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Venkatesan smiled as he saw my interest in the old issue. "Yes, Thittam has a rich history," he said. "We've been fortunate to have had some of the best writers and thinkers of our time contribute to the magazine. And we're proud to say that we've maintained our standards over the years, despite the challenges of publishing a magazine in a changing media landscape."

Founded in 2015 by a group of former mainstream journalists and development workers, Thittam was born out of a single, frustrating observation: Rural Tamil Nadu was only in the news for cyclones, suicides, or election rallies. The daily rhythm of village life—its innovations, its struggles with local governance, and its quiet resilience—was invisible. thittam magazine

One of the writers, a young woman named Saritha, was working on a story about the impact of social media on Tamil literature. She was keen to explore the ways in which social media had changed the way writers wrote and interacted with their readers. Venkatesan smiled as he saw my interest in the old issue