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The earliest building blocks of reading may begin in a caregiver’s voice, long before a child opens a book, writes Deepika ...

Synopsis: With a voice that could effortlessly move from the innocence of a lullaby to the intensity of heartbreak, S Janaki sang nearly 48,000 songs across 17 languages, becoming one of the most ...

Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app. Carnatic music endures not because it chose one language over another, but because it gives space to all to sing. From Purandara ...

A year back, when A Jahir Husain, head of the Department of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu at the University of Madras, was looking for someone to sing his Arabic translation of a lullaby by the renowned ...

On a still night, a soft tune fills a small room. A mother hums as her baby’s fingers curl into her palm. A grandmother rocks a wooden cradle, singing the same song she once sang to her own children.

"Araro Ariraro" does not have a direct literal meaning but the “words” are used in Tamil lullabies (thalattu) to soothe a child by mimicking the gentle rocking motion and comforting sounds used to put ...

SHAH ALAM, Sept 18 — In a quiet rubber plantation, Tamil labourers once wove songs into their daily lives. More than entertainment, these folk tunes were a relief from fatigue, a balm for their ...

The video installation titled "Coolies’ Chorus" recalls the voices of Tamil labourers once bound to the plantations in old Malaya. The video forms part of a wider project that has led Kuala ...

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