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Female, Male Intimate Politics - Presenting Aa. Vanilla Poems
Get PDFWorks for women are not perfected by being written by a man. Starting from Bharathi in Tamil Nadu, various literary writers have been recording their voices against female slavery in literature. Feminists consider those words to be male voices for themselves. Starting from the Sangam period, the state of female writing can be seen as the gap between the mountain and the basin. To be more specific, history tells us that women's writings from the Sangam period started to decline drastically in the Middle Ages. The women's community, which has been struggling for many years to express its presence, has become compelled to prove a place for itself in today's environment. Yet if women do not express our ideology, freedom for womanhood will disappear like her dreams, so many women writers today have started recording their views through literature. In this way, A. Vennila conveys the instincts of women in his works in a beautiful feminine language. This article describes the way in which A. Vennila's works present the fact that a woman is seen as an object of consumption not only in the kitchen but also during intimate meetings with men and women
Women Liberation Politics Explained in Kaalakkanavu – Modern Drama
Get PDFIdeas like Women’s Liberation, Women’s rights, Women’s Development, Feminism, Women’s Law, Equality for women, resistance against male chauvinism are sounding all over the world. Women are voicing everyday to attain her independent space. But her voices are chocked by male chauvinistic voices. Even after all her voices for liberation, her revolutionary history has been denied and dissembled. Women’s history of liberation has been constructed by men here. Periyarist and Feminist researcher V. Geetha has collected Women’s history and she has written this as a play under the title of “KAALAKKANAVU”. Professor A. Mangai direct this play and she published this text as a book. This research paper has been pertaining to women liberation thoughts highlighted in this kaalakkanavu modern Drama
Life Style and Agriculture of Darmapuri and Thiruvanamalai District People
Get PDFTamil people trusted nature and led their life happily. They gave importance to agriculture. They worshiped the sun and rain before cultivating in the paddy fields. The [r domestic animals are cows, hens, Goats, Dogs and cats. The pregnant women had a healthy normal delivery. They ate natural food and lived a disease-free life. They worshiped their ancestors. They sang songs to let their baby sleep. Small grains like millet and rye corn were used as staple food. They worshiped cow as their deities. Thus, the articles show how Tamil people have lived their life along with nature
Proverbs in Pillai Thamizh (A genre in Tamil Literature)
Get PDFProverbs is an archaic language and it is rich in simplicity, antiquity and sweetness. Proverbs are in use since ancient times itself. Earlier proverbs are used by the people on daily basis to express their culture. Proverbs are the result of people’s experience. Proverbs are used on daily basis because of its clarity, brevity and relevance. Tholkappiyam, is an ancient grammar text here the author defines proverbs as, it is nothing but a two-line sentence which gives the perfect meaning. Proverbs are used by all people in their day to day life. Human life, their feelings and knowledge are the central theme in proverbs. Proverbs can be considered to be the best in oral literature. Proverbs helps people to develop their intellectual and thinking power. Therefore, Tamil proverbs are considered as the encyclopedia of Tamil people. This article explains the importance of proverbs in ‘Pillai Thamizh’
Folk Elements in the Marutha Thinai Songs
Get PDFIn order to know the oral literary characteristics in Marutha thinai songs one must know the main characteristic features in oral. Plowing industry, planting industry, buffalo herding, ray cutting, fishing and other games such as paddy war, vallai song, silt removal, flower picking are the various kind of arts performed during the sangam period. The poets have recorded countless rituals, beliefs and customs in Marutha thinai songs. Through these songs one can know the culture, tradition and civilization of the ancient Tamil people. The article brings out the hidden folk elements in the Marutha thinai songs
The Shepherds of the Sangam Age - Ethnographic View
Get PDFHumans lived in mountains and caves in the early days of human history. Later, due to the increase in population, they went to the forest edifice of Mullai land. They domesticated and reared animals like buffalo, cows, and goats for the needs of their lives. Since sheep and cattle are multiplying rapidly in this land, they should have stayed there and established their lives. Therefore, it can be said that Mullai land shepherd communities were formed there. The fact that Mullai land was the abode of the gods under the banyan tree and near the water resources indicates that these places were places of worship. Only Mullaikali speaks of embracing bulls as a symbol of the tradition of the people of Mullai land. It can be seen that there was a custom of marrying the shepherds of Mullai land. This article is aimed at examining the way in which they lived in harmony with their lives by considering cattle as wealth
The Importance of Objects in Human Life Found in Tamil Literature
Get PDFThe object plays an important role in human life. Though a man lived in an ethnic society, he followed a barter system because he was dependent on others. Since the barter system was the most difficult method of exchange and involved loss, the commodity value coin and money came into operation as an alternative. Although the object is unstable, the object is necessary to live in the world and cannot be ignored. If there is something in the possession of a person who does not value it, the one who does not care will be respected and valued. The household must have intended to remain established. It is very difficult to earn money. For that reason, it has been customary since then to the present day for the man to leave the woman for the sake of the necessities of life. If everyone wants to live with everything, he has to give it to others and live. When one has wealth, one does not know its value. The value of wealth is known only when you are subjected to poverty. It is better to work hard and live richly rather than to live on credit. It is not the best life. A person who spends more than he needs is a spendthrift. He who does not spend despite the need is a miser, so it is better to spend according to the need and live according to the need. When you spend money in a good way on the right path, it will bring happiness not only to yourself but also to your relatives. Savings are the ones that raise the quality of life of an individual. In 2008, many countries, including the United States, were affected by the global economic slowdown, but India did not suffer that much because of the saving habits of our people that made money a part of life. Now it is only when there is money that life becomes great. People have created an environment in which meaning is very essential for human life
The Contribution of the Pancha Marabu (Five Traditions) to the Development of Tamil Music
Get PDFThe Tamils have many unique features of their own. Among them is Tamilisai (Tamil Music). Since the Sangam period, many books have contributed to the development of Tamil and Tamil Music. In that sense, the Pancha Marabu contains much information, such as Tamil music, dance, musical instruments, etc. Accordingly, in this book, scholars have developed Tamil music through musical traditions, vachchiya traditions, nritya traditions, abhinaya traditions, and taala traditions. The book Pancha Marabu has been written in such a way as to document and educate the younger generation about how Tamil music has helped in its development. This study has been examined in terms of the introduction of the book, the period of its origin, the structure of the book, and the subdivisions. The research has been done through descriptive and historical research methodologies
Francis Whyte Ellis-The First Voice of Tamil Language Liberation
Get PDFWhen it comes to the history of the Tamil language, it can be classified as being before Ellis and after Ellis. Before Ellis's Dravidian evidence came, the idea that Tamil originated from Sanskrit was deeply embedded in everyone's mind. For a long time, linguists in India have also been saying that the Tamil language originated from Sanskrit and that the Tamil language could not function independently without the help of Sanskrit. It was Ellis who liberated Tamil, which was thus regarded as a descendant of Sanskrit, from the chain of slavery, which was bound by the chain of slavery of Sanskrit. Based on linguistic theories, Ellis was the first to scientifically examine the long-held misconception that Tamil could not function independently without help, and to declare to the world that it was completely false and that South Indian languages, including Tamil, were unique. Ellis's Dravidian testimony is the starting point of the uniqueness of the Tamil language and its excellence
Bharathidasan's Dravidian Ideology in Poetic Plays
Get PDFThe extensive use of his ideas through drama has been continuous since time immemorial. The structure of the play is what man created for the rest of time in the form of a story based on his fantasies. Bharathidasan's plays are a repository of all Dravidian ideologies such as self-respect, rationalism, feminist emancipation, communism, brahmanism, and denial of God. Of these, what we have taken into consideration are the Veera Thai drama, which explains that women are a symbol of heroism, the sea-top bubble drama that deals with communist ideas, and the play Puthukkaradi, which explains how the Aryans who changed Tamil culture introduced their ideas into Tamil Nadu