LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 10 : 9 September 2010
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
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Dravidian Ideologue Kanimozhi and Her Language

A. Boologa Rambai, Ph.D.
M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.

Ms. Kanimozhi, Leader, DMK

Signs for an Exciting Revival of the Dravidian Movement

It appears to us that there is an exciting revival waiting for us insofar as Dravidian ideology is concerned, in the writings and words of Kanimozhi. Her entry into active politics from the position of a deep thinker and writer in Tamil on social and communication issues will certainly revolutionize our own thinking, in addition to the thinking and action modes of her DMK party cadres.

DMK - A Force that Survives and Prospers Against All Odds

For all those who have some sense of history, DMK has proved itself to be a force that would survive and prosper even in times of adversity. Survival of its ideology in relation to language, social reformation, language policy, and Tamils as a distinct linguistic community ("distinct race" is the preferred form of expression in DMK) has been under question, now and then.

Every social institution, language and society, including political parties, is bound to change and we all know it. However, when change for the sake of change takes place, the institution is likely to be weakened. Change for temporary gains and for adopting fashionable trends also will certainly weaken an institution.

Changes in the Ideology and Practices of DMK

DMK has undergone many changes since the party gave up its demand for Independent Dravidanadum many decades ago, and adopted electoral process as the main path to achieve the goals of its ideology. In all these, Kalaignar Karunanidhi's leadership kept the party intact, despite some devastating splits. Karunanidhi continues to be the chief ideologue of DMK, although DMK has time and again proved its democratic character through its regular party elections and debates on issues in its various committees, etc.

The Role of Charisma

Charisma is an essential feature of DMK and Dravidian Movement. Charisma and ideology seem to go hand in hand in this movement since its inception.

There was a time when Periyar EVR was the unquestioned leader whose pronouncements were accepted unconditionally. His metaphors, anti-Hinduism utterances, his utterances against vedic system, caste divisions, religion in general, citation of stories from mythology, powerful reasoning against superstitions, etc. were couched in very sharp and powerful (and offensive?) language.

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Right to Education and Languages in India - Part I | An Application of Skills Integration in Language Teaching | Official Ways to Subjugate Languages - School Setting as a Cause of Pahari Dhundi-Kairali Decline | Speech Identification Scores in Children With Bimodal Hearing | Continuous Professional Development - An Issue in Tertiary Education in Bangladesh | Teaching the Extra - Essentiality of Bringing Eclecticism into Classroom | Effective Teaching of English: A CLT Perspective for Haryana | ELT in Libyan Universities - A Pragmatic Approach | Behavioural Problems of Secondary School Students - A Pakistani Scene | Selection Procedure for English Language Teachers' Professional Development Courses of HEC Pakistan - A Case Study | Cohesion and Coherence in the novel The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James | A Review of A. R. Kidwai 2009: Literary Orientalism: a companion | Dravidian Ideologue Kanimozhi and Her Language | Extensive Reading and Reading Strategies: A Try-Out | Trends in Language Shift and Maintenance in the Eranad Dialect of Malayalam | Interdependence of Law and Literature in Shakespeare's and Charles Dickens's Writings - A Reflection | The Interaction between Bilingualism, Educational and Social Factors and Foreign Language Leaning in Iran | Code Switching in Kailasam's Play - Poli Kitty | Morph-Synthesizer for Oriya Language Computational Approach | Question Formation in Pahari | Language in Politics of Recognition: A Case of the Nepali Language in the Creation of Political Identity of the Nepalis in Darjeeling | Technology Note - Creating Parallel Test Items with Microsoft Excel | Politeness Strategies Across Cultures | Bridge between East and West - Iqbal and Goethe | Syntactic Errors Made by Science Students at the Graduate Level in Pakistan - Causes and Remedies | Prospective Teachers of English in India: A Perspective | Reported Perceptions and Practices of English Language Teachers at Secondary Level in Pakistan | A PRINT VERSION OF ALL THE PAPERS OF SEPTEMBER, 2010 ISSUE IN BOOK FORMAT. | HOME PAGE of September 2010 Issue | HOME PAGE | CONTACT EDITOR languageinindiaUSA@gmail.com

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Dravidian University
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