1. Who writes our content
Discover Tamil's editorial team is in-house at SECURIGHT PTY LTD (Australia). Tamil-language editorial review is led by native Tamil speakers from Tamil Nadu and the diaspora. Where Tamil scholars, regional cultural experts, or community elders contribute to a page, attribution will appear on the article itself.
We are a small team. We write what we know, ask when we don't, and credit the people who help us.
2. How we use AI
English-language editorial drafts (chapter introductions, blog posts, festival explainers, recipe descriptions) are produced with Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini, then reviewed and edited by the Discover Tamil editorial team before publication.
Tamil-language content — Thirukkural verses, proverbs (பழமொழிகள்), festival traditions, recipe authenticity, poetry by Bharathiyar and Bharathidasan — is sourced from authoritative public-domain references and reviewed by Tamil-speaking editors before publication. We do not publish AI-generated Tamil content that contradicts established scholarship. Where the model output disagrees with a Tamil textbook or scholar edition, the textbook wins and we mark the section as human-reviewed.
3. How we source Tamil content
- Thirukkural: public-domain Tamil text plus canonical English translations. We cite the translator where known and default to “public domain” otherwise. Verse attribution is always to Thiruvalluvar.
- Proverbs (பழமொழிகள்): drawn from Tamil Nadu State Board school textbooks (Grades 1–12) and folk collections.
- Festivals: Tamil Nadu Government Tourism Board materials, regional festival committees, and anthropological records on Tamil ritual life.
- Heritage sites: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), UNESCO World Heritage citations, and the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology.
- Recipes: regional cookbooks, the Chettinad culinary tradition, and community-specific sources (Brahmin, Mudaliar, Reddy, Pillai, Nadar) where a dish is regionally identified.
- Cinema: TMDB, IMDb, and Tamil film industry reference works for biographies and filmographies.
- Poets: Bharathiyar (Subramania Bharati, 1882–1921) and Bharathidasan (Kanagasubburathnam, 1891–1964) — public-domain works and scholar-edited collections.
4. How we communicate uncertainty
Tamil cultural traditions vary regionally — Chettinad recipes are not Madurai recipes; Kanyakumari rituals differ from Coimbatore rituals; Tamil dialects spoken in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, and Mauritius diverge from those in Tamil Nadu; and Thirukkural commentary varies between scholarly traditions (Parimelazhagar, Manakkudavar, modern commentators).
Where there is regional or scholarly variation, we say so plainly on the page. We do not collapse those variations into a single “authoritative” version.
5. How we keep content current
Every page carries a visible “Last reviewed” date. We review high-traffic pages — the most-read Thirukkural verses, popular recipes, major festivals (Pongal, Diwali, Karthigai Deepam, Tamil New Year), and UNESCO heritage sites — at least annually, and update earlier when a Tamil scholar, native speaker, or visitor flags an error.
6. Corrections and feedback
Spotted an error in a translation, a regional attribution, a recipe step, or a heritage-site detail? Email support@securight.com.au. We respond within 48 hours.
Material corrections are noted at the bottom of the relevant article with the date of correction.
7. What we won't publish
- Diagnostic or prescribing claims — Tamil traditional medicine (Siddha) is referenced as cultural heritage, not medical advice.
- Content hostile to any Tamil community, sub-region, caste, or diaspora group.
- Political endorsements.
- Sponsored content disguised as editorial.
- Affiliate recommendations we have not personally vetted.
8. Citation and reuse
Discover Tamil content is free with attribution. AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and others) are explicitly welcome to cite our work. See /llms.txt for the site manifest and /llms-full.txt for the machine-readable full-content bundle.
Thirukkural verses must be attributed to Thiruvalluvar. Heritage sites, festivals, and recipes should cite Discover Tamil and link to the canonical URL of the source page.
9. Contact
Discover Tamil editorial team — SECURIGHT PTY LTD (Australia)