When a Language Becomes a Mother/Goddess:
An Image Essay on Tamil

by Sumathi Ramaswamy

http://tasveerghar.net/stamil/

Tasveer Ghar announces a new Visual Essay exploring the historical journey of Tamil, a language that comes to be transformed into anobject of love and devotion, producing in the process an unusualvisual presence for a spoken tongue...

For more, please visit http://tasveerghar.net/stamil/

Other recent Visual Essay on Tasveer Ghar:

Remediation: Iconic Images and Everyday Spaces - 'Female Film Stars' in Print Media:

by Madhuja Mukherji

http://tasveerghar.net/2007/madhuja/

New Galleries on Tasveer Ghar: South Indian display dolls, Hindi novel covers, and much more

Tasveer Ghar introduces new galleries featuring some exciting examples of Indian popular art and culture:

Miniature Societies and Grihani Aesthetics: Display dolls in South India

http://tasveerghar.net/2007/annapurna

Commodification of Gender on the Titles of Popular Hindi Novels

http://tasveerghar.net/2007/atmaram

Transitioning Sexualized Imagery on Raunchy Bhojpuri Music Albums

http://tasveerghar.net/2007/vishal

Many more to come soon...