Kaniyan Poongundranar [Tamil poet from
Pre-Christian Sangham era]
humanity is my fraternity”
- Translated By Eelam Tamil Scholar Rev
Fr. Xavier Thaninayagam
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columnist Thomas Friedman has
written about outsourcing and
globalization in his columns.
global economic success story to
world superpower? [Yale Global Online]
economic and cultural practices is
swelling rapidly, from the labor
outsourcing debate to Bollywood film
exports. In the US in particular, India
has become a topic for the front pages
of newspapers across the nation.
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play an important role in the delivery of health
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interviews with health industry experts.
hometown grocery store? With increasing consumer interest for
these products and booming sales reaching over 7.8 billion
dollars in 2000, this trend is sure to stay. But what does the
term “organic” really mean?
remembered," and indeed one can easily imagine that most of
the stories have a distinct autobiographical element. All Sri
Lankan Tamils, especially those who live or have spent time in
Colombo, will recognize this 'life-world.' Jeganathan has grown
up in, and now lives in, that city and has a fine sense of the
personalities and relationships of those who inhabit that space.
of actual silver cutlery on a plane ride; served by colorfully
costumed Indian hostesses with an extra large red dot on the
forehead.
they can ever balance the material needs with their spiritual quest. The
lives of great men are enduring proof, if one were needed, that this is
possible. Ramalinga Vallalar, a Tamil saint, was one such sterling
example, who proved one need not wear the garb of an ascetic and seek
out inaccessible forests, but live among ordinary people, and pursue the
spiritual path.
children, family, friends and the American people he so deeply revered, I
say "au revoir' today to a gifted leader, historic president and gracious
human being. And I do so with a line from Yeats, who wrote:
"Think where man's glory most begins and ends and say — my glory was
that I had such friends."
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