Listening to Earth Stories: An Interview with Swarnalatha Rangarajan

In this interview with Dr. Swarnalatha Rangarajan, a well known Indian ecocritic and a pioneer of Indian ecocriticism, discusses ecocriticism, her novel The Final Instructions, and a wide range of Indian environmental writing

Total Quality Management in transportation

Transportation associations, especially open transport organizations, have not taken after the lead of assembling or other administration ventures in receiving Total Quality Administration (TQM). As of late, quality has turned into a critical aggressive procedure in the worldwide market. In not so distant future, because of World Trade Organization understandings, globalization, and intensity, transport associations have no decision other than receiving TQM for their survival. This article shows a foundation on TQM and locations the objectives of utilizing this system in transport associations. The article looks at add up to quality transportation (TQT) and its hierarchical structure and execution show in connection to Deming's 14 focuses. The model displayed in this exploration gives improved strategies for transportation quality and consumer loyalty

Worship of Goddess Kalaimagal (Saraswathi) in Tamil Tradition

Kalaimagal is worshipped as the God of education and the arts. In the early days, Kalaimagal worship was not part of the Tamil tradition. However, Goddess Kalaimagal worship has become inevitable in modern worship. The number of students praying and worshipping Goddess Saraswathi to pass the exams has increased today. This study examines the Koothanur temple, which is dedicated to Goddess Kalaimagal in Tamil Nadu, the worship practices performed there, and the views expressed by Kambar, Kumaragurubarar, Ottakoothar, Bharathiar, etc., who were the best in life by praising Kalaimagal and, thus, got rid of their sufferings in their lives. In today's context, it has been suggested that the worship of Kalaimagal occupies an essential place in the tradition of worship of the Tamils

Karaikkalammaiyar's Devotional Code

The literature that appeared in each period is a reflection of the society of that time. According to the social environment, their songs are special. In this way, these literatures are called by the name of the period in which they appeared as Sanga period literature, Ara Ilakkiyam, Kappiya literature, Bhakthi literature, Sittrilakkiyam contemporary literature. The Bhakti period was from the 6th to the 9th century AD. But before that time it was Karaikal Ammaiyar who created many devotional literatures in the worship of Shiva and was the pioneer of all the servants. He has given works such as Thiruvirattai Manimalai, Arputha Thiruvanthadhi, and Thiruvalangattu Muththa Thirupathikam. Each pattern is followed in all three works. The purpose of this article is to explore his movement with such works. Karaikalammaiyar’s songs reveal his life, society, the parables she follows, and the mythological messages she tries to convey. The patterns she dealt with in his works later evolved into Prabandhas. The development of such literature is also explored. The difference between his Bhakti Norma and the Bhakti Norma of other servants is examined. In this study descriptive, analytical and comparative research approaches are followed

The Novel Literature Shows the Social Change of Marginalized People

Literature has always served as an important source that widely reflects the social changes at all levels. Contemporary literature like novels are no exception to this phenomenon. This paper seeks to explore the social progress and changes experienced by marginalised sections of the society such as deva dasis, widows. destitute women, transgenders and tribal people with reference to the selected novels. An attempt has been made to unfurl how education aids deva dasis and widows to attain progress in their lives, how destitute women stand on their own and live independently, as well as the social progress in the lives of tribals and the growing social acceptance of transgenders in our society

Traditions of Worship in Thiruvasagam

Thiruvasagam, the eighth of the twelve Thirumarais, divinely describes the methods of worship. Saivism is the oldest religion. Tirugnanasambandar, Thirunavukkarasar, Sundarar, and Manickavasagar are the four Saiva religion preceptors (Kuravars). It was because of these four that Saivism flourished. Manickavasagar was the one who worshipped the Lord in the Sanmarga system among these four Saiva saints. The methods of worshipping God, such as Right Conduct, Disciplined Acts, Ethics for the wellbeing of body and soul, and Enlightenment towards Lord Shiva, have also been explained. Through Bhakti Norma, the nature of many stages in the state of compassion, the warmth of love, humanity, compassion, and truthfulness are also explained. Through the path of devotion, the nature of the various stages of compassion, the warmth of love, humanity, kindness, and truthfulness are also explained. Manickavasagar was the root cause of the birth of the Sanmarga system. Next to that, it can be said that it was Vallalar and Bharathiar who took it to the people. It is the highest and most noble religion among the liturgical systems of worship. No one before or after Manickavasagar had the privilege of mingling with the Lord. His interconnection with God is also explained in this article

Thiruvasagam's Literary Principles

In this article, the nature of literary principles in Thiruvasagam, the eighth of the Panniru Thirumurai has been highlighted. Moreover, devotional literature is an important milestone in the development of the Tamil language. The principle of devotional literature, along with the principles of divine consciousness, humanity, ethics of attaining God, principles of attaining God, and throughout the Thiruvasagam song, Manickavasagar's devotional principle of compassion, the compassion of love, humanity, compassion, metaphysics, suffering, etc., can be attained by crying, and Manickavasagar's interconnection with God as a culmination of the spiritual journey. Tamil is known to be so intertwined that it can be said to be the language of devotion. Tamil was very helpful in the promotion of religion. That's why literature grows. Religion also developed, and the two great religions, Saivism and Vaishnavism, created separate literature emphasizing their own doctrines and the doctrine of God. Saivism consists of Panniru Thirumuraikal and fourteen shastra books, which are holy shastra texts that propagate its ideology. Manickavasagar's Thiruvasagam and Thirukkovaiyar are praised as the eighth Thirumarai. The famous Thiruvasagam written by Manickavasagar, can be said to be a treasure trove of gracious tears. It can be said that all thiruvasagam songs are a collection of various kinds of literature, such as precious pearls

Iso-array rewriting P systems with context-free iso-array rules

A new computing model called P system is a highly distributed and parallel theoretical model, which is proposed in the area of membrane computing. Ceterchi et al. initially proposed array rewriting P systems by extending the notion of string rewriting P systems to arrays (2003). A theoretical model for picture generation using context-free iso-array grammar rules and puzzle iso-array grammar rules are introduced by Kalyani et al. (2004, 2006). Also iso-array rewriting P systems for iso-picture languages have been studied by Annadurai et al. (2008). In this paper we consider the context-free iso-array rules and context-free puzzle iso-array rules in iso-array rewriting P systems and examine the generative powers of these P systems

Comparative development of sorghum, redgram and rice breeding population of Sitophilus oryzae (L.) feeding on cereals and split redgram dhal

Rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae (L.) mainly attacks whole grains such as wheat, corn, barley and rice and have been found actively breeding in such foods. The host range of S. oryzae now extended to split pulses. An experiment was carried out at the Entomology Laboratory, TNAU, Coimbatore during 2014-2015 to study the comparative development of sorghum, redgram and rice breeding population of S. oryzae feeding on cereals and split redgram dhal. The assessed parameters were survival percentage, per cent mortality and F1 progeny. The per cent mortality was higher in sorghum breeding population while feeding on redgram (98.33%) and rice (44.67%). In case of redgram breeding population per cent mortality was maximum in rice (21.67%) and sorghum (19.67%). The survival percentage was maximum in sorghum population while feeding on sorghum (95 %). F1 progeny emergence of sorghum breeding population was higher while feeding on sorghum (75.67%) and rice (36.67%). In case redgram breeding population F1 progeny emergence was maximum in redgram (62.33%) and sorghum (15.33%), whereas in rice breeding population maximum progeny emergence was observed in rice (72.33%) and sorghum (65.67%). The cereal bred population did not survive on redgram, whereas redgram bred population able to survive on cereals, but the progeny emergence and their development was affected