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CONTENTS OF
THIS SECTION
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| Tamil Nadu
& Tamil Eelam Freedom Struggle |
| The Changing Politics of Tamil Nadu in the 1990s -
John Harriss and Andrew Wyatt |
| Populism,
Tamil Style - Is it Really a
Success - Prof. John
Harriss, 2001 |
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 தமிழ்
நாட்டு
விடுதலை,
தமிழ்
புலவர்
விடுதலை,
நமக்கென்ன
என்று
இருப்பாரோ..
பாடகர் -
தேனிசை
செல்லப்பா,
பாட்டு -
பாரதிதாசன்
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| Tamil Nadu -
Time Line |
| Sethusamudram Ship
Canal Project |
| The Demand for Dravida Nadu (1938 to 1944)
in Tamil Renaissance and Dravidian Nationalism -
Professor K.Nambi Arooran, Madurai Kamraj
University "...the Justice Party
Confederation in which E.V.R. put forward his demand
for a separate Tamilnad was held at Madras in December
1938.... (Later) The Justice Party was renamed the
Dravidar Kazhagam at a conference held in Salem in
September 1944, when the demand for Dravidanad was
given substance and a definite scheme for establishing
the new state was put forward...The creation of
Dravidanad as a separate sovereign state continued to
be the main object of the Dravidar Kazhagam and its
offshoot the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (founded in
1949) till 1963 when the Indian Constitution was
amended specially to make a demand for secession a
criminal act, and since then the demand was given
up" |
| Veerapandiya Kattabomman in the National Movement in Tamil Nadu, 1905-1914 -
Agitational Politics and State Coercion,
N.Rajendran |
| Caste, nationalism, and ethnicity : an
interpretation of Tamil cultural history and social
order - Jacob Pandian "...Among the Tamils,
Tamil language is the emblem of Tamil
ethnic identity. ...although language constitutes the
single most characteristic feature of a separate ethnic
identity...ethnicity is frequently related more to the
symbol of a separate language
than to its actual use by all
members of a group... Tamil language functions as the
emblem of Tamil identity because of
the existence of the various symbols of boundaries in
Tamil culture...... it is the use of the symbols
of chenthamil, karppu, and tamilakam which enables the denotation
of Tamil language as the emblem of Tamil collective
identity..." |
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Guna, a
Tamil writer from Karnataka on
What Caused
Veerappan? "...The
States� Reorganisation in 1956 led
to the marginalisation of Tamils in the areas, which
were acceded to from the erstwhile Madras Presidency
to the new-found Greater Mysore. The city of
Bangalore, which itself was founded by a Tamil of
Vanniyar caste, Kempe Gownden, from
�l�r near
K�nchipuram in 1537, was
predominantly Tamil in its demographic composition.
Kollegal, which was largely Tamil, was acceded to
Greater Mysore, as Chittoor district was annexed to
Andhra Pradesh and the huge Idikki district to
Kerala...."
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| தமிழ்
மண்ணே
வணக்கம் -
சுப.
வீரபாணடியன்,
6 June 2008 |
| Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi calls on World Tamils to
celebrate first day of Tamil month Thai as Tamil New
Years Day, 10 February 2008 |
| Beginnings of the Tamil Rebellion in
Tamilnadu |
| Freedom for Tamil Nadu -
Thanjai Nalankilli at the Tamil Tribune |
| Kannagi statue reinstated in Chennai Marina,
3 June 2006 |
| Vaiko Nadaipayanam
Intro Song |
| Of music, saints and
temple towns....C.Kumarabharathy "The
overcrowded Cholan Transport Corporation bus disgorged
me at the Thiruvaiyaru bazaar and sped on its way
raising a thick cloud of dust in its wake. The cyclists
stopped in their mid tracks, momentarily blinded by the
dust. Passers-by covered their faces with shawls and
sari fronts - munthanai - to escape the blast of this
hot dust. Life paused a moment. Eventually visibility
returned..." |
| Tamil Nadu Political
Parties & Leaders |
| Tamil Nadu Monuments |
| Sethusamudram Ship
Canal Project |
|
Tamil Nadu related Off Site
Links |
| Human Development in
Tamil Nadu - Lalitha Sridhar, 2003 ""...Says
Professor M. S. Swaminathan, the
country�s legendary agricultural
scientist named by TIME magazine as one of the twenty
most influential Asians of the 20th century,
�25-26% of our population are
chronically undernourished, what we call endemic
hunger, the lack of adequate sustenance. This is not
because there isn�t enough food. You
have a large variety of food available in the market,
provided you have the money to buy it. So the key
question, why don�t we have the money?
Because there are no jobs. This is the job famine. The
livelihood famine...� |
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"Carnatic" circa
17000
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Tamils - a Nation
without a State
தமிழ்
அகம் - ஓர்
உணர்வா,
அல்லது
இடமா?
Tamil Nadu - தமிழ்
நாடு
- an estimated 65 million Tamils live in Tamil Nadu -
"Tamil Nadu's
population stood at 62,110,839 as of 00.00 hours of
March 1, 2001. It is the sixth most populous State
of the Indian Union behind Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.
The State accounts for 6.05 % of the country's
population. Its population density at 478 persons
per square kilometre, up from 429 in 1991, and much
higher than the all-India density of 324, makes it
the eleventh most densely populated State (1991
rank:10) . Approximately 47% of Tamil Nadu's
population live in urban areas, one of the highest
percentages in India.During the decade 1991-2001,
Tamil Nadu reported the second lowest decadal
growth in population after Kerala, among the group
of States with population exceeding 20 million in
2001. While Kerala's population grew by 9.42 %
between 1991 and 2001, Tamil Nadu's grew by 11.19
%. In fact, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Orissa are the
only three States in this group to have shown a
decline in decadal percentage change in population
in every decade since 1971."
Global Oneness
செந்தமிழ்
நாடெனும்
போதினிலே
- இன்பத்
தேன்
வந்து
பாயுது
காதினிலே
- எங்கள்
தந்தையர்
நாடென்ற
பேச்சினிலே
- ஒரு
சக்தி
பிறக்குது
மூச்சினிலே..
கல்வி
சிறந்த
தமிழ்நாடு
-
புகழ்க்
கம்பன்
பிறந்த
தமிழ்நாடு
- நல்ல
பல்விதமாயின
சாத்திரத்தின்
- மணம்
பாரெங்கும்
வீசுந்
தமிழ்நாடு
(செந்தமிழ்)
வள்ளுவன்
தன்னை
உலகினுக்கே
- தந்து
வான்புகழ்
கொண்ட
தமிழ்நாடு
- நெஞ்சை
அள்ளும்
சிலப்பதி
காரமென்றோர்
- மணி
யாரம்
படைத்த
தமிழ்நாடு
(செந்தமிழ்)
சிங்களம்
புட்பகம்
சாவக -
மாதிய
தீவு
பலவினுஞ்
சென்றேறி
- அங்கு
தங்கள் புலிக்கொடி,
மீன்கொடியும்
- நின்று
சால்புறக்
கண்டவர்
தாய்நாடு
(செந்தமிழ்)
- Subramanya
Bharathy
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