Beginning on 23 July 1983‚ there was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE‚ also known as the Tamil Tigers)‚ a separatist militant organisation which fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign‚ the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009‚ bringing the civil war to an end. For over 25 years‚ this civil war caused significant hardships
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TAMILNADU SLUM CLEARANCE BOARD NEED FOR IT ? A shelter with basic amenities is the most essential need of a human being. The influx into the city was caused primarily due to the unskilled labourers from the neighbouring rural areas entering into the city in search of jobs. Due to lack of required skills and their meagre income‚ they occupy vacant Government poramboke/private lands near their work place and put up hutments. These settlements generally lack proper sanitation facilities resulting
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NAME April 27‚ 2011 Sociology Formal Memo Minimum Wage effects: Beneficial or Hindrance? In the United States‚ workers are covered by the Federal Government when it comes to the worth of one’s labor. This is done through laws governing the minimal amount of pay per hour of labor. This law is called the Fair Labor Standard Act (FSLA). Currently‚ the minimum wage is set at $7.25. This is much higher than previous amounts. During economically difficult times‚ the Federal Government may
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An Efficient Tamil Text Compaction System N.M..Revathi‚ G.P.Shanthi‚ Elanchezhiyan.K‚ T V Geetha‚ Ranjani Parthasarathi & Madhan Karky Tamil Computing Lab (TaCoLa)‚ College of Engineering Guindy‚ Anna University‚ Chennai. haisweety18@gmail.com‚ jijutodo@gmail.com‚ madhankarky@gmail.com Abstract Tamil is slowly becoming the online language and mobile text messaging languages for many Tamils around the world. Social networks and mobile platforms now extensively support Unicode and applications
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The Help Helps Out While reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett‚ it quickly becomes apparent that in 1960’s Southern Mississippi‚ the maids‚ or “the help”‚ played an important role in the family—not only as the maid‚ but often also as the childcare. The maids formed a special bond with the children‚ especially the children who were very young or were born during the maid’s time at the household‚ and in a lot of cases‚ the children seemed to be the only reason the help stayed with the family they
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impediments in life. Internal vigor in the novel is shown through Laila and Miriam because of how their lives /were congested with traumatizing experiences. In the beginning of the characters’ stories‚ Mariam and Laila mutually cope with inner hindrances implicating adoration‚ obligation‚ and liberty. For Mariam‚
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MGR – Tamizhin Thangamagan (The Golden Son of Tamil) Introduction This essay is an attempt to sketch a brief biographic study on Dr. Marudhur Gopalan Ramachandran (MGR)‚ one of the most influential political veterans in south India and often referred by many as the “Golden Son” of the ‘Dravida Iyakam’. MG Ramachandran was born on Jan 17th 1917 in Sri Lanka. He started his career as an actor in 1936. Acting was his first love and he continued to act for a short time even after he became a politician
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Tamil Nadu Trip October 2011 This trip was planned two months before‚ as it involved many train journeys. Our tickets booked through 62 express always materializes & this one did too. This trip started with Vadodara on 22nd Sat with Appa & Amma. On 23rd‚ we boarded Karnavati Express to Mumbai at 06-45 am. Train comes from Ahmedabad & stops for 5 minutes at Vadodara. The coolie at Vadodara refused to budge below Rs.150; but we coolly got inside the train. Luckily‚ ours were the last seats which
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thlete’s foot causes scaling‚ flaking‚ and itching of the affected skin.[4] Blisters and cracked skin may also occur‚ leading to exposed raw tissue‚ pain‚ swelling‚ and inflammation. Secondary bacterial infection can accompany the fungal infection‚ sometimes requiring a course of oral antibiotics.[5][6] The infection can be spread to other areas of the body‚ such as the groin‚ and usually is called by a different name once it spreads‚ such as tinea corporis on the body or limbs and tinea cruris
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Title: The Help Author: Kathryn Stockett Stockett‚ K. The Help. (2009). The Help. New York‚ New York: Putnam Books‚ Inc In the novel‚ The Help‚ Kathryn Stockett places readers back into the era of the Civil Rights Movement. Stockett give readers a viewpoint of a young‚ unmarried white woman named Skeeter. Skeeter has recently moved back in with her ill mother and her father in Jackson‚ Mississippi; while living with her parents Skeeter struggles to find a job. Not only can Skeeter not find
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