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Food and Medicine in the Life of Boaters
Get PDFWhile buying and eating colorful fast food shown on television, can such food be beneficial for the body? Isn't it? We are lazy to investigate that. Without knowing the evils in the foods we taste and eat, we are eager to take medicines after illness. Diet is the number one cause of disease. So if food is a medicine, we will not be affected. This article emphasizes that the human body does not need different types of medicine than the traditional food of their society
Portrayal of Female Narrator in S. Tamil Chelvi's Short Story
Get PDFNo matter how high the position of women in the society, their lives remain full of problems. Generally, women-centered issues are social restrictions on women, marriage, family relationships, economics, and sexual issues. Writer Woodworth explained, “Problem" is something that we are unable to answer intuitively and successfully, or something that cannot be solved easily by our familiar and well-known problem-solving methods
The food habits of the Saurashtra people in the novels of M.V.Venkatram
Get PDFThis paper is aimed at highlighting the value of food which is one of the elements of our culture. The cuisine and methods of cooking food of the people of Saurashtra are described in the article. In this paper, we will also find foods that nurture life and consciousness apart from the food that nourishes only the body
Veganism and the Body
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The Physician of the Medicine" (p. 181)
According to the lyrics, the doctors of those days were hailed as righteous because they lived selflessly in the state of medicine for the people. At first they fed the sick with good food. In this regard, the diet of the high Tamils who lived by eating the food they know in their daily life as the highest medicine before he says this is a thesis of the diet
Dietary Theories from a Literary Perspective
Get PDFLiterature continues to speak of the fundamentals of human life such as virtue, wealth, pleasure and home. It can be said that the literature which shows the way for the fruitful life of human beings also advocates various principles for the prosperity of the world. Accordingly, the theories of food found in literature form the theories of this thematic literature
Food Habits of Perumpanaru Padai
Get PDFPanar, Koothar, Porunar and Pulavar who sing the praises of Vallalai or Thalaivan and get the prize will receive the prize. It is a literary technique called Aatrupadai that the returnee sends the prize recipient to the recipient. The poet Kadiyalur Uruttirangannanar of the Kadai Sangam has sung Perumpāṇrruppaṭai, one of the five Āṭruppadai works in the Pattupattu. This poem is about a perumpāṇa with a pear and a pāṇa with a pearl. The Pallava king Thondaiman is sung in praise of Tondainadu with Ilanthirayan as the chief of the songs. The poem tells of the places where the prize recipients went to get food and get their food. Based on this, this article examines the five land food habits of ancient Tamilakam. Salt and pepper were the staple food items of Tamil Nadu at that time. They were transported on bullock carts and donkeys respectively and sold in every village. The poet refers to salt as 'silpatha food'. He calls pepper 'Miriel'. The word is still known in Telugu as 'miriyalu'. In the desert the bards were fed rice and dry meat. In the Kurinji land, they served red rice as big as date-nuts and the meat of the lizard. In Mullai land, millet and varagu, pig and rabbit meat were given. In the land of Marudham they fed white rice and chicken meat. The guards guarding the ponds offered baked fish. In the Panar sugarcane mill on the way, the Panar group enjoyed what they wanted in the fields of Marudham land, tender coconut, palm, nungu, mango, jackfruit, banana and sambu. Pork and boiled toddy were eaten by the Banars in the Neithal land. In all the five lands, the bards drank the liquor and liquor available there. In Brahmin homes they used to eat cow buttermilk, garudachamba rice, pomegranate fried in ghee, curry mudu and flour. Finally, the Panar group reached the palace of Thondaiman Ilanthirayan. The king welcomed them willingly, presented them with new clothes, placed various kinds of food on silver plates and made them eat with each one of them pleasantly. He gave them as much as they wanted and sent them away. This Aatrupadai literature beautifully portrays the food habits of the ancient Tamil people and the hospitality of the palace. It is certain that other literature will also provide new information
Virtuous women in the Bible
Get PDFWomen are the eyes of the country, we know many sayings like Honour women and live with pride. That is why Bharathiyar sings that he should have done great penance to be born as women. Who are the wise women in the biblical as well? Their activities are special for women, such as wisdom, knowledge, wisdom, and what gives beauty to women?
S. Tamilselvi's novel Geethari shows feminist thoughts
Get PDFAmong the numerous literary genres in Tamil, novel literature is unique. Initially, there were historical fiction novels. Later, in course of time, a large number of regional novels depicting the pain and agony of the people of the land began to appear. In this way, the novel Geethari depicts the life of the shepherds who herd cattle. In this novel there are women characters like Irulayi, Muthammal, Karicha, Sivapi and Chithiram. Many of the problems faced by women in this novel are discussed in this novel. Thus, the purpose of this article is to explore how this novel expresses the issues related to women through the topics of attaining puberty, adoption of girl children, infertility and female infanticide
Grazing Fields in Su. Tamilselvi's Geethari Ponnacharam Novels
Get PDFEthnography is the basis for the study of the culture of a particular group or community. Culture is a wide range of elements of a particular group. They try to identify these dynasties into various fragments. Ethnography is the form of writing that produces commentaries and draft reports on the lifestyles of the people about whom it is written. Novelist S. Tamilselvi has highlighted the methods of shepherds in the novels "Geethari" and "Ponnacharam" focusing on the life of the people who lived in Mullai land. Focusing on pastoral life, the spoken language of the goatherds, the pastoralism, the self-confidence of women, personality traits, life events, the attitude of a human race living among the cattle and the forest life of the goatherds are explored in these two novels
Types of water drunk by Tamils and their medicinal properties (Review of Sanga Literature - Padarthaguna Chintamani)
Get PDFThis world cannot survive without water is the motto of Thiruvalluvar. Water is essential for a country and its people to live prosperously and well. The purpose of this research paper is to compare the types of water drunk by the ancient Tamils and their medical properties as reported in the medical book Padartha Guna Chintamani