The Tamil people,also known as Tamilar,Tamilians,or simply Tamils,are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to India's southern state of Tamil Nadu,to the union territory of Puducherry,and to Sri Lanka. The Tamil language is one of the world's longest-surviving classical languages,with over 2000 years of Tamil literature,including the Sangam poems,which were composed between 300 BCE and 300 CE. People who speak Tamil as their mother tongue and are born in Tamil clans are considered Tamils.
Ashokamitran was the pen name of Jagadisa Thyagarajan,an Indian writer regarded as one of the most influential figures in post-independent Tamil literature. He began his prolific literary career with the prize-winning play "Anbin Parisu" and went on to author more than two hundred short stories,and a dozen novellas and novels. A distinguished essayist and critic,he was the editor of the literary journal "Kanaiyaazhi". He has written over 200 short stories,nine novels,and some 15 novellas besides other prose writings. Most of his works have also been translated into English and other Indian languages,including Hindi,Malayalam,and Telugu.
Hinduism is currently practiced by a minority of residents of China. The religion itself has a very limited presence in modern mainland China,but archaeological evidence suggests a significant presence of Hinduism in different provinces of medieval China. Hindu influences were also absorbed in to Buddhism and got mixed with Chinese mythology over its history. Practices originating in the Vedic tradition of ancient India such as yoga and meditation are also popular in China.
Several instances of interaction between Buddhism and the Roman world are documented by Classical and early Christian writers. Textual sources in the Tamil language,moreover,suggest the presence of Buddhism among some Roman citizens in the 2nd century AD.
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg was a member of the Lutheran clergy and the first Pietist missionary to India.
Shivshankar Menon is an Indian diplomat,who served as National Security Adviser of India under Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. He had previously served as the Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. Prior to that he was Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan,and Sri Lanka and ambassador to China and Israel. He is currently Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress. He is also Visiting Professor of International Relations at Ashoka University.
Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī was a Persian Timurid chronicler and Islamic scholar. He was for a while the ambassador of Shah Rukh,the Timurid dynasty ruler of Persia. In his role as ambassador he visited Kozhikode in south India in the early 1440s. He wrote a narrative of what he saw in Calicut which is valuable as information on Calicut's society and culture. He is also the producer of a lengthy narrative or chronicle of the history of the Timurid dynasty and its predecessors in Central Asia,but this is not so valuable because it is mostly a compilation of material from earlier written sources that are mostly available from elsewhere in the earlier form.
Navtej Singh Sarna is an Indian author,columnist,diplomat and former Indian Ambassador to the United States. He previously served as the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom,and the Ambassador to Israel.
Brazil–India relations also referred to as Indo-Brazilian relations,are the bilateral relations between Brazil and India.
Estonia–India relations refers to the bilateral diplomatic relations between Estonia and India. India first recognised Estonia on 22 September 1921 when the former had just acquired membership in the League of Nations. India re-recognised Estonia on 9 September 1991 and diplomatic relations were established on 2 December of the same year in Helsinki. Estonia is represented in India by its embassy in New Delhi and its honorary consulate in Mumbai. India is represented in Estonia through its embassy in Helsinki (Finland) and through an honorary consulate in Tallinn.
Nirupama Menon Rao is a retired civil servant of 1973 batch Indian Foreign Service cadre who served as India's Foreign Secretary from 2009 to 2011,as well as being India's Ambassador to the United States,China and Sri Lanka during her career.
E. Madhusudhanan was a politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The introduction and early development of printing in South India is attributed to missionary propaganda and the endeavours of the British East India Company. Among the pioneers in this arena,maximum attention is claimed by the Jesuit missionaries,followed by the Protestant Fathers and Hindu Pandits. Once the immigrants realized the importance of the local language,they began to disseminate their religious teachings through that medium,in effect ushering in the vernacular print culture in India. The first Tamil booklet was printed in 1554 in Lisbon - Cartilha em lingoa Tamul e Portugues in Romanized Tamil script by Vincente de Nazareth,Jorge Carvalho and Thoma da Cruz,all from the Paravar community of Tuticorin.
The Indians in China are migrants from India to China and their descendants. Historically,Indians played a major role in disseminating Buddhism in China and influencing Taoism indirectly. In modern times,there is a large long-standing community of Indians living in Hong Kong,often for descendants with several generations of roots and a growing population of students,traders and employees in mainland China. Only 550 Indians have citizenship in china. The majority of Indians are East Indian Bengali,Bihari as well as a high proportion of North Indians.
Abhay Kumar [Pen Name Abhay K.] is an Indian poet-diplomat,editor,translator and anthologist. and currently serves as the deputy director general of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR),New Delhi. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 2003 after doing master's in geography at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Kirorimal College,Delhi University. He served as India's 21st ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros from 2019-2022 and as India's Deputy Ambassador to Brazil from 2016-2019. He earlier served as Spokesperson and First Secretary at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu,Nepal from 2012-2016 and as Acting Consul General of India in St. Petersburg,and Third/Second Secretary at Indian Embassy,Moscow,Russia from 2005 to 2010. He served as Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy at the Ministry of External Affairs from 2010-2012 and sent out the first tweet on its behalf in 2010 starting a new era of India's Digital Diplomacy.
Cambodia–India relations,also known as Cambodian-Indian relations,are the bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Republic of India. Cambodia has an embassy in New Delhi,and India has an embassy in Phnom Penh.
Pavan K. Varma is an Indian diplomat,politician,and author who served as an ambassador to Bhutan and Cyprus.
Tamils maintained a good relationship with the Chinese,with evidence of trade relations going back to 2nd century BC.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018. He became the second ever diplomat to be appointed as India's External Affairs minister,after Natwar Singh.
