the strategy that went into making this song an instant hit. It’s a classic case of ‘viral marketing’ gone wild‚ says brand expert Harish Bijoor about the far-reaching impact of the song Why this Kolaveri Di. This quirky Tanglish (a portmanteau for Tamil and English) number‚ which became an instant hit as soon as it was digitally released by Sony Music India in the second week of November‚ has now entered the lexicon of one and all. Three weeks on‚ the song has received a whopping 19 million hits on
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Socio-economic issues in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Since India’s Independence in 1947‚ country has faced several social and economic issues.Contents 1 Overpopulation 2 Economic issues 2.1 Poverty 2.2 Corruption 3 Education 3.1 Initiatives 3.2 Issues 4 Violence 4.1 Religious violence 4.2 Terrorism 4.3 Naxalism 4.4 Caste related violence 5 See also 6 References [edit] Overpopulation Further information: Family planning in India and Demographics of India India suffers from
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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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