Tamil Language
Tamil (; தமிழ் Tamiḻ [t̪amiɻ], pronunciation ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is the official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, as well as two sovereign nations, Singapore and Sri Lanka. In India, it is also the official language of the Union Territory of Puducherry. Tamil is spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, …
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CHA: Canadian Historical Association · 5 May 2022 English
The successful candidate will be appointed to the University of Toronto Scarborough and will serve as the Chair of Tamil Studies. [...] The successful candidate will have an established international …
area studies and rooted in deep knowledge of Tamil language and culture. Areas of interest include global …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 6 July 2019 English
The harrowing journey of a teenage refugee who never gave up on his dream of seeing his family again. Born to a wealthy family in northern Sri Lanka, Logathasan Tharmathurai …
declared a state of emergency. In 1958, the Tamil Language Act was passed, but it would prove to be too …
desLibris · 16 May 2019 English
The motivation for the bombings, ostensibly in response to the killing of Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, begs the question of whether Sri Lanka can expect more such attacks and …
Osama bin Laden’s speeches translated into the Tamil language – were always tenuous. However, dissatisfaction …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 October 2018 English
During the first six decades of the twentieth century, when the majority of present-day Kenya was under the control of the British Empire, many secular newspapers emerged as the products …
effort to immerse themselves in the study of Tamil language and culture and even adopted new names. Olive …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 1 February 2017 English
Understanding Atrocities is a wide-ranging collection of essays bridging scholarly and community-based efforts to understand and respond to the global, transhistorical problem of genocide. The essays in this volume investigate …
(falsely) that Tamil students benefited from Tamil-language exa- miners’ favouritism. To correct this alleged …
The Mowat Centre · 27 February 2013 English
Toronto and Ontario are home to the leading firms in Canada's English-language creative industries. Supported by a range of public policies, Ontario producers have harnessed Ontario's artistic talents and skills …
made in Chennai, which is the major centre for Tamil language film production, with 146 films, 77 per cent …
The Mowat Centre · 27 February 2013 English
Federal Government Supports for Screen-Based Content Production: Why Regionally-based Production Incentives are Counterproductive in the Digital Economy By Garry Neil Federal Government Supports for Screen-Based Content Production: Why Regionally-based Production …
made in Chennai, which is the major centre for Tamil language film production, with 146 films, 77 per cent …
Metropolis British Columbia · 2 September 2011 English
Canada has long served as a fundraising and logistics hub for dozens of global terrorist organizations as well as an occasional target for attacks. In recent years, both Canada and …
martyrs (Reinhart 2009). The covers of local Tamil-language newspapers still feature pictures of deceased …
ORC: Orca Book Publishers · 1 October 2008 English
"When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. This ancient proverb of the Kikuyu people, a tribal group in Kenya, Africa, is as true today as when the words …
spoken in different parts of the country. The Tamil language is spoken by 61 million people in India, primarily …
Metropolis British Columbia · 22 June 2006 English
We are indebted to the Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration in the Metropolis (RIIM) and to the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC) for …
concentration. There are ten weekly Tamil language newspapers, four Tamil language radio stations, and three … cinemas that show Tamil language films [most are produced in Tamil Nadu]. Toronto is also home to the …
