When looking in depth at the ritual of Pongal, gender roles are portrayed by what is seen to be ideal for a women and a man to do. In other words, gender is a socially constructed perspective that portrays what is expected of the behaviour,...
Thai Pongal Festival in India-research paper Thai Pongal is a Harvest festival of Tamil Nadu; the main reason for the festival is to celebrate the return of the sun to the northern hemisphere. Thai Pongal is one of the most important/popular Hindu festivals of the...
In the Madurai district in the area called ‘Sorinayagampati'(now it is Sorikampati), there is a wealthy person called Karuthamayan. He had a last son named called Alagudevan he recklessly wandered around the town with his friend Mayandi. So Karuthamayan thought that when he get marry...
In January 2017, protests and demonstrations were held across Tamil Nadu challenging the 2014 Supreme Court (SC) ban on a rural traditional sport—Jallikattu. Alongside the movement, a debate raged in electronic and print media (both in English and Tamil) on the history, politics, and ethics...
