Telugu
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FlyDie on South India
X.T.M reposts FlyDie’s comments on South India. FlyDie argues that Tamil Nadu’s elite traces to Telugu country through the Vijayanagara Nayaks, that pre-colonial empires ran on a shared elite culture,…
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“Tamil” CMs
X.T.M, drawing on a News18 blog, notes that many Madras chief ministers were of Telugu descent, from Subbarayalu Reddiar onwards, and sees Tamil Nadu’s “distinct” identity as compatible with a…
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The Italian of the East: Is It Language or Music?
X.T.M explains why Telugu was called ‘the Italian of the East’ by Niccolò de’ Conti, citing vowel endings, vowel harmony and verb flexibility, and jokes about Usha Vance and Kamala…
