Modern South India

It is a story of facets of four powerful cultures—Kannada, Malayali, Tamil, and Telugu, to name them in alphabetical order—and yet more than that, for Kodagu, Konkani, Marathi, Oriya, and Tulu cultures have influenced it, as also other older and possibly more indigenous cultures often seen as ‘tribal’, as well as cultures originating in other parts of India and the world.