and privilege to participate in this momentous function organized by the Lion’s Club of Central Madras under the auspices of His Excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu at the historic Durbar hall. At the outset I would like to express my profound gratitude to his Excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu on behalf of Sankara Nethralaya and the Lion’s Club of Central Madras for giving his valuable time in the midst of his busy official schedules to inaugurate the diab
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administrative districts.Political parties includesJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna‚ National Freedom Front‚ Jathika Hela Urumaya‚ Sri Lanka Freedom Party‚ Tamil National Alliance‚ United National Party‚ Tamileelam‚ Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal‚ Sri Lankan Muslim Congress‚ National Unity Alliance‚ Ceylon Workers’ Congress‚ Up-Country People’s Front‚ several small Tamil and Muslim parties‚ Marxists‚ and others. Sri Lankan politics since independence have been strongly democratic. Two major parties‚ the United N
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TARGETED PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) is operated under the joint responsibility of the Central Government and the States/UTs. Computerization of PDS is a must for strengthening and revamping the Public Distribution System and for addressing the challenges faced by PDS i.e. inclusion/exclusion errors‚ leakages/diversion of foodgrains‚ lack of transparency‚ weak grievance redressal and social audit mechanism and lack of viability of Fair Price Shops. MoCAFPD
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Being a minority linguistic group in another linguistic state namely Tamil Nadu‚ the speakers are shifting rapidly to Tamil/ Kannada or English. Earlier‚ the language was being used as medium of instruction in few Marathi medium schools in Tamil Nadu. It was in use as language of rituals along with Sanskrit. Most importantly‚ it was language of literature. However‚ as observed by native speakers‚ the use of Thanjavur Marathi has now shrunk to become a community language spoken only at home by the
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ANALYSIS OF THE TAMIL NEWS WEBSITES’ COVERAGE OF THE PEOPLE’S PROTESTS AGAINST KUDANKULAM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FR. MICHAEL FRANCIS 2009-79325 COLLEGE OF MASS COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPINES‚ DILIMAN. I. INTRODUCTION The People’s Protests Against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) is one of the longest and largest protests in the history of India and this is the only protest which lasted for more than two years in one of the Indian states called Tamil Nadu (TN)‚ interestingly
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For Office use only OPEN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE SRI LANKA ENGINEERING SERVICE – 2009 Language Media of Examination as per Section 08 : (Sinhala - 2‚ Tamil- 3‚ English- 4) 1.0 Name : 1.1 Name with initials Mr./Mrs./Miss : ____________________________________________ 1.2 Names denoted by Initials: __________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________ 1.3 Name in full :____________________________________________________________
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associated with the life and culture of the Tamil people. The peculiar thing‚ which appeals to the poets‚ is that the river presents two different spectacles in two different season. It is completely dry in summer and flooded in full in the rainy season. In this poem‚ the poet refers to the river Vaikai which flows through the city of Madurai. The word Madurai means a “sweet city”. It is a Tamil word. As a matter of fact‚ this city is the center of Tamil culture and learning. It is also a holy city
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Lang Policy (2009) 8:117–137 DOI 10.1007/s10993-009-9124-0 ORIGINAL PAPER Assumptions behind Singapore’s language-in-education policy: implications for language planning and second language acquisition L. Quentin Dixon Received: 30 September 2007 / Accepted: 14 January 2009 / Published online: 27 February 2009 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 Abstract Singapore’s officially bilingual education policy‚ in which the majority of children are schooled through a non-native medium
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India’s languages‚ religions‚ dance‚ music‚ architecture‚ food and customs differ from place to place within the country‚ but nevertheless possess a commonality. India is the only country in the world to have so many religions and beliefs. The culture of India is an amalgamation of these diverse sub-cultures spread all over the Indian subcontinent and traditions that are several millennia old Religions and spirituality India is the birth place of Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism and Sikhism‚ collectively
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ECO SPIRITUALITY BY panneer selvam‚ chennai. INTRODUCTION All the creatures have got the call of living on this earth. The Almighty God who created the whole world gave the vocation to all the creatures to live in this world. Thus‚ the earth ultimately became a common heritage for all the creatures. Apart from all creatures‚ human beings have been gifted with extra sensory perception‚ in order that he or she may have dominion over all the creatures and creation maintaining just relationships in
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