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    A Study of Selected Stories of Ki. Ra

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    Srikrishnaraja Narayana Perumal Ramanujan alias K. Rajanarayanan is the name of a man who has a deep concern and love for the community. He is a writer who has beautifully recorded the Karisal forest, the oak trees, the cotton forest, the people familiar to everyone, the realities that stand out in reality and are sewn into the chest. Writer Boomani Ki. Ra. explains how this thing, which went unnoticed by many legends in Tamil literature, was only caught by that nonchan like a chicken trapped in a cage. Wonders about. Ezra refers to Ki. Ra as the Bischoff of Tamil literature. Writers Ekalaivan Model. Ki. Ra's claim that they did not learn their profession by keeping any instrument, nor did they want to teach anyone by instrument informs us of many thoughts about the creativity of the Creator. Based on that statement, the purpose of this article is to express Ki. Ra's creativity, especially through KR's selected stories

    Karisal Mind Through K. Alagirisamy’s Creations

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    It could be said that the role of Karisal literature in literary development is immeasurable. Because Karisal soil has produced many writers. One-third (35) of the 105 stories written by K. Alagirisamy, who can be said to be the harbinger of Karisal in particular, reflect the life of the Karisal land. The story of 'Kumarapura Station' displays the people living in the Karisal area as realistic people, and the way they live their lives, regardless of their ups and downs, through the scenes where the station master and the uneducated hotelier sit down equally to each other and converse. In the story 'Raja has come', he brilliantly illustrates the lives of children in the Karisal area living in poverty without giving up themselves. And those who have money do not mind. One who has the mind has no money. He exhibits this situation. We hope that the gift items will appeal to everyone, especially children, and that the child's nature will speak to us again and again, no matter what we scold. But he denies them and points out through the 'gift' story that children do have pride and we need to understand them. He describes the state of suffering as a result of not having access to water because the livelihood of soil depends on rain, and the plight of walking many miles beyond even the most basic necessities. He beautifully points out that the people of Karisal love the soil and want to die on that soil, regardless of the difficulties they face. The Karisal region often has an unpredictable economic environment in the absence of the monsoon. K. Alagirisamy subtly expresses in his stories the difficulties that people face in leading their lives in an environment of poverty and the joy and emotional struggles that appear from time to tim

    Singapore Writer Ma. Ilankannan's Disadvantages of Short Story Ideals - A Social Perspective

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    One of the most important applications of literature is to express the ‘presence’ of society. In that aspect, Ma. Ilankannan, the creator has succeeded in portraying the successes, failures, ups and downs, strengths and weaknesses of the Sinhalese Tamils through his short stories. His collection of short stories 'Thoondil Meen’ (Bait Fish) was awarded the 'Singapore Literary Award' by the National Book Development Council of Singapore in 2004. The protagonists of the short story ‘Elatchiyangalin Unangal’ (Disabilities of Ideals) featured in it are Pichaimuthu Kizhavar and Kuvepatti who emigrated from their native country and settled in Singai. These characters that lost their limbs and personal ties during World War II are struggling every day to survive. The purpose of this article is to explore how their dream of visiting their motherland once and for all is disabled like a dumb dream

    Feminist Issues in the Novel ‘Maanickam’

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    The basic principle of feminism is that women should have equal rights with men, regardless of gender, at all levels of society. The idea that feminism is the opposition to men is prevalent in society. In fact, the main purpose of feminism is to liberate women who have been enslaved, tortured, and oppressed over time and to give them equal value in society. Feminism includes all the various sufferings, problems, and solutions that a woman faces in her life, from birth to death. The word ‘feminism’ may be used to mean that a woman is equal to a man in every aspect. From that day to this day, women, though mostly respected in society, are sometimes thrown into the dust by social circumstances. Women are lagging behind in education, employment, the economy, etc. Every author, with the goal of improving women's society, addresses women-oriented social and community-based issues in their novels. On that basis that all women in the community must progress and live with vigilance, through her novel 'Manickam', S.Tamilselvi has exposed the social problems in the lives of women, the problems caused by the husband's suspicion, the problems in getting an education; and the problems faced by women because of other women. In addition, she has raised awareness about how women should recover from such issues. Furthermore, in her work, she has created feminine characters by perpetuating many concepts that are unique and stable for women, such as chastity, love, marriage, education, and poverty

    Community Issues in the Novel ‘Neerthuli’ (Water Droplet)

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    Neerthuli  (2011) is one of the novels written by the creator Subramanian. The book won the 2012 Jayakanthan Creative Literary Award as the Best Novel. The purpose of this article is to explore the social issues documented in this book. Living in a modern living environment, Subramaniam takes a keen interest in the life revolves around himself and shapes it through his natural language. The world he sees is the one with full of changes. Therefore, his works are also innovative. It is a characteristic that is humbly expressed in the purpose of symbolizing the inevitable pulling event of the disintegration of the family structure that has been defined and preserved over time. Expressing the new way of life problem of "living together" with the most precise mindsets and movements with artistic elegance reveals a different nature of the writing of the creator Subramanian. The ‘Neerthuli’ novel accurately reveals the difficulties of living together with an unmarried young man and a distressed woman who is forced into a new environment after a divorce. The novel's fundamental problem is the life problems of two immigrants who are trying to find a new way of life. Set against the backdrop of a new environment, it embodies the lives of migrated human beings with its dynamic properties. This novel confronts the predicament faced in a woman's life in which she is tortured by her husband, mentally and physically without approving the divorce. Moreover, the novel did not fail to point out the atrocities suffered by the workers. He has recorded the dominance of employers in the workplace, labor exploitation and oppression. He has recorded ecology as one of the problems that is to be looked at in today's environment. He also talked about ecological issues that include water pollution, land pollution, air pollution, and pollution caused by the use of plastics

    Art Activities of Kalaivanar’s

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    The Kalaivanar in the artist's performance and the deep ideas in the verse are told through this article. Beyond acting, there are a lot of comments and verses spoken on the screen for the people. Be an example of how to be an artist in the film industry. She has made helping others the most important part of her life. This article covers the social work of the artist with such specialties, reform ideas and awareness created through humor. A family, a community, a student's education system, women, education, alcoholism, and many other messages can be constructed through the screen

    Social Changes and Ecological Records in Poet Vairamuthu's Third World War Novel

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    Ever since the inception of Novel, its subject matter revolves around man and the society in which he lives. When Novels were dealing with human life and reflecting every facet of history, came poet Vairamuthu's 'Moondram Ulaga Por' discussing Globalization, Global warming and hurdles which are to be faced in the coming decades. This novel emphasis on the current farmer issues, water conservation ideas, protecting agricultural lands, the means by which people could take measures against global warming, the responsibility of every individual and society together with a note of warning. Emily and Ishimura being the central characters, this novel covers the issues across the globe from America's Louisiana Shore to Japan's Sendai Beach along with the chemical leakage in Karuthammaye well in Attanampatty village in Theni. The objective of this dissertation is to depict that the novel Moondram Ulaga Por insists the need to safeguard environment and to bring about the changes in the agriculture and gives the entire mankind a sheer warning to awake and the changes to be experienced by the posterity also shows how the world is amazed at the knowledge, wisdom and hardwork of Tamil people

    Dialect in Contemporary Literature (Regional Dialects)

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    Language is the identity of society. Literature that emerges through these languages also reflects society. In that sense every literature is set up with every language style. That is to say, the literature that appeared in the Sanam period was based on the proverbial language style of the time. After that the language of prose takes shape. Prose is a form of writing that simply conveys ideas as if speaking without grammatical conventions. It was followed by the pre-independence literature of the quest for freedom. A few lawsuits have been filed in the political arena since independence. Thus the language is constantly changing from time to time. The vast majority of literature produced today is centered on the regional Languge. This Article moves on to the cause of such social change and the consequences of change on society

    Feminist ideologies in Jeevanandham's Poems

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    Women share the major responsibility in taking aspects of human race to the generation ahead. Though social and communal development of recent times have improved the stage of women in society, the culture indifferences and violence against women have not yet been eradicated from the society we reside in. The society have prolonged with a notion that men are strong and ought to be commanding and women are weak and to obey. Women are presumed and directed to be dependent to men while men boss them. We are still in the timeline where effects of women still have to be recognised through men. Despite of centuries of moral and cultural evolutions, the world of women is still being bounded and constructed by men. The male dominant society have always been against providing women education and wisdom, as they think those are not to be given for the women who is supposed to serve and obey the command men with no second thought. With the same principle, women’s right to learn, speak and even rights on property all have been denied. Midst of such a deceived and biased society there rose the voices of number of great personalities, philosophers and social reformers who dreamt for and raised their voice for us to evolve into a society that respect women rights, gender equality and women freedom. Amongst, the great poet and philosopher well known for simplicity in his writings, who scripted several of his strong ideologies over women empowerment, is our MahakaviBharathiyar. Taking him as a role model, the NanjilNaatu poet and social reformer, Jeevanantham took the ideology of women rights further and planted it in the society with his narrow and well determined efforts. During his time, Jeevanantham witnessed women being dumbed and ruler over within the family and society, which he brought up to voices through several of his writings. With this research we are glad to pick, analyse and comprehend such writings of Jeevanantham and his ideologies on women and women empowerment

    Vehicles and Women's Life Changes: Ambai's Short Story

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    Tamil Short Stories considered to be one of the contemporary Literary forms. From the very beginning of short story till it has reduced to a size of a paragraph it has undergone various changes in structure, pattern and contextualization. Similarly, the short story "Vaganam" written by Ambai in the year 1971 expresses the stress and pressure of the women and making the same a driving force to achieve success. This research paper critically analysis the struggle, challenges success and changes faced by the women folk which is quite obvious in the recent scenario with reference to Ambai's short story  "Vaganam" The usage of advance technologies to drive this computer is less polluting to the environment and less harmful to humans than the various vehicles such as cars. Arrow can be seen to be disciplining women as there are numerous different uses of the computer and it is safe for women to travel this way

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