The letters of the Malayalam alphabet with its squiggles, curves and circular shapes fire the imagination of artists to come up with jaw-dropping expressions of creativity. A pioneer in this has been ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Minister for social justice and higher education R Bindu will release the Malayalam alphabet in sign language developed by the National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) at ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: “How many Malayalis know how to write all the 52 Malayalam alphabets right? “ questions short film director Hari P Nair in his latest work - Ka Cha Ta Tha Pa. The two-minute 22 ...

Excerpted with permission from Davina Finds Her Vowels: A Book of Malayalam Vowels, Elizabeth Keyton, art by Kohan Kolam and Neel: Krishna Through Art, Vineeta and Arvind Kanoria, Adidev Press.

Thiruvanathapuram: Following criticism from all quarters, the state council of educational research and training (SCERT) has decided to honour the demands that children in Class I should be ...

The sign language alphabet in Malayalam is developed by the National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH), in collaboration with All Kerala Association of the Deaf. The first uniform sign language ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Comprehending Malayalam words through lip movement and hand gestures has posed difficulties for hearing impaired people and has often led to miscommunication. Now, experts at the ...

The letters of the alphabet took a long time to evolve, and to get standardised into their present forms, shapes and figurations. In Malayalam too, the artists’ romance with the alphabet has a long ...