is celebrated in rural as well as urban areas with equal fervour as it is harvest festival for ...

Kolam art, a traditional practice from southern India, involves creating intricate designs on the ground using rice flour or ...

Kolam art has been practiced by women throughout southern India for hundreds of years. These brightly colored rice flour designs adorn the thresholds of homes and temples every day, as well as streets ...

“I remember my grandmother telling me that when independent India was announced, women of Madras decorated entire roads in Triplicane and Mylapore with large kolams to celebrate,” says Chennai-based ...

CHENNAI: After slogans, placards, processions and meetings, the auspicious and traditional 'kolam' became a political tool in the hands of DMK and Congress leaders on Monday to express their protest ...

CHENNAI: CM MK Stalin on Saturday urged, in his letter to the party cadre to draw a kolam of ‘Tamil Nadu Vazhga’ in front of their houses to welcome the first day of Tamil month Thai, celebrated as ...

Chennai: The traditional kolam or rangoli has become a symbol of dissent against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Tamil Nadu. A day after the Chennai ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK on Wednesday stepped up its fight against alleged "Hindi imposition" by the Centre by launching a Kolam campaign, drawing of colourful patterns using rice flour on ...