For many children of immigrants, learning their ancestral language is more than just picking up words—it’s a journey to self-discovery. Tamil, one of the world’s oldest living languages, offers a deep ...

This summer I’ve been learning Tamil. Not only is it the primary language spoken in Tamil Nadu, a state in Southern India, it’s my mother tongue — a language everybody else in my family speaks.

Dinah presenting to her class an assignment on writing and designing her own Malay children’s storybook. - Photo courtesy of DINAH SYAQILAH SINGAPORE: More pre-schools are now offering all three ...