Tamil–Kannada languages Puns

I would like to learn Indian languages and preferably by exploring the cultural traditions.
I also recently came across the idea that one can have a limited understanding of a culture through their keywords.
So, I'd appreciate it if anyone can give me a couple methods of approaching learning Indian languages, and especially if you had anything interesting regarding a frequency dictionary approach or a keyword approach to the languages and the cultures.

Hi! I’m a high school student in the US whose family is from Kerala but hasn’t learned Malayalam formally.

I’ve grown up listening to only Malayalam TV in a home where Malayalam is primarily spoken to me (but I respond in English) so I can understand 98% of Malayalam speech but I struggle with speaking because I never quite learned conjugations for different tenses and subjects. I’m hoping to work with someone who can help be a language partner so I can learn about conjugating correctly through dialogue. Learning Malayalam language is important to me since I feel it’s key to my identity and culture and really want to reconnect with my family.

I also want to learn beyond Malayalam so I’m interested in any Indian language (Dravidian Languages are ideal).

Existing proficiency:

Malayalam Understanding (98%), Malayalam Speaking (60%), Malayalam Reading (40%), and Malayalam Writing (0%)

English Understanding (100%), English Speaking (100%), English Reading (100%), English Writing (100%)

Thank you in advance!!

I could really use some help if you have!

Rohan Murthy is apparently helping rally the funds for this great project, in association with Columbia University's Professor Sheldon Pollock. The project aims to bring to common access, the huge literary cosmos that India has generated over the centuries but still finds little mention when compared to Greek or English texts, largely due to the inaccesibility due to unawareness of Indian languages to non-Indian readers.

> Many classic Indic texts have never reached a global audience, while others are becoming increasingly inaccessible even to Indian readers. The creation of a classical library of India is intended to reintroduce these works to a new generation of readers.

The publishing partner is the phenomenal Harvard University Press. The methodology of presentation and the qwality of the stuff is also commendable.

> The text in the appropriate regional script will appear alongside the translation. An introduction, explanatory commentary, and textual notes will accompany each work with the aim of making these volumes the most authoritative and accessible available.

They have already published 5 volumes and are planning to come up with a lot more in future. And these are getting noticed too.

A literary colossus

The Many Strands of Indian Identity

More than 2,000 years of India’s lost literature is coming back into print.