TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAMIL»
The term «Tamil» is very widely used and occupies the
4.450 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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8 QUOTES WITH «TAMIL»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
Tamil.
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.
I would say the film world has stopped operating as one. We have divided it into Hindi movies, Bengali movies, Tamil movies and so on. Earlier, there was only one channel and we all knew what was going on. Today, it is hard to keep track of programmes due to the advent of regional channels.
Many Hindi films that are Tamil remakes rake in huge moolah in Bollywood.
I learnt to sing in Bengali, my mother tongue, then went on to sing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and every possible Indian language.
I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.
There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema, are exploring some really bold themes.
I am proud to say that I was launched in Tamil through 'Poi' by Balachander sir, who was the one who launched the legends like Rajni sir, Kamal sir & Prakash Raj sir.
I was shot at for being a Tamil in Sri Lanka, and then, everyone was calling me a Paki in London, and I'm not even Pakistani.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAMIL»
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Tamil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Tamil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Simple Guide to Spoken
Tamil
This book A Simple Guide to Spoken Tamil will be helpful to many; to second and third generation Sri Lankans and South Indians living abroad wishing to be in touch with their mother tongue, and to tourists visiting the island of paradise.
Aloysius Aseervatham, 2011
2
Colloquial
Tamil: The Complete Course for Beginners
Colloquial Tamil is easy to use and completely up to date.
R. E. Asher, E. Annamalai, 2002
3
Tamil Oratory and the Dravidian Aesthetic: Democratic ...
This is a book about the newness of old things.
Some proverbs are accompanied by pictures, which, I hope, add a bit of fun and entertainment. This book was written in the memory of all those who innocently died in Sri Lanka and never really had the chance to have a beautiful life.
Jesurajah Sebastiampillai, 2010
This alphabet book is meant to introduce the Tamil (Tamizh) alphabet to children in the U.S. and other countries who are more comfortable with English. This book is divided into seven sections.
6
A Reference Grammar of Spoken
Tamil
This is a reference grammar of the standard spoken variety of Tamil, a language with 65 million speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore.
Harold F. Schiffman, 1999
7
Learn
Tamil Alphabet Activity Workbook
This book teaches the Tamil alphabet to someone familiar with English using a variety of puzzles, exercises and games.
8
The
Tamil Auxiliary Verb System
This book introduces the syntactic process of auxiliary formation and applies it to the grammatical analysis of the indicative, or non-modal, auxiliary verbs of Modern Tamil.
9
Learn
Tamil Vocabulary Activity Workbook
This activity book is one of a series of activity books designed to teach the Tamil (Tamizh) language to children located in English speaking countries.
10
English - English
Tamil Dictionary
Product Dimensions: 19x13x4.7 cm.
Sura College of Competition, Various, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAMIL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Tamil is used in the context of the following news items.
Jayalalitha sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu
Jayaram Jayalalitha has been sworn in as the chief minister of the Indian state Tamil Nadu, less than a fortnight after being cleared of corruption. The politician ... «BBC News, May 15»
Jayalalitha: India court clears ex-Tamil Nadu leader of corruption
An appeals court in India has cleared former chief minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu Jayaram Jayalalitha of involvement in a corruption scandal. «BBC News, May 15»
Tamil leaders react strongly to AP encounter killings
Leaders of political parties from Tamil Nadu have reacted strongly to the killing of 20 persons, including 12 Tamil workers, in Andhra Pradesh in police firing for ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
Tamil Province charges Colombo with genocide
Sri Lanka's Northern Provincial Council (NPC) on Tuesday passed a strongly worded resolution accusing successive governments in the island nation of ... «The Hindu, Feb 15»
Tamil nationalists support US-backed opposition in Sri Lankan …
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the main Tamil nationalist party, in Sri Lanka is extending unconditional support to the US-backed opposition candidate ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jan 15»
Tamil group protests outside Salman Khan's home over backing …
Tamil groups protested outside Bollywood star Salman Khan's residence in suburban Mumbai today denouncing the actor's decision to campaign for Sri Lankan ... «Firstpost, Jan 15»
TNA pledges support to opposition's Maithripala Sirisena
Sri Lanka's main Tamil party representing the island's northern Tamils on Tuesday pledged its support to joint opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena in the ... «The Hindu, Dec 14»
In Show of Support, Tamil Nadu Film Industry Shuts Down for …
In Show of Support, Tamil Nadu Film Industry Shuts Down for Jayalalithaa ... Chennai: The Tamil Nadu film industry has shut down today to express solidarity ... «NDTV, Sep 14»
'No parole' last week, freedom this week: Tamil Nadu's U-turn on …
Chennai: Exactly a week before announcing that it would free all seven people convicted of killing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, Tamil Nadu had opposed ... «NDTV, Feb 14»
Sri Lanka: grim up north for the Tamil community
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has made much of the development of Sri Lanka's north following the carnage of war - but has life really improved for the Tamil ... «Channel 4 News, Nov 13»
