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Languages are meant to ground us, to offer belonging. Yet, as languages rapidly evolve, their very function as cultural anchors begins to shift. My thesis investigates a deeply personal and universal question: Can one still find home in a language that refuses to stay still? Through Tanglish—a hybrid of Tamil and English—I explore how linguistic hybridity reshapes identity, belonging, and memory, questioning whether a hybrid tongue can still hold the weight of home.


Tanglish

Shakthi Hari

Exhibition visitor interacting with the remote.

Exhibition

Tamil: Hand-loomed fabric

Tamil: Hand-loomed fabric

Weaving process

Weaving process

Fabric detail

Fabric detail

Tanglish conversation demo

Tanglish conversation demo

Sketch to fabric

Sketch to fabric

Audience engaging with the exhibit

Audience engaging with the exhibit

Lettering Book

Lettering Book

Lettering Book

Poster: Concepts of hybrid languages

Poster: Concepts of hybrid language

Poster details

Poster details

Poster series: Concepts of hybrid language

Poster: Concepts of hybrid language

Poster: Concepts of hybrid language

Hand-loomed fabric

Hand-loomed fabric

Brown center

Brown center

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