Diasporic Language Issues in the Odum Nathi Novel

A community refers to a group of people living together. Society is formed when individuals live together as a family, group depending on each other. In such a society there are some problems due to economy. When occupational and economic problems occur, people are forced to migrate from one place to another for survival. As they move from one place to another and live there, the changes that occur there will give them a new experience. Language, food, dress, customs, everything will be new for them. Unable to mix with the people there because of language problems, geographical problems, ethnic problems, different foods and customs. Food to eat, clothes to wear and a place to stay are the essentials for a human being. Such migrants are unable to meet such basic needs. Language is a tool that helps you to express your thoughts and so language is a major problem for the migrant people. Language is the first obstacle faced by Tamils who migrate to foreign speaking states in search of survival. Tamils who go to other states are alienated from other people due to their lack of knowledge of the language spoken in that part of the state. Not knowing the language leads to various hardships. There is more mixing in spoken language than in written language. In the novel 'Odum Nathi', Selvan is a character who migrates to Nagaland, does not know the language of the tribal people and goes through various hardships. When we read the novel, we come to come to know about his sufferings in buying tickets to travel and buying food for hunger because of language problem. This article explores this kind of linguistic issues

(E)-6-Methyl-3-(2-methyl­benzyl­idene)­chroman-2-one

In the title compound, C18H16O2, the heterocyclic ring of the chroman-2-one system adopts a slightly distorted screw-boat conformation. The dihedral angle between the least-squares planes of the coumarin ring system and the benzene ring is 67.5 (1)°. The crystal packing features C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which link the mol­ecules into centrosymmetric R22(8) dimers, and C—H⋯π inter­actions

4-(3-Eth­oxy-4-hydroxy­styr­yl)-1-methyl­pyridinium tosyl­ate monohydrate

In the title compound, C16H18NO2 +·C7H7O3S−·H2O, the dihedral angle between the pyridyl and benzene rings of the pyridinium cation is 0.2 (1)°. The benzene ring of the tosyl­ate anion makes a dihedral angle of 4.8 (2)° with the best mean plane of the pyridinium cation. The pyridinium cation and the tosyl­ate anion are hydrogen bonded to the water mol­ecule, and the crystal packing is further stabilized by inter­molecular C—H⋯O and π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid separations of 3.648 (3) and 3.594 (2) Å

Methyl (Z)-2-[(4-bromo-2-formyl­phen­oxy)meth­yl]-3-(4-methyl­phen­yl)acrylate

In the title compound, C19H17BrO4, the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 82.9 (2)°. The mol­ecular structure is stabilized by an intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bond, which generates an S(7) ring motif. The crystal packing is stabilized by C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which generate two centrosymmetic ring systems with R22(18) and R22(14) graph-set motifs. The crystal packing is further stabilized by inter­molecular π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.984 (2) Å]

(E)-2-[(2-Formyl­phen­oxy)meth­yl]-3-(4-methyl­phen­yl)prop-2-ene­nitrile

In the title compound, C18H15NO2, the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 74.8 (1)°. The carbonitrile chain is almost linear, the C—C—N angle being 176.2 (2)°. In the crystal, π–π inter­actions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.842 (1) Å] are observed

Methyl (2Z)-2-{[N-(2-formyl­phen­yl)-4-methyl­benzene­sulfonamido]­meth­yl}-3-(naphthalen-1-yl)prop-2-enoate

In the title compound, C29H25NO5S, the sulfonyl-bound benzene ring forms dihedral angles of 42.1 (1) and 48.5 (1)°, respectively, with the formyl-substituted benzene ring and the naphthalene residue. In the crystal, pairs of C—H⋯O inter­actions lead to the formation of R 2 2(10) inversion dimers, which are linked by further C—H⋯O inter­actions into supra­molecular tapes running along [100]. The crystal packing is further stabilized by C—H⋯π inter­actions

Size-distribution of submicron aerosol particles over the Indian Ocean during IFP-99 of INDOEX

Measurements of the size-distribution of submicron aerosol particles of diameter from 0.003 to 1 μm are made over the Indian Ocean during the IFP-99 of the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX). Measurements are made during the onward journey from Goa to Port Louis, Mauritius from 20 January to 11 February 1999 onboard ORV Sagar Kanya and during the return journey from Port Louis to Male from 22 February to 1 March 1999 onboard Ronald H. Brown. Observations show large concentrations in the range of 2-6 × 103 particles/cm3 over the Indian Ocean in the northern hemisphere and these drop down to about 500 particles/cm3 in the southern hemisphere. However, the aerosol concentrations show a peak of about 3 × 103 particles/cm3 at 13°S. In the northern hemisphere, the concentration of particles of diameter < 0.0749 μm increases from 14°N to 1°N and then steeply falls. On the other hand, the concentration of particles of diameter > 0.0749 μm keeps decreasing up to 6°S. Size distributions of particles at open sea in the northern hemisphere show a maximum at 0.133 μm and minimum at 0.0422 μm and are generally openended at the smaller size end. The size-distributions of particles are sometimes relatively flat from 0.0133 to 0.237 μm when the particle concentrations are low in the southern hemisphere. The transport and accumulation of aerosol particles in the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is discussed. The relative abundance of large versus small particles is examined with respect to the variation of surface atmospheric pressure along the route