Hello. My name is Carolyne. I am from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. I am not
tamil but am trying to learn Tamil of Sri Lanka. I was wondering if you
knew of any websites similar to yours that would teach me from a beginning
level ? I have noticed that there are alot of similarities but enough that
it is not understood by my Tamil (sri lanka) friends. Hope you can help.
Thank you for your time.
carmarikairo@hotmail.com
Vanakkam Iya,This conf. is organized by (the Letter haed shows) World Tamil Teachers' Conference Tamil Nadu Elementary School Teachers' Federation, 78 Bells Road, Triplicane, Chennai 600-005 Co-ordinator Mr Eswaran.
I will be there from 15th to 17th of this month
Sivapillai - Goldsmith University - London.
The Srilankan government has closed this road a month back, depriving the Jaffna people, access of anything outside Jaffna. The government has also closed all the schools, colleges and government offices in Jaffna. 6 lakh people are deprived of food, medicine and other basic necessities. More than 1 lakh school students are stopped from going to school. More than 6000 college students await the reopening of the colleges. The relief materials sent by all foreign NGOs and other countries are sent only through the Srilankan Army and and distributed only by the Srilankan and most of which is obviously consumed the Army itself. The rest of the relief materials that comes out of the Army are sold out for a very high price that wouldn't exist in any part of the world. A sample of the cost of some essential goods:-
Match Box- Rs 30/box, (from Rs 2)
Rice:- Rs 180/Kg, (from Rs 35)
Sugar:- Rs 400/kg (from Rs.60)
Coconut:- Rs 90 (from Rs 15)
Coconut oil:- Rs 450/litre (from Rs 75)
Chilli :- Rs 480/kg(from Rs.160 )
Tamarind:- Rs 150/Kg (from Rs 60)
Tea:- Rs 800/Kg(from 300)
Egg:- Rs 55/unit from (Rs 6)
petrol:- Rs 650/litre (from Rs 100)
Diesel:- Rs 150/litre (from Rs 45)