Wednesday, May 19, 2010

A Note on the World Conference on Classical Tamil



I feel very delighted to write this post commemorating the World Conference on Classical Tamil. This article presents the basic idea of a classical language, position of Tamil language and the scholarly research initiatives pursued worldwide.

A classical language is that language which is the root of whole set of languages and traditions. To quote the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) professor George Hart, ‘a classical language is one which is of considerable antiquity, has an independent literary tradition and has a

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

University's Role in Nation Building -MIT's Study


A country is, often, what it is and what its people are. Human resources play a crucial role in the rise and fall of a nation. An island nation called England ruled over half of the world just because of its strong human resources. Almost all countries realise the importance of human resources. But how many of them have worked to improve and harness the ability of this resource? Not many. A country's educational system plays an important role in developing and harnessing the potential of human resources.