Tamil Nadu

centers. In India, Tamil Nadu is one of the fastest growing urbanised states compared to the other. Urbanisation is an integral part of the development process and it increases the employment opportunities for people. Because of which more people migrate to urban centres. The Percentage of migration in Tamil Nadu was 24.04 in 1991 census and it has increased to 25.36 in 2001 census. Urbanisation and migration play significant role in population distribution. The population in Tamil Nadu has…

tribal’s are predominantly rural (11.3 percent), poorest social group and also overwhelmingly illiterate. In Tamil Nadu, the tribal population accounted for 19.8 per cent of total population of the state and 54.0 percent of tribals are rural (census of India 2011). The Tamil Nadu tribes attracted the world scholars with their unique culture and heritage. Mostly the tribal people of Tamil Nadu staying in Hilly areas and dependent on forest livelihood activities and agriculture labour works.…

is contributing more than Rs. 8300 million to the Indian GDP and this industry helps to earning foreign exchange to tune of Rs. 13000 million per annum. The major portion of coconut cultivation is from the four south Indian states, namely Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, which comes up to 90 per cent of total coconut production. This crop has a significant impact on social and cultural impact on the coconut cultivators. Marketability and price established of coconut and it…

(known as Bharathiyar) who was known as a great freedom fighter, had written many patriotic songs which are still prevalent among the Tamil nadu people. In the classical Tamil literature there were many poets who were always held with high respect in Tamil nadu history. Some of the notable literary Tamil poets and their contributions were discussed above. Even though Tamil classical literature had many number of famous works, which were translated and placed at high respect, it is the…

1.1. Background of the study 1.1.1. SHG movement in India A number of experiments were made during the last century towards poverty alleviation in the country. The attempts were at finding technical solutions, infrastructural solutions, financial solutions, institutional solutions; skill training solutions, rights based solutions. Large scale projects, large bureaucracies, large scale developmental institutions, programs and schemes were seen as a means which would address poverty in the country…

BRAZIL A federal study reported that in Brazil half a million of Brazilians are infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The National Program for the Transmissible Diseases/AIDS reported that 27 million Brazilians are at high risk, 36 million are considered to be at medium risk, and 7.5 million could be AIDS victims in the next decade. Pedro Chequer, a Health Ministry official said that in Brazil, the Health Ministry is distributing free medicine, passing out condoms, and bringing AIDS…

Student activism, diversity, and the struggle for a just society. The author of the article, Robert A. Rhoads (2016), incorporates many of his researches on student activism, specifically that of gay and lesbian students, in this article to prove his credibility. The article is divided into three sections: the sixties, post-sixties, and contemporary context, all of which focus on student activism in different time periods. The sixties, known for the civil rights moments, saw a huge support from…

2.2. Pallava Grantha Script The Pallava rule in the Tamil country bought with it greater influence of Sanskrit culture. They devised a script around the 5th century CE for writing Sanskrit in the Tamil country. The need arouse because the tamil script does not have glyphs to represent a number of Sanskrit letters. The new script came to be known as the Pallava Grantha. Brahmi is the origin for Pallava Grantha, like all other scripts for native Indian languages. There is a lot of closeness of…

interest of the political leaders of the state in liberalization and privatization ensured minimal welfare gains of the informal workers in Maharashtra.. The state of Maharashtra lies in between West Bengal and Tamil Nadu as far as the welfare of the informal sector is concerned. The state of Tamil Nadu showed more interest for protecting the informal workers than Maharashtra .But in comparison to West Bengal the state officials of Maharashtra were more eager in protecting informally employed…

about its exact location and second, I didn’t understand Tamil. The problem compounded infinitesimally and my stay for over a week had served me with ample warnings. Often when I was unable to understand their replies to my queries they would lose their temper and blurt wildly with their arms. “Pon, pon!” It meant, ‘leave at once!’ Bordering Andhra Pradesh, Vellore, formerly the headquarters of Arcot, is one of the northern districts of Tamil Nadu.…