A New Era of Cultural Revolution
Real human progress is marked by the
march towards a lofty and fruitful
ideal. The Tamil Nadu Government under Kalaignar M.Karunanidhi, the President of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K.- The Dravidian Progressive Association), is taking sure and steady steps in socio-economic, political and cultural fields that are liberal, progressive and egalitarian in nature. While its measures are increasing the agricultural, industrial and commercial activities, enhancing employment opportunities and living standards, its initiatives in socio-cultural fields make positive contributions towards reform and enlightenment.
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March Onwards!
Spread the ideals
We may be proud
No one comes
forward
Don’t cross limits
Everest Conqueror - Edmund
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INTERVIEW -
Nikesh Murali
Q:Thanks for agreeing to do the interview at such a short notice. Tell our readers a bit about yourself.
I am M V. Somasundaram and I hail from the state of Tamil Nadu in India. I was born in a town called Villupuram about 37 km west of Pondicherry, a former French colony. By birth I am a Hindu. The oldest classical language, Tamil, is my mother tongue. I married in 1958 and have two daughters and two sons.
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No one comes
forward
Jagannath temple in Puri in Orissa State is
a famous one. Deva Dasi system is
prevalent in this temple, as it has been the case with most of the temples in India till recently. In Puri Jagannath temple it has been in vogue for more than thousand years. Deva Dasi literally means a servant or a concubine of God (Deva - God: Dasi - servant, concubine). It is a social system sanctioned and sanctified by Hindu religion.
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A Darwinian View of a Hostile
Richard Dawkins’s book The God Delusion (2006, reviewed by Ken-drick Frazier in the March/April 2007 SKEPTICAL INQUIRER; see also, Massimo Pigliucci, “Is Dawkins Deluded?” SI, July/ August 2007) has attracted much attention. My initial encounter with the book, in which I only read a sampling of pages, gave me the recurrent thought: why is he so angry? As if Dawkins was aware that readers were likely to ask this question, he headed a chapter “Why Be So Hostile?,” in which he explained his belief that too many religions are evil, that they have been responsible for much of human misery, and perhaps the worst, that they deeply offend the scientific mind.
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Spread the ideals
He was referring to the riots perpetrated in Ahamedabad by communal forces propagating hatred among people on the basis of religion and caste. Conveying his condolence for those who lost their lives and sympathy for those who have suffered in the riots, he stressed that it ws the bounden duty of the central government to take steps to prevent breaking out of such riots in other parts of our country. Read More
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Federalism - Samathuvapuram
This Government has always striven to realise federalism in its true spirit, as expounded by Arignar Anna’s philosophy of State autonomy. In fact, even in 1969, when the Hon’ble Kalaignar assumed office as the Chief Minister for the first time, a Committee to study and give its recommendation on Centre-State relations was constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice Rajamannar, with Dr. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar and Justice Chandra Reddy as members and its report was obtained. This Government is happy to note that the Union Government has constituted a Commission on Centre-State relations, headed by Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi, former Chief Justice of India. We hope this Commission will make necessary recommendations paving the way for a truly federal governance in our country while at the same time preserving the unity and integrity of the nation.
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A philosophy of
judicial restraint
Harish Khare
The observation by two judges on the limits of the judiciary’s
power is a timely call to turn our back on judicial activism,
bordering on political partisanship.
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Institutionalisation of
Communal
Ram Puniyani
In the wake of the punishments being meted out to
the culprits of Mumbai blasts of 1993, the logical
demand of punishing the guilty of 92-93 Mumbai carnage came up from different sections of society. Many a delegation met the political leadership to urge for implementation of Shrikrishna Commission report.
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Periyar Maniammai
Periyar Maniammai Chair was instituted for the first time in
India at the Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaik
kanal,
on 21 January 2008.
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