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  2. Natesa Sastri - Wikipedia

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    Natesa Sastri. writer, Manager in the office of Inspector General of Documents Registration, Madras. S. M. Natesa Sastri (1859–1906) was a polyglot, scholar in eighteen languages and authored many books in Tamil, Sanskrit and English. His scholarliness over Tamil and Sanskrit languages got him the title "Pandit'.

  3. Bowling Alone - Wikipedia

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    978-0-7432-0304-3. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community is a 2000 nonfiction book by Robert D. Putnam. It was developed from his 1995 essay entitled " Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital ". Putnam surveys the decline of social capital in the United States since 1950. He has described the reduction in all ...

  4. Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1977 film) - Wikipedia

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    Based on Jayakanthan's novel of the same name, it stars Lakshmi and Srikanth, with C. K. Nagesh, Y. G. Parthasarathy, R. Neelakantan, Sukumari and S. Sundari Bai in supporting roles. The film revolves around a girl from an orthodox family whose life changes after a sexual assault. Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal was released on 1 April 1977 ...

  5. List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil - Wikipedia

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    In Tamil, the first recipient of the award was R. P. Sethu Pillai, who was honored for his collection of essays entitled Tamil Inbam in 1955. Posthumous recipients of the award include Kalki Krishnamurthy (1956), Bharathidasan (1969), Ku. Alagirisami (1970), Aadhavan Sundaram (1987), C. S. Chellappa (2001), Melaanmai Ponnuchamy (2008).

  6. Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (novel) - Wikipedia

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    1970. Publication place. India. Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (transl. Some people at some moments) is a Tamil -language novel by Indian writer Jayakanthan. It is an expanded version of his 1968 short story Agnipravesam (transl. Entering the fire) with a different ending. The novel, serialised in 1970 in Dinamani Kathir, [1] won the Sahitya ...

  7. Maraimalai Adigal - Wikipedia

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    Maraimalai Adigal (15 July 1876 – 15 September 1950) was a Tamil language orator and writer and father of Tanittamil Iyakkam. He was a fervent saivite. He wrote more than 100 books, including works on original poems and dramas, but most famous are his books on his research into Tamil literature. Most of his literary works were on Saivism.

  8. Pudhumaipithan - Wikipedia

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    C. Viruthachalam (25 April 1906 – 30 June 1948), [1] better known by the pseudonym Pudhumaipithan (also spelt as Pudumaipithan or Puthumaippiththan), was one of the most influential and revolutionary writers of Tamil fiction. [2] His works were characterized by social satire, progressive thinking and outspoken criticism of accepted conventions.

  9. George Puttenham - Wikipedia

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    Puttenham was the second son of Robert Puttenham of Sherfield-on-Loddon in Hampshire and his wife Margaret, the daughter of Sir Richard Elyot and sister of Sir Thomas Elyot. [1][2] He had an elder brother, Richard. [1][2] He matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in November 1546, aged 17, but took no degree, and was admitted to the ...